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Lederbalsam is wonderful stuff! Great conditioner and
waterproofer for saddles and boots!

Ed, I mixed the veg oil with the regular saddle oil to
stretch it a little. It worked fine. Nothing congealed
on my leather. All the leather has come back to life,
albeit a bit darker than before. The leather doesn't
feel slimy or greasy. It was really thirsty, LOL...

chris
--- Lynne Glazer <anyone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Olive oil.  Wonderful stuff.
>
> I recommend it to my saddle customers as a light
> oil, with Passier 
> Lederbalsalm for deep conditioning.
>
> Lynne
>
> On May 19, 2004, at 8:53 AM, Ed & Wendy Hauser
> wrote:
>
> > "... thought I had heard somewhere that vegetable
> oil is not good to 
> > use on
> > leather?..."
> >
> > There was some posts awhile ago claiming certain
> oils would rot thread.
> > That is not so.  That said, I would not put veg.
> oil on leather.  It 
> > has
> > enough unsaturation to form a gel when exposed to
> air.  I don't think I
> > would want that in my leather.
> >
> > Ed
> > Ed & Wendy Hauser
> > 2994 Mittower Road
> > Victor, MT 59875
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