did I buy fake neatsfoot oil

[Guest el_pepou]

Hi,

I recently bought two cans oil advertised as pure neatsfoot oil.

However, I have worked with neatsfoot oil from other brands before and this one seems different in multiple ways.

I had used starwax neatsfoot oil, wich was odorless, and stayed liquid even at about 10 degrees celcius, and saphir brand, wich had a bit of a smell but not a suspicious one and remained liquid too.

The oil I just bought is supposedly from a brand called P.Paulin, and not only does it have a very strong rancid smell, it does not stay liquid under Id say 20 degrees celcius. It is also cloudy while the other brands were transparent.

is this normal? is it just a different neatsfoot oil? or is it neatsfoot oil mixed with a great deal of tallow and such greases?

I dare not use it on any piece of leather, or even to lube machinery because of this horrid stench.

did I get scammed? or did I just observe non-industrial neatsfoot oil for the first time?

[Cumberland Highpower]

Sounds like allot of the neatsfoot oil I've used.   I remember everyone swearing by "Sheps" here in the USA.  It was identical to what you describe, stench and all.  I used a fair amount over some years.

If you heat it up it will loose the cloudiness. 

Don't use it to lube machinery, it's not suitable for such use unless you're in a Post Apocalypse Zombie-Walking World. (I guess would be ok at that point).

Edited 6 hours ago by Cumberland Highpower