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Sat 15 May, 2010 05:32 pm
I have 3 rather old, (but the guy that low-balled me said not antique) western style saddles that I want to get back into shape so I can sell them.
they are very dry.
very dry.
but not brittle or cracking yet. just very dry.
what works best? when I was a kid, I oiled my ball glove, and saddle soaped it and some boots.
less work is better, if possible.
thanks.
(one has a suede seat, for a lady)
@Rockhead,
Hi sweetie pie--I would think leather cleaner of some kind. I wish there were some way you could send the smell this way. I love the smell of saddles: part horse sweat and part saddle soap.
Why not google? There isn't anything you can't find on google, but then come back and tell us the answer.
Wish I could come over and help you.
One other question...is one of those saddles for the horse you rode in on?
@Diane,
I will google later if none of our experts has a clue.
(the cab of my truck smells of old tack, it's rainy here, so it's all in the "back seat")
I haven't ridden for years, but am considering boarding a horse for a guy I know, so I may keep one of them. mebbe...
Neetsfoot oil is probably the most common treatment. Maybe not the best, but common.
@roger,
ok, where does one find a neet?
@roger,
yeah as well as mink oil.
@Rockhead,
Quote:ok, where does one find a neet?
you need several. usually 3 or more.
thats why its call neet
Sfoot oil.
@dadpad,
they are one footed critters?
i would think they would not be hard to catch...
and what about the suede, and the back sides where the leather is untanned?
@Rockhead,
It's fine on unfinished leather. I am pretty sure it would permanately stain suede. Maybe you can treat that area from the backside.
Neets aren't native to New Mexico, and even if they were, I believe I would prefer the preprocessed, bottled variety.
@dadpad,
dadpad wrote:thats why its call neetSfoot oil.
Do neets only have one foot apiece?
Neetfeet oil does have a better ring.
@DrewDad,
Its EA Neatsfoot
Neats have more than one foot apiece, however if you use all the feet on one Neat they wont come when you call em.
Neatsfoot oil is a yellow oil rendered and purified from the shin bones and feet (but not the hooves) of Neats. Today, many consider the best quality neatsfoot oil to be that which comes from the legs of baby Neats, with no other oils added. Neatsfoot oil is used as a conditioning, softening and preservative agent for leather. In the 18th century, it was also used medicinally as a topical application for dry scaly skin conditions.
@dadpad,
Right. Neat, not neet.
By the way, neatsfoot oil consumes even less neats than mink oil does mink.
@roger,
Could you subtitute using vinyls? I understand they are more hardy.
@dadpad,
Not around here, they're not. Anyhow, once I find something that works, I usually quit experimenting.
@dadpad,
good gawd.
sheeeeeit even.
a plastic saddle? no wonder there are no famous auzzie cowboys...
I used to date a gal that's old man runs a leather repair shop. he's still around. she's long gone. ima go see what kinda oil he's got. or if he knows how to catch a neet.
er...neat.
@Rockhead,
I used to date a girl that could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch but she rode a plastic saddle, I had to let her go, her old man was a republican.
ok.
got some neats oil. (expensive little feat)
it works pretty good. gonna take a few coats. house smells of old horse sweat.
now. how do i clean the suede???
for the suede, use and old soft toothbrush dampened with white vinegar.
@dyslexia,
what, then vacuum it out?
(where's that old girlfriend of yours when we need her...?)
@Rockhead,
oh yeah, she could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch.
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