I'm more confused now than before I started this topic. What I usually do is coat the bottom and leave it; coat the top, let sit overnight, polish off, then pretty much ignore Proofiding again unless it becomes painfully obvious it needs it. I guess I'll stick with that.
On Monday, June 3, 2013 10:12:37 PM UTC-7, Evan wrote: > After having read way too many posts, on various forums, about Brooks > saddle care, I think the consensus is this: Whether you use Proofide or > Obenauf's or neutral Kiwi shoe polish or some other treatment, use it > sparingly and not too frequently. How much is "sparingly"? I like Grant's > suggestion that a thimbleful will treat a whole saddle, top and bottom. How > often is "not too frequently"? I don't know, but I like Matt B's > suggestion: When the leather appears dry, rub some Proofide into it. But > again, just a bit. It appears to be far easier to ruin a Brooks with too > much oiling than with too little. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
