Gene Kearns wrote:
On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 22:16:18 -0500, Boaterdude penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

I'm not sure what you mean by 'oil tanned', but if you have a smooth
leather with a scuff,

That pretty much describes the problems associated:
also, see: http://www.siegelofca.com/view_verlane.asp?id=106

I'm going to check these out, as well:
http://tinyurl.com/yj97xc

but, will likely settle on the Sebago's.


Thanks for the links. My Sebago's aren't 'waterproof', but as with
any leather I take care of, I use Lexol leather conditioner. It won't
make leather waterproof, but when it dries, it will be like it never got
wet! Lexol, it it's original small brown jerry jug type container can
be hard to find at times, so I was pleasantly surprised to find that
some auto parts stores now carry it in a spray bottle.

I hadn't heard of 'Gokey' before, but they certainly seem to take a lot
of pride in their work! In looking at the site, I ran across these
which look interesting. Anyone here tried 'em? http://tinyurl.com/yammaf

-Jim