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Oxalic Acid and Jewelers Rouge

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As a beginner, I had trouble finding these products, and wanted to let folks know that I was able to locate them at an old fashioned, mom and pop, family-owned hardware store. I called Ace, I went to Lowes and Home Depot and I called numerous drug stores with no luck.

The Oxalic Crystals came in a 16oz container. They were marketed by DAP corporation under the product name "Wood Bleach". It was $7.99 for the 16oz container.

At the same hardware store I also found jewelers (red) and general purpose (White) rouge. They were marketed by Eazypower under the product name ISOMAX. Each stick was very large (1"x1" x 6"), and cost 3.99 ea.

Fred

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What are the Oxalic Crystals used for?

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Oxalic Acid crystals are dissolved in water and used to clean the surface of leather, much like ready mixed deglazer does. Though it's also marketed as a 'bleach', I used it on a project a good while back, and never got a bleached look like I wanted. It never went any lighter than the base color of the veg-tan.

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