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Got caught in a shower on the motorcycle over the weekend, luckily only about a mile from home. Turns out the leather saddlebags are not weatherproofed, got home & got them good & wiped down. Any suggestions on a good water/weatherproofing for leather? The Enemy's gate is down. | ||
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Age Quod Agis |
I like sno-seal. Warm the bags (no more than 125 degrees) in oven, sun, or with a hair dryer, and rub in. Let it set, then buff. "I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation." Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II. | |||
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It's old-school, but I really like Sno-Seal. It's a beeswax paste you apply to the leather while heating the leather with a hair dryer to help it soak in. If you do it right, it pretty much completely saturates the leather, making it the next best thing to totally impervious to water. It may not seal seams. It does tend to darken the color of the leather a lot. | |||
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Obenauf's Leather Preservative has been good to my leather goods. | |||
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Irksome Whirling Dervish |
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Nullus Anxietas |
Wilson's Leather. They've a leather cleaner and conditioner you apply with a soft cloth, and a spray-on protectant. Both get high marks from those who've used them. I use them on my leather. It's only a couple years old, though. "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher | |||
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I agree with the snow seal. I put it on heavy and use a hair dryer to get it to get into the stitching. I've been using it for over 40 years. Living the Dream | |||
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Dinosaur |
Sno seal never let me down. Use a hair dryer to heat up the leather and it will penetrate in better. | |||
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Another Sno-seal user here | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
I use pecard products based on a thread from a couple years ago. They have an excellent conditioner and tinted (choice of brown or black) water repellent. Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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I’ve used Pecard’s for many years, on everything leather- saddles, boots, motorcycle gear, and even small nicer things like watch straps. I’d read that it was what museums use. ------------------- "Oh bother", said Pooh, as he chambered his last round. | |||
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| The Ice Cream Man |
Another +1 for Obernauf | |||
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Agree....Sno-Seal...good stuff! | |||
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Spinnin' Chain |
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Thanks all, not intending to be in the wet often, but this is Houston. We can go from sunny & 80* to thunderstorms in under an hour. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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