Members BigLoop22 Posted January 27, 2012 Members Report Posted January 27, 2012 Hello, everyone! I have been lurking around this site for a while. There is a lot of good information here, and a bunch of friendly people, too. chancey77 & Sylvis, thanks for sharing the information about Dr. Chase's book. I found some digital copies, here: http://www.archive.org/details/drchasesrecipeso00chasiala ...and, here: http://digital.lib.msu.edu/projects/cookbooks/html/books/book_22.cfm Shawn Quote
Members HellfireJack Posted January 27, 2012 Members Report Posted January 27, 2012 Don't they have Sno-Seal in Finland? I figured they'd have that there. Quote
Members Suicide Posted January 27, 2012 Members Report Posted January 27, 2012 Don't they have Sno-Seal in Finland? I figured they'd have that there. A lot of places. For instance.... I just wandering if "antique paste" is not the same as "waterproof finish" (not "finNish" heh ) Quote My leatherwork gallery
Members chancey77 Posted January 27, 2012 Author Members Report Posted January 27, 2012 It may be different, but lets see how it can be tweaked. Might get a Pitch blend recipe out of if . I think all the wax in it may keep it from setting on the top layer. Also, I don't believe 100 years ago they called it Antique Paste, maybe they just called it Dye/Waterproofing paste? Quote
Members chancey77 Posted January 27, 2012 Author Members Report Posted January 27, 2012 http://www.archive.org/stream/drchasesrecipes01chas#page/n9/mode/2up Quote
Members Go2Tex Posted January 27, 2012 Members Report Posted January 27, 2012 Well, first of all, thanks for reminding us of how nice it is to live in a free enterprise capitalist country like the US without all those enviro-nazi restrictions on everything.... yeah right. That being said, I've always suspected that antique paste was little more than shoe polish anyhow. Try a little tan shoe polish and see how it works. But since this is a big project and cost is no object, why not just pay the cost of shipping for antique and tack it on the cost to the customer? Quote Brent Tubre email: BCL@ziplinkmail.com
Members oldtimer Posted January 27, 2012 Members Report Posted January 27, 2012 (edited) You can try this company in Sweden : http://www.tjaderlader.se/shop/ or How much do you need ? I could buy it for you and ship, (but there will be shipping costs for two separate shippings) / Knut Edited January 27, 2012 by oldtimer Quote "The gun fight at the O.K. corral was actually started by two saddlemakers sitting around a bottle of whiskey talking about saddle fitting"...
Members rikbik Posted May 5, 2012 Members Report Posted May 5, 2012 (edited) Sent to me from SYLVIA. Be careful what you ask for you might get it. I found this recipe in an OLD OLD book, called Dr. Chase's Recipes. Water Proof paste. 1 lb Tallow (rendered beef fat) 1/2 lb Bees Wax 1/2 pint Neatsfoot oil 1/2 lb of Rosin (pine tree pitch) lampblack for color. But I would use artists oil paint to color it brown/tan. Mix until well combined over heat. Pour into a good container and allow to solidify I AM CERTAINLY GOING TO TRY THIS! 1/8 AT FIRST:) I WILL POST PICS THIS WEEK AND A FULL CRITIQUE:) This seems like a great Pitch Blend concoction. I am looking for a waterproof antique method myself. Did you or anybody try this recipe? I love the looks of Eco Flow gel antique on the bare leather but even with a good finnish, it gets washed away from within when the leather is soaked (see attachement). Applied onto a finish it does not look good at all. In Holland there is no Wyo-sheen or anything like that available, as far as I know. Edited May 5, 2012 by rikbik Quote
Members chancey77 Posted May 5, 2012 Author Members Report Posted May 5, 2012 I did end up trying what I thought would be very similar. Antique wood wax about 2-6 tbl spoons 1-3 tblsp Neatsfoot oil Basic 50/50 mix or you could try 75 wax/25 oil, it might work as well. And enough black dye to make it all black/brown/red/blue/green...whatever color you want. Heated on the stove in an old metal pot for 3 bucks from the junk store. And I have to say it was pretty spot on!!!!!!!! I have also tried just shoe polish before, it did work but it gets hard and crumbles. The mix with the neatsfoot oil seemed to work the best. I still have not tried the Dr. Chase recipe yet, but one day I will. Until then I will stick with the antique wood wax recipe I listed above. Since they won't ship Feibings to Finland!!!!!!! I don't use anything like that very often so small batches is fine by me:) Quote
Members Sylvia Posted May 5, 2012 Members Report Posted May 5, 2012 LOL I had forgotten about this thread. Quote A teacher pointed at me with a ruler and said "At the end of this ruler is an idiot." I got detention when I asked "Which end?"
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