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Oh well, there goes the honey
Tosspot wrote:
Andre Jute wrote: On Mar 13, 5:38 am, Chris wrote: On Mar 10, 5:32 pm, "Martin Riddle" wrote: I always thought neat's-foot breaks down leather very fast, to a mush. Nope. Mink Oil sure does though. Lanolin is fine too, as are a number of other products. I like the Obenauf's LP (a paste) and Obenauf's Oil personally. It is what I use on all of my saddles. Oil is fine as long as you do not over do it. The soaking method Sheldon mentions is fine as a way to start, but oiling excessively after can shorten the lifespan of a saddle. I apply oil inside and out to a warmed saddle two to three times depending on how fast it soaks up the oil, followed by the LP. For regular maintenance, I use LP almost exclusively, as the saddle has already been oiled, but may put a light coat on once a year at most. Chris I went looking for Obenauf's and couldn't find it, apparently not exported from the States, or at least not to Bandon, Eire. -- AJ I couldn't find it either, I guess simply not exported as you suspect, or, under a different name. It seems it was avaliable he http://www.rivbike.com/products/list...product=31-344 -- PoZdR ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++ "Don't try any other colors, red's the only one that works." – Sheldon Brown, 1944-2008 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++ |
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Oh well, there goes the honey
On Mar 16, 7:25*am, Coaster wrote:
Tosspot wrote: Andre Jute wrote: On Mar 13, 5:38 am, Chris wrote: On Mar 10, 5:32 pm, "Martin Riddle" wrote: I always thought neat's-foot breaks down leather very fast, to a mush. Nope. Mink Oil sure does though. Lanolin is fine too, as are a number of other products. I like the Obenauf's LP (a paste) and Obenauf's Oil personally. It is what I use on all of my saddles. Oil is fine as long as you do not over do it. The soaking method Sheldon mentions is fine as a way to start, but oiling excessively after can shorten the lifespan of a saddle. I apply oil inside and out to a warmed saddle two to three times depending on how fast it soaks up the oil, followed by the LP. For regular maintenance, I use LP almost exclusively, as the saddle has already been oiled, but may put a light coat on once a year at most. Chris I went looking for Obenauf's and couldn't find it, apparently not exported from the States, or at least not to Bandon, Eire. -- AJ I couldn't find it either, I guess simply not exported as you suspect, or, under a different name. It seems it was avaliable hehttp://www.rivbike.com/products/list...osts#product=3... -- PoZdR Thanks, Coaster. As you can see at http://www.audio-talk.co.uk/fiultra/...h%20Drool.html (third photo from top) I immediately hotfooted (hotwheeled?) around to my local Bandon, Co Cork, Republic of Ireland branch of the Rivendell Bicycle Empire, but the person who opened the door was entirely innocent of Obenauf, indeed of bicycles... Seriously, the USPS will make that ten dollar tin of Obenauf's Goop cost 36 bucks minimum (probably nearer fifty) by the time it arrives here. (That's even more expensive than Proofide, if you can believe anything is pricier than Proofide, which I worked out, by comparision with a bottle of caviar from the fridge, is 4.36 times as expensive as caviar.) And if the local customs and excisemen decide to be bolshie, it can cost a half-day journey to go liberate a small tin of goop from where they have impounded it, plus payment of import duties and VAT. I soon gets to be a 200 dollar tin of ten-dollar goop even without reckoning one's time. So much for the GATT (General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs, supposed to reduce this kind of bull**** and allow free trade between nations...). Andre Jute C Northcote Parkinson was right, bureacracy increases to fill any empty space |
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On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 08:25:10 +0100, Coaster
wrote: I couldn't find it either, I guess simply not exported as you suspect, or, under a different name. It seems it was avaliable he http://www.rivbike.com/products/list...product=31-344 Howdy, Right product, but wrong size for the OP... See: http://www.obenaufs.com/product_info...e505e26b053d70 All the best, -- Kenneth If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS." |
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