MirandaDee Report post Posted April 23, 2012 Hello All. Looking for anyone with experience using essential oils, specifically Clove Oil, for finishing a tooled piece... Would I need to use a carrier oil like the preferred Neetsfoot or Olive? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredkao Report post Posted July 26, 2012 Hello All. Looking for anyone with experience using essential oils, specifically Clove Oil, for finishing a tooled piece... Would I need to use a carrier oil like the preferred Neetsfoot or Olive? Hello I'm new in leather. I'm doing my first project at that time so I do'nt have knowledge on leathercraft but I have knowledge on essential oils. Essential oils are "dry" oils and if you put pure essential oils on your leather, I think it will dry it. But using clove oil is something interesting as it's a strong insect repellent and have anti-bacterial properties. It will be more better if you mix it with vegetable oils, bee wax, lanolin, ... Hope it help little bit. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MirandaDee Report post Posted July 26, 2012 It will be more better if you mix it with vegetable oils, bee wax, lanolin, ... I did end up mixing a very small amount of clove oil with beeswax and extra virgin olive oil to make my own leather conditioner. That was on my first project (which has since been lost). But I'm planning on using the same mix again! I didn't know about "dry" oils. Thank you very much for the info! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SandSquid Report post Posted July 26, 2012 My wife is very sensitive to mold/mildew and we use clove oil on the most stubborn (dark damp) areas of the house to keep it at bay. I prefer to use grapeseed oil as a carrier. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fredkao Report post Posted July 27, 2012 To know if essential oils are pure, not diluted with vegetable oils or mineral oils, a simple test is to put a drop or a few drop on paper and let it to dry. After the EO is dried, it don't have any oily trace on the paper, just paper slightly colored from the color of the EO , if the EO is mixed with some kind of oil, it will leave a translucent mark when dry. Essential oils are surely nice to mix with conditioner cream, wax or oil to achieve some purpose, like adding antiseptic, anti-fungal properties to saddle, maybe. Regarding scent, a fun project will be to recreate natural scent of leather as chemicals manufacturer produce in synthetic way (they do it also for pencil: very good brand of pencil always have a very nice scent of dry wood compare to cheap brand. It's perfumed pencil. They do it also with leather and many other things). If you are interested by essential oils, their scent, properties and even magical uses, you can download a free software: Aromapedia My link or My link 2 It's not a professional use software but it have some nice info. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
