missmolly

I just got my new saddle today and the fenders and skirt are rough out. What can I do to soften the rough parts...especially the fenders? I have read somewhere before that there is a difference between the right way rough out and the cheap way rough out. I believe mine is the cheap way rough out...I looked unter the jocky, fenders and skirt and it's shiney...kinda like the put the smooth side of the leather under neath. I also wondering if there is a non darkening conditioner that will help protect the rough out? I have never owned a rough out saddle before so this is all new to me!

I also found out what oil product they use. Fiebing.

It WAS a nice saddle. Someone told me that no matter how much oil that is put on a saddle...oil is a good thing. Then I had a totally different person tell me that if you over oil your saddle it will ruin the leather...break down the leather fibers or something like that. Which is true? I am to the point where I am just going to try to darken the rest to be all one color and sell it and get a different saddle. When I ride my pants get trashed with all the oil and dye that is coming out of the saddle as well as my saddle blanket is stained.

I will see if I can find out what they use for oil. I would love to have a few choice words with the leather shop but I am limited to what I can say cause I have a family member working there and really don't want to have any family problems right now. At this point I feel it better to just see if I can darken the spots that are the origional color and sell it. It may be less expensive to do it that way cause right now with all the ruined jeans and saddle blankets that are getting all full of oil it's starting to feel like it's not worth it. When you tough the saddle your hands have this greasy oily feeling and my jeans are all blotchy with dye and oil that is coming from the saddle. I am going to attach a pic of what the saddle looks like right now. Most people tell me it's not that bad....

I did and no change.

I had recently purchased a used Billy Cook saddle. I had taken it in to have it "professionally" oiled. My saddle was a chestnut color when I took it in and when I got my saddle back it was black! The place that oiled my saddle said that it would take several months for the oil to dry before it would go back to the origional color. Right now the saddle if blotchy in color all over. It has three colors right now....chestnut, reddish brown, and black. I believe the over oiled my saddle. Is there any way I can remove most of the excess oil on the skirting and fenders? Someone told me to wash my saddle with Dawn Dish soap and scrub it. Then after dry condition the saddle. Would Dawn dish soap be ok for the leather or would it harm my leather?