Dr. Jackson's Leather Conditioner

[TomG]

I recently bought some leather supplies from an estate. One of the items was about a dozen bottles of Dr. Jackson's Leather Conditioner.  I opened one tonight to try it on some stuff and it looks like it might have been frozen.  I've shaken it until my arm is ready to fall off and it still looks clumpy with a clear fluid and blobs of what appears to be wax floating in it.

Does anyone know of a way to reconsitiute this stuff?

 

[Sonydaze]

Perhaps try heating and stirring it?

[mikesc]

Be very careful heating things that you don't know the precise composition of..they may contain inflammable elements.

Heat them using a non direct heat source ..a "bain marie"..

Put the bottle ( with the top off ) in a pan with water in it so that the water comes to at least halfway up the side of the bottle..then heat the pan from below , gently ..if possible do not use a flame source to heat it in case the vapours are inflammable with a low flashpoint..( many things have a flash point much lower than the temperature at which water boils ) take the bottle out from time to time ( with gloves on , it will get hot ) and see if the contents are still solid or "sludgey"..If the solution is an emulsion containing amongst other things waxes ( sounds like it probably is ) when it gets warmer again the waxes will most likely "re-emulsify"..

Virgin Olive Oil gets these sort of waxy / sludgy flakes when it gets cold..when it warms up again they re-absorb..

Don't over heat..go slowly.

HTH

Edited November 1, 2017 by mikesc

[bruce johnson]

If this is the same formulation of Dr Jacksons I used to have on hand, it was a soft paste. Problem I had was when it got too warm in the old shop (without AC) it would liquefy and separate some. It didn't take much heat to liquefy everything, stir it up good, and let it cool in the refrigerator stirring every so often until pretty solid. Good stuff.