I'm going to be playing around with it for sure! I can't get Feibings here so I am looking for alternatives. I can find top coats and protectors, but I can't find Atom Wax. I like how wax gives pieces a mellow polish and smoothness. I make costume pieces for movies and people who dress up. My specialty is giving things a worn and "lived in" look. Wax has always been my favorite because it isn't too shiny or too matte and doesn't make the leather any stiffer. I've never found wax to be very waterproof, so I'm not expecting that from soy milk.
The tannery guy makes all the belts for the Thai police. He uses soy milk as a top coat to polish the belt leather. He has this crazy big armed burnisher that buffs a whole side in minutes. I was afraid to stand next to it. I'm bringing a camera next time! I have been making rapier belts out of his belt leather and haven't had any problems so far. Of course, I doubt my customers are standing out in a down pour wearing their swords.
He doesn't make the soy milk. You can buy it anywhere here. 7-11 a few doors down has it. It comes in a glass bottle like Coca-Cola. I've seen pallets of the stuff in shops that sell leather, now I understand what they use it for. I always wondered how an elderly couple could drink so much of it. In the states you might need to go to a health food shop to get the pure stuff.
It seems fantastic for burnishing. I've always used saddle soap and soy milk is much faster to slick an edge. Slicking the back is so much faster than saddle soap it's hard to believe. I'm about to go dye over it so I'll let you know how it goes. The first thing I found out this morning was that you can't leave an open bottle out. It congeals into what looks like tofu. I didn't investigate any further. My staff isn't certain if putting an open bottle in the refridgerator would keep it good overnight because they always drink the whole bottle when they buy it (ick). It only costs 30 cents a bottle so I think I'll toss unused portions! Most things here go bad faster than in the States because they don't use preservatives in everything. If they buy somehing, they eat it. They don't hoard it like I'm used to.
I'll take some pictures, too!