Burnishing W/ Saddle Soap: Bar Or Paste?

[superpacker]

Is one for preferred to the other, and if so, why? I mostly burnish natural veg tan tooling leather, leaving the edges undyed and just want them slick, but want to try chromexcel, and will dye those edges.

[dirtclod]

I use liquid saddle soap that i put on with dabber. I did try the paste and on some things it worked fine other not so good. Another thing the paste went liquid almost in the summer, it gets pretty hot in shop if you AC it might not do it.

[superpacker]

What about this tins of saddle soap (Kiwi I believe) that you can get in the shoe care aisles at most stores?

[electrathon]

I use bar soap. Easy to carry around. Works well. You need to dampen the leather first, not sure if you have to do that when using liquid.

Aaron

[superpacker]

Any specific kind of bar soap?

[electrathon]

Any specific kind of bar soap?

Glyceine saddle soap bar. I get it at Costal. Cut the huge bar up into little pieces. One bar will last years, longer if you do not use it every day.

Aaron

[chiefjason]

I dauber on liquid saddle soap too. Just burnished a few holsters and it makes it so much easier! I've tried several different things and I think I'm sticking with this.

[superpacker]

What brand of liquid saddle soap?

[Red Cent]

I use water. Using a grinder motor with a keyless chuck, my homemade dowel rod makes anything from 3 ounce to 10 ounce glass slick with just water. I used the bar soap and it would stain the leather while canned saddle soap will not. If I dye a piece, I will use the bar soap. If I do not dye and after the Neatfoots' Oil, I will add a beeswax and parafin rub to the edge with the dowel rod as I do with the dyed leather.

[dirtclod]

What brand of liquid saddle soap?

I use Febings liquid saddle soap.