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I'm getting ready to start a fork/tool bag for my motorcycle.  It'll be fairly simple, maybe a little tooling but doubtful, no carving, no painting.  If I can find a shade of oil-tan leather I like I'll get it, otherwise I'll get veg-tan and dye it with Fiebing's oil base, possibly some gel antiquing instead. 

 

Since this will be exposed to the elements and I'll be in & out of it on a regular basis, I can't decide which route to take on finishing/protecting it.  On hand I have resolene, Bic4, straight up liquid mink oil, and I made some mink oil/beeswax awhile back that I've used on other projects.  I have a Tandy nearby and I'm always ordering something from Amazon for some reason so getting other chems wouldn't be a problem.

 

Mainly I just can't decide what direction to go.  I had been leaning toward multiple coats of just the mink/wax and have been pouring over the posts here so now I'm wondering if I should also be doing some coats of 50/50 resolene over the mink/wax layers.  And if I end up dying it myself, should I be mixing the color with some Bic4?  Some imperfections in color are fine with me as I figure it gives unique character but I'd like to avoid things like water spots.  What are your thoughts & suggestions?

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