hello all i have found for my self i think mink oil is the best for leather it workes on my chapes and sadelbags for my h.d. try this it works thank you bob >From: Anthony Foster <monkeypuzzle1@xxxxxxx> >Reply-To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: IML: Where to Find Neatsfoot Oil >Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 17:05:06 -0800 > >Hello All; > What Steve said about neatsfoot oil pretty much jives with what I have >heard to use for the preservation of leather. There is another product that >you might want to use first to clean the seat leather called saddle soap. I >have never used it but it comes in bars like Palmolive, you will have to >look around for it. By the way my local Walmart doesn't have neatsfoot oil, >I have already checked. I think that a sporting goods store, the old >fashioned kind that sells guns and ball gear, would be a better bet as it >is >used on catcher's mits. >Best Reagards >Arran Foster >1954 Imperial Newport >Needing A Left Side Taillight Bezel and other trim parts. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Otis Davidson" <otisdavidson@xxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 3:14 PM >Subject: IML: Leather Care. (was: embossed crest) > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > > From: "D. Dardalis" <dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: IML: embossed crest > > Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 09:56:46 -0600 > > > > Somebody said that leather will disintegrate if not properly taken care > > off. Can somebody secribe what is the proper way to maintain leather > > seats? Is there a certain chemical that if sprayed will keep the seats > > last longer? > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > I always use Neatsfoot Oil by Kiwi. I wrote a posting about this >before. > > Perhaps it is in the Archives. > > > > I'll wait for a hot day and apply it with an old,clean sock...put the > > windows up,and let the car sit in the sun so that it gets really hot > > inside...and let the stuff soak in. Hi-traffic areas (drivers-side seat > > bottom)and sun-prone areas (rear seat-back-top) will probably need a 2nd > > application. You'll see what parts of the seats soak it right up. > > > > When done,your interior will smell like leather and won't have that >phony > > Armor-All shine to it. Wipe any excess,if any,with a clean towel. > > > > These are the products I would avoid using on leather seats: > > 1) Armor-All > > 2) Waterproofing pastes. > > 3) Silicone based products. > > > > I have never used Leatherique...but hear it is good for repairs,etc. > > > > Steve from Albany,N.Y. > > '75 Imp 4dr..... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > > >