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Old March 16th 09, 08:25 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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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

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Old March 16th 09, 10:44 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Andre Jute[_2_]
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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...

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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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Old March 17th 09, 01:38 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
Kenneth[_2_]
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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

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