My Sebago's aren't 'waterproof', but as with
any leather I take care of, I use Lexol leather conditioner.

Great stuff! My family used to race Harness Horses, and all of the leather
equipment was cleaned using Murphy's Oil Soap, then conditioned with Lexol,
then rubbed down with plain oatmeal. The latter absorbed any excess Lexol
(to which dirt would stick), and gave the leather a nice soft appearance.
This was a major chore, as each horse had their own equipment, done weekly!

--Mike

"Boaterdude" wrote in message
...
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