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

[Patrick & Lisa Bates]

Good cal! My wife's the horseperson here, there's ALWAYS Lexol around. I
think we were warned off Leather New, more of a laquer isn't it?
Patrick, Lisa & Riley Bates
Bates Paint Horses
R. R. #3
Bothwell, ON  N0P 1C0
(519) 695-3711
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/4345
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Darmiento" <frankdarmiento at yahoo.com>
To: "sabutin" <sabutin at mindspring.com>; "Trombone-L"
<TROMBONE-L at server5.samford.edu>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] Leather case care? HELP!!!


> 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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