Leather Preservative Experiment
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Brilliant stuff here!.. Really comes in handy!.. Thanks, G!..
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I think my belt will be heart healthy very soon!
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great idea monday and mr.g
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look forward to seeing the updates, great idea
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Olive is my favourite.
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Can you do a suppleness, bend or texture test to see which has softened more?
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wow, look at the way the water beads up on some.
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I still like the color of the olive oil best
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A bit of warning: Olive oil rots over time, and smells really bad. I thought it would be a good idea to oil my big butcher block with olive oil, because, you know, its a cutting board, so what better to oil it with than olive oil, right? Wrong! After about a year, I noticed a foul odor that actually permeated the food and tasted horrible. I can't imagine the effect would be less on a nice piece of leather. Since that incident, I got a new butcher block, and oil it with mineral oil, which won't rot, and keeps my block looking (and smelling) fresh!
As good as that olive oiled leather looks, I would strongly advise NOT using olive oil on your own belts!
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Great idea/ experiment G. Thanks for doing this!~