JK1990

Hey all, I'm hoping someone can help me. Last night I wet formed a pocket for a bag from 6 oz veg tan, and its been pretty warm overnight where I am, only got down to about 28C last night. So I woke up this morning and noticed a couple of patches on my leather where it was pulled tight onto the form below and some linseed oil from the form had bled out of the wood with the heat. So now I've got to try and remove the linseed oil before it sets. For the moment I've untacked the leather and heaped cornflour/cornstarch on it to try to draw the oil out, but I'm not really sure what to do next. I know mineral turpentine dissolves linseed oil, but what would that do to the leather? I would have just tried to dab off what I can and oil the rest of the leather to disguise it, but I'm hoping to dye the whole bag a light tobaccoey colour, and I can't see a pale dye and a dark oil mark peacefully co-existing. Anyone had to deal with this before or have any leads or suggestions? Thanks, James

Mollard, I also have an interest in the same area and have likewise had a lot of trouble finding any information on durable, low maintenance finishes/treatments (preferably waterproof). My best lead is to use oil tanned leather (also called aldehyde tanned leather) in the first place (I have had so much trouble finding anything about this either). Oil tanned leather sounds to be quite durable, inherently waterproof and can be dyed, though with a oil based dye. Its tanned with animal brains and from what i have observed, they use it a lot to make carpenter's nail pouches. Anyone else have any ideas for leather treatments aiding durability?