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[RC] Saddle conditioning with vegetable oils - Linda CowlesHi Folks, Olive oil. Wonderful stuff. I recommend it to my saddle customers as a light oil, with Passier Lederbalsalm for deep conditioning. As a heads up on using olive oil! I sell new and used saddles (moving 10 to 20 saddles a month with 90 -130 new and used in stock) and I have had *at least* 12 saddles come in for resale with rotten stitching... falling apart. All of the folks consigning theses saddles used vegetable based oils, most said "olive oil". Did the olive oil make them fall apart? No scientific study was done (grin) but that was the common denominator, and I've been told by several custom saddle makers that cotton stitching subjected to repeated oiling with vegetable oil will rot. Oddly enough, I'm *also* told that many western saddles / hides are initially treated to a olive oil dip! don't know if it's a different type of thread or the fact that it was a one-time deal.... But after seeing so many fine saddles ruined? I won't risk it! Three of the saddles were Circle Y's, two were Crates and six were high quality English (Crosby, Kieffer and Courbette). There are several super leather products that are much more effective than these oils, and they are guaranteed to be safe for the stitching. I've got a reputation for being tight with money, and I still use Leather Therapy products to clean and restore saddles for resale. I top them off with Leather New or a similar liquid glycerin to seal the oils in. I've heard that Lederbalsalm is VERY good as well. Good luck! Linda Linda Cowles 9155 N. State Street #13 Redwood Valley CA 95470 phone 707-485-0347 mobile 707-621-0240 Horse 'N Hound New & Consigned Tack & Stable Supplies -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Lynne Glazer Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 1:48 PM To: Ed & Wendy Hauser Cc: 'ridecamp' ridecamp Subject: Re: [RC] help with archives 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============================================================ One of the great joys of being a pompous idiot is that you can do and think whatever you want. ~ Homer Safferwiffle ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ?¦¢{ ?Ǭ??¥u©l¡·?¥ªí¡ûay×??Ȩ?f¤?x)®? ²Â Ê?¬yë(?ê'{hv?¬?ØZ½æ§Ê§vØ^?*.®Ú(?º1.+I©Z±8^9×Ej¹«?×?jjgzا~?æjب?m§ÿðçvêÚ?ǧzßë?×?jj
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