Lithops Report post Posted September 24, 2015 (edited) Hi, I lend my saddle to a good friend of mine. When I took it back it's was very dirty and now the stain on the fender just don't wash away I did trow the saddle on the side of the bath & try to clean it with more soap and a brush, but the stain still there! I was wondering if I can find something stronger to clean my saddle that is not harfull to me or the saddle. If nothing do I guess I will have to dye my saddle.... But I do fear I will not see as well the tooling on it.... Edited September 24, 2015 by Lithops Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BondoBobCustomSaddles Report post Posted September 24, 2015 The stain appears to be from the dye from your friends jeans. I would get some oxcallic acid from your drug store. It comes in crystal form mix a table spoon with a few ounces of distilled water and rub it on vigorously, then rinse thoroughly with clean water. Let it dry, you may need to re clean it twice. When dry it will look "whitish" or bleached out. After cleaning use pure neatsfoot oil. At this point it should be back to normal. After that I would put a coat of Tan-Kote over the whole saddle. It won't hurt. I would not dye the whole saddle darker, unless you really want a darker saddle. Bob Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mlapaglia Report post Posted September 24, 2015 After following what Bob said, I would get a new friend. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lithops Report post Posted September 24, 2015 After following what Bob said, I would get a new friend. Lol, we are not friend anymore but not for that raison. When you lend something you have to expecte that may not come back as it's was before. The stain appears to be from the dye from your friends jeans. I would get some oxcallic acid from your drug store. It comes in crystal form mix a table spoon with a few ounces of distilled water and rub it on vigorously, then rinse thoroughly with clean water. Let it dry, you may need to re clean it twice. When dry it will look "whitish" or bleached out. After cleaning use pure neatsfoot oil. At this point it should be back to normal. After that I would put a coat of Tan-Kote over the whole saddle. It won't hurt. I would not dye the whole saddle darker, unless you really want a darker saddle. Bob Thanks a lot !!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mlapaglia Report post Posted September 25, 2015 Lol, we are not friend anymore but not for that raison. When you lend something you have to expecte that may not come back as it's was before. True, but when I borrow something it always goes back in better condition than I got it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lithops Report post Posted November 26, 2015 I cleaned my fenders with the oxalic quite a few time and didn't work. Since I belive it's from the dye from my friend pants (english saddle pant), I guess it's can't be removed. So I decided to darken my saddle a bit with canola oil. It's came out better then I though but not as good as I was hoping for. Unless I dye it very dark I guess not much can be done. Thank for the info, hopefully the next stain will not be as bad... none, will be better Lesson learned : Stain from pant's dye and saddle, not a good mix !!!!! I may add picture later, so poeple can see the after, just right now it's not possible. Thanks & have a good day ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oltoot Report post Posted November 26, 2015 call it patina and move on Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saddlebag Report post Posted January 24, 2016 I've seen this before and it appears the finish may have been removed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
