Members Norton Custom Leather Posted November 23, 2015 Members Report Posted November 23, 2015 Spectre6000, well I'm supposed to learn something everyday, if not I consider myself lazy. Thanks for the lesson, do you craft leather also? Oh yea, welcome to the site also. Quote
Members spectre6000 Posted November 23, 2015 Members Report Posted November 23, 2015 (edited) Thanks! I guess that depends on whether or not 'craft' has any special meaning within the leatherworking vernacular (I honestly don't know). I have used leather in the past to make things, I'm currently engaged in a leather project, and I have tools and supplies for doing so, but it's neither my primary vocation nor avocation. I used to work in the biodiesel industry (experimental feedstocks), which is where my knowledge of this sort of thing originates. Edited November 23, 2015 by spectre6000 Quote
Members Norton Custom Leather Posted November 23, 2015 Members Report Posted November 23, 2015 Leather crafting is also not my primary. Railroad Conductor first. If you have tools & make things out of leather, your crafting. So I would say yes for you. A true crafter can always find a flaw in their own work, I think that is why many of us may be on here. More so to help each other rather than find fault. Ideas outside the box. Quote
Members Big Sioux Saddlery Posted November 24, 2015 Members Report Posted November 24, 2015 "On that note - Anyone actually bought that much Neatsfoot oil at once?" Several times. Dipping harness uses a lot of oil. Quote
Members Sceaden Posted February 2, 2017 Members Report Posted February 2, 2017 So it's normal for the a new bottle of neatsfoot oil to smell kind of rancid? I'm tempted to go to the local tandy and smell all their oil. :-P Quote
Members byggyns Posted February 22, 2017 Members Report Posted February 22, 2017 On 11/6/2015 at 1:03 PM, LeatherNerd said: He recommended that I go with Aussie Conditioner because it was a beeswax-based conditioner; no mention if the oils in it were natural or not. (For all I know I could be rubbing beeswax and 10W40 motor oil into my leather goods.) I looked up the MSDS for Aussie Conditioner a while ago. It is primarily petrolatum (petroleum jelly) with beeswax and other oils. It's been a while, so I can't remember what the smaller percentage ingredients were. Quote
Members Wulfing Posted February 22, 2017 Members Report Posted February 22, 2017 My grandfather gave me a recipe for a leather cream he used. Bees wax, Boiled linseed oil, Neetsfoot oil, eucalyptus oil and vodka. When warmed up and mixed together it sets as a creamy substance. I rub it in to the leather with an old tshirt after dying then wave a hairdryer over it and buff the leather with a horse hair brush. I leave it for 24 hrs, buff again and then put resolene on top to finish. I'm a beginner and have come up with this process through research and based on what my grandfather said. It seems to work so far but obviously I dont know what it will be like in the future. I also use it to burnish my edges. Be grateful for anyone's opinion on this method / recipe? Quote
Members SolarLeatherMachines Posted February 22, 2017 Members Report Posted February 22, 2017 http://www.livescience.com/55267-why-does-oil-go-rancid.html Quote Alexander
Members OLDNSLOW Posted February 22, 2017 Members Report Posted February 22, 2017 I think as long as you keep the bottle closed it will prolong the life of the oil, I have bought some from a local guy who gets it in 55 gallon containers and it is ok. Now what I realized here lately is that there is 2 different types so to speak of Neats foot oil, one is the oil the other I think is called neats foot oil compound, the compound I found out gives the leather a very nice buttery look after 2 light coats. Quote
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