Storing Leather In Garage?

[eatonjar]

I live in the midwest and I am setting my space to do my leatherworking out in the garage. It is not temperature controlled and may be exposed to high and low temperatures. Is there an issure storing my leather out there? I plan to keep my dyes inside my apartent since I know they cannot be frozen.

Thanks,

Jared

[Tannin]

I am interested too. I am in a similar situation but in the UK, so less extreme temperature range. I am also concerned that mice might take a fancy to it. [bTW For finished leather (specifically horse tack), have read that the Ko-chi-line is good for preserving leather in storage.]

[Troy Burch]

I'm no expert but I've been storing my veg tanned leather in my shop for years with no apparent problems. I only heat or cool it when I'm in there working. I do keep it covered so it won't darken, never had a problem with rats. I live in north Tx. over 100 degrees in summer and teens and twenty's in winter. I have some leather several years old and can't tell the difference from the newer stuff.

[Big Sioux Saddlery]

Temperature changes aren't near as big an issue as extreme humidity. I store leather and some finished goods, as well as ALOT of used harness inventory in outbuildings that are not heated or cooled. We have temp ranges here from 100* in the summer to -30* in the winter, but it's the high humidity, especially when combined with the 90* weather that raises hell. I've found that anything stored in a building with a concrete floor is affected more. A building with a wooden floor is much better.

[eatonjar]

Thank you for the information.

[needles]

in the uk can be a problem, temp down to and below -0 , freezing, our climate is often damp... up here anyway

i left some leather in outhouse, it developed black spots.....

if air can get to and around it may probably help

al

[Tannin]

The temperature dropped freakishly low here (southern England) one night a year or 2 ago (could it have been -19 C?) - caused a nasty, destructive leak. But yes, damp & black spot - "blight" or "mildew" we call it, probably erroneously - is potentially a bigger problem. I recenty cleared out the vent blocks (2 were obstructed) and I try to open the doors up as often and for as long as practical.

That 's nothing to the mid-West USA though. I recall it being -54 with windchill one day while in Chicago. Never experienced cold that hurt until I visited the mid-West.

[Big Sioux Saddlery]

"That 's nothing to the mid-West USA though. I recall it being -54 with windchill one day while in Chicago. Never experienced cold that hurt until I visited the mid-West."

Ha ha, yes we get months of cold that hurts every year.