[Trombone-l] Leather case care? HELP!!!

[Frank Darmiento]

Sam -
I'll throw in my two bits as a horseperson.  Lexol is
pretty much the standard for leather care (although
saddle soap is also excellent).  If the leather is a
little beat up I suggest a product called Leather
New--both available at your local tack store.  (I
think there's one next to Macy's, right? :)

Frank

--- sabutin <sabutin at mindspring.com> wrote:

> OK folks...
> 
> So here I am, the proud possessor of not one but TWO
> slightly used, 
> really good looking leather trombone bags.
> 
> Me...the guy who vowed never to buy another leather
> case maybe 15 
> years ago because my beautiful custom-made Joe's
> House of Sandals bag 
> took such a beating in NYC and on the road that
> after several years 
> it began to look like it had been USED as footwear.
> 
> Me...the guy who has gotten 8 and 10 and even 15
> years out of some 
> cordura Reunion Blues bags. (With the help of a
> little dollop of 
> Super Glue once in a while.)
> 
> Both of these bags were offers that I simply
> couldn't refuse.
> 
> So...now that I am masquerading as a grownup, I'd
> like to keep these 
> fine pieces of the casemaker's art looking good.
> 
> How do I best go about that?
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> I used to use mink oil...but that is some funky
> stuff[!!! I gave up 
> on it one hot summer day when a pack of dogs started
> following me and 
> my freshly oiled leather gig bag down the street in
> a suburban 
> neighborhood of Brooklyn.
> 
> Baying.
> 
> For real.
> 
> And besides...the bag STILL looked like it had been
> left out in the 
> Sahara sun for a couple of years.
> 
> Only greasier.
> 
> All cracked...
> 
> And the mink oil stained by clothes sometimes, too.
> 
> I mean...even $5 T-shirts can add up.
> 
> So.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> I really would like to keep these cases looking
> nice.
> 
> Thanks...
> 
> S.
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Frank T. Darmiento
Scottsdale, Arizona
frank at darmiento.com
www.SackbutMusic.com
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