Members Glock21 Posted June 10, 2011 Members Report Posted June 10, 2011 Does roon go bad if its not used? Quote
Members katsass Posted June 10, 2011 Members Report Posted June 10, 2011 Does roon go bad if its not used? I, as a general rule, pour off about a quart of the stuff about once a year, dump it and add a quart of fresh vinegar and a cleaned pad of 0000 steel wool. I let it work for a week or maybe two and strain. It seems to keep it good. I've heard that the stuff will lose it's strength over time....how much time it takes, I'm not sure. Mike Quote NOTE TO SELF: Never try to hold a cat and an operating Dust buster at the same time!! At my age I find that I can live without sex..........but not without my glasses. Being old has an advantage.......nobody expects me to do anything in a hurry.
Denster Posted June 11, 2011 Report Posted June 11, 2011 I've had the same batch for over two years. Still works great but the smell has pretty much gone away. Quote
Contributing Member TwinOaks Posted June 11, 2011 Contributing Member Report Posted June 11, 2011 After 3 years, my batch decided that gray was all it was gonna do. I added a little vinegar and it seemed to refresh, but then it puttered out again. So, I just made a new batch for black things, and I'm using the old batch for gray. Incidentally, if you put some in a small jar for portability and leave a zinc coated dauber (the one's that come in a box w/ fiebings dye) the 'roon WILL eat the zinc and make the whole batch produce a sickly gray green color. Quote Mike DeLoach Esse Quam Videri (Be rather than Seem) "Don't learn the tricks of the trade.....Learn the trade." "Teach what you know......Learn what you don't." LEATHER ARTISAN'S DIGITAL GUILD on Facebook.
Members Nod4Eight Posted June 20, 2011 Members Report Posted June 20, 2011 Good to know it will last that long. I have a question about the smell. Is the leather supposed to smell like a horrid pickled fish smell after drying from the roon dip? If not, any ideas what I did wrong? If that's normal, how do you get rid of that smell? Quote
Members katsass Posted June 20, 2011 Members Report Posted June 20, 2011 Good to know it will last that long. I have a question about the smell. Is the leather supposed to smell like a horrid pickled fish smell after drying from the roon dip? If not, any ideas what I did wrong? If that's normal, how do you get rid of that smell? Well, I dunk my stuff in the 'roon, saturate well, then dunk in a mild bath of baking soda and water for a minute or so. Follow that with a rinse in clear water . The odor seems to be gone in a couple of days. Mike Quote NOTE TO SELF: Never try to hold a cat and an operating Dust buster at the same time!! At my age I find that I can live without sex..........but not without my glasses. Being old has an advantage.......nobody expects me to do anything in a hurry.
Members Nod4Eight Posted June 20, 2011 Members Report Posted June 20, 2011 Thanks! I'll give that a try. Quote
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