To Much Oil ?

[aquamanlr]

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I do not do much leather work, so , a newbe mistake. I am making a muzzleloading shooting bag. I just wanted it oiled. You guessed it, too heavy on the oil.

Now the question, How do I take some of the oil off?

Thanks for any help with this.

LeeRoy

[KAYAK45]

Water and sunshine. Buy the water, go look in vegas for some sunshine.

Seriously, I would rinse it well in water and wring out what I could. Then put it in the sun to dry. Repeat if necessary until you get it (too?) dry. LOL

Then lightly oil again, if needed, and start all over untill your happy.

Kevin

[electrathon]

I would lay it flat on a paper towell. The towell will wick out some of the oil over time.

Aaron

[aquamanlr]

.Thanks for the in-put;

I will try the paper towels first. I will have to go to the store for some distilled water. The water here is hard and some of the lines is old.

We do have sunshine only about 355 days a year, I will have to catch a day when it is not cloudy.

Thanks again

LeeRoy

Edited September 10, 2012 by aquamanlr

[Sylvia]

LeeRoy:

I did this once too. Add some dish soap to your water to help pull the oil out. The trouble is if the over oiled piece is oiled un-evenly.... it will take MONTHS for it to look and feel right. I used salt, cat litter, powdered laundry detergent, and soapy water... and still ended up remaking the piece. 3-4 months later the over oiled piece looked ok enough for me to back ground the initials out and sell it as a second. What a pain.

[Northmount]

Another recent post (for oil dripped stain on a saddle while sewing) said to cover with cornstarch and let sit for 3 or 4 days. I've heard this elsewhere so think it would now be my first try rather than water and soap, especially if there is any tooling involved. Do a search for oil stain saddle for the past 2 weeks and you will find it.

CTG