Mineral oil bad for leather? Or good? Or neutral?

[dikman]

Sounds like you're chickening out from trying it? 

[SUP]

8 hours ago, dikman said:

Sounds like you're chickening out from trying it?

Absolutely! 🐔 Cluck cluck cluck!

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[fredk]

I must do a full update report this coming weekend

[fredk]

This is the penultimate report on Test Pieces Group 1

This Group has mainly been kept in a south facing car windshield. During the test time each piece was re-oiled once

#1. Baby Oil; Flex - the same as Control #1, Smell - Slight smell of leather, Colour - Dark Brown, darker on front than rear, No fungus or rot

#2. Cooking oil (rape seed oil); Flex - the same as Control #1, Smell - Slight smell of cooking oil, Colour - Dark Brown, same on front and rear, No fungus or rot

#3. Lard (pork fats); Flex - about the same as Control #1, maybe slightly better,  Smell - No smell,  Colour - Light Tan, Same on front and rear, No fungus or rot

#4. NFO Compound; Flex - about the same as Control #1,   Smell - Very slight smell of leather,  Colour - Dark Tan, Same on front and rear, No fungus or rot

#5. Olive Oil (extra virgin / pure); Flex - about the same as Control #1,  Smell - Very slight smell of leather,  Colour - Dark Tan, Same on front and rear, No fungus or rot

#6. 3-in-1 oil (contains benzine); Flex - slightly stiffer than Control #1,  Smell - Very slight smell oil,  Colour - Dark Tan, Same on front and rear, No fungus or rot

#7. Vaseline (petroleum based); Flex - stiffer than Control #1,  Smell - No smell,  Colour - Nearly the same as Control, (which is like slightly darkened raw leather), Same on front and rear, No fungus or rot

I'll try to do a report on Group 2, the pieces hanging outside

This will be the penultimate report on that group as well as I'm thinking of ending this at the end of September or so

2 years, and we / I have discovered that a lot of these products can be used on leather without harm, all they may do is darken undyed leather