Casing

[bruce johnson]

The Lexol is the conditioner, I am not sure what all substitutes there are. I have been told that Bick 4 conditioner is the same or close. The baby shampoo helps break down the surface tension of the water and penetrates faster. I double that up on hard leather. The Listerine I use is the old tried and true brown formula. It is the antifungal. Contrary to what some think, it is not the alcohol in the Listerine that is the active ingredient here. It evaporates off pretty fast. Listerine contains thymol and will prevent mold growth. I use tap water here. Some people with iron flecks from the pipes will be better off with distilled water.

I slather it on my leather and depending on thickness may let it sit for a few minutes and add more. I bag my leather in ziplocks with enough air to keep the plastic off the surface of the leather. Ziplock makes some huge storage that will hold anything up to saddle skirts. I case overnight usually and may go a few days at times. If my leather is drying while I tool, I spray more of the mix on with a hand sprayer and set to a fine mist.

[rcsaddles]

Plese tell me the difference of the bag being off the leather while casing as opposed to the plastic touching the bag. I've not heard this before.

Thanks.

[WinterBear]

Jax, you might check any local Feed&Seed shops, or where people buy ranch equipment, horse tack, or horse feed. I buy Lexol at Murdoch's, which is a ranch supply, but it is also sold around here at one of our hardware stores that also happens to sell tubular fence section and a small selection of horse halters. It could be that somewhere local to you and that caters to horse folks carries it there in the UK.

[Jax]

Thanks Winter Bear but our feed merchants etc dont sell stuff like that Im in the UK so Im restricted mainly to Tandy or a couple of saddlery makers suppliers but they dont normally do stuff for tooling

[bruce johnson]

Plese tell me the difference of the bag being off the leather while casing as opposed to the plastic touching the bag. I've not heard this before.

Thanks.

Joe,

It is kind of a humidity and terrarium effect. I used to suck all the air out and if I had more water than I needed I'd have to wait. With the air in, if I come out and first thing see a bag that is foggy, thenI know I have too much moisture and will open that one and lay the piece out to evaporate some while I work on another.

[WinterBear]

How about Amazon UK?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/lexol-leather-cleaner-onditioner/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3ALexol%20Leather%20Cleaner%2FConditioner

Looks like maybe automotive places carry it too:

http://www.motorgeek.co.uk/cgi-bin/ecom.cgi?Command=ShowProduct&db_pid=606

[Jax]

Thanks will take a look, never thought of Amazon for supplies

[hornm]

The auto aisle is where I got my lexol from. Normally the same section as the car soaps, turtle waxes etc.

Horn

[Jax]

yes I can get it from Amazon thanks folks

[wyomingcowboy]

Question on the casing formula - Do you wet it first with plain water, or just spray it with the solution?