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Hey Chief, thats strange. I find that the fully saturated (black all the way through 'groon and allowed to almost dry needs nothing besides my motor driven burnishing tool (wooden dowel).

The 'groon ain't ripe until the wool pads that you keep adding totally rust away. When you find remnants in the bottom, you got good 'groon.

And one important thing. A bath in baking soda is a must. Not only to rid the leather of most of the smell but the leather will rust almost anything.

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A thoroughly dried piece of 'groon colored leather will not bleed. But if you burnish I would seal/cover the edge with a simple thing like Mop & Glo.

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Hi Red Cent !

With reference to your post #12, dated Jan. 22, 2014, what type of Mop & Glo ?

I Googled "Mop & Glo" and after clicking on the Link, I saw many different types pictured.

Thanks,

ToddB 68

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I may be a bit late, but my experience with vinegroon and finishing the edges has been a fairly good experience.

The smell is still there definitely but not as strong once applied and rinsed with the baking soda/water mixture. When the leather is just about dried and it looks grey/dark blue I than coat with mink oil along the entire peice. As for edges like any other of my projects I sand them down, than with some gum trag I start to burnish and finish off with bees wax, the edges look sharp and clean. One of my project was about 4 layers of 4-5 oz vegtan and it came out great. Mink oil every now and then keeps it looking fresh!

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