[RBW] Re: Advice on odor removal from B-17 please

2020-08-28 Thread eddietheflay
in 20 years of cycling, this is my favorite thread of all time. whatever happened to smell o vision? or pu tube? On Thursday, August 27, 2020 at 10:31:03 PM UTC-7, John P. in SF wrote: > > Apologies for cross-posting, to SFR members > > I recently purchased a fine used Brooks B-17 saddle from a '

[RBW] Re: Advice on odor removal from B-17 please

2020-08-28 Thread ascpgh
I should have added that "odor removal" will just be eliminating the final product of a potential process in play given the potential processes at work on that saddle. Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Friday, August 28, 2020 at 5:04:31 PM UTC-4, ascpgh wrote: > > The saddle's previous owner may hav

[RBW] Re: Advice on odor removal from B-17 please

2020-08-28 Thread ascpgh
The saddle's previous owner may have used some home brewed leather poultice whose fats are rancidifying. Oxidative and hydrolytic processes are the usual manners producing objectionable aromas, butyric acids from the former, aldehydes or ketones from the latter. Proofhide and Obenauf's must inc

Re: [RBW] Re: Advice on odor removal from B-17 please

2020-08-28 Thread Gustavo Vasquez
I use a leather cream with beeswax for my saddles and not proofride. The beeswax in the cream should help remove it. Wax both the top and inside of the saddle Gustavo Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 27, 2020, at 11:08 PM, Joseph Tousignant > wrote: > > Well that stinks! (sorry, couldn't re

[RBW] Re: Advice on odor removal from B-17 please

2020-08-28 Thread Dorothy C
I would say if cleaning the surface doesn’t suffice, put 1/4 to 1/2 cup diatomaceous earth in a small cloth bag, hang it off the saddle rails and wrap the whole thing in a plastic bag to let it absorb. You might get away with just powdering it, but it might cling to the leather. On Thursday, A

[RBW] Re: Advice on odor removal from B-17 please

2020-08-27 Thread Joseph Tousignant
Well that stinks! (sorry, couldn't resist :-) Seriously though, liberally rubbing in some Brooks Proofhide on the top may loosen much of the offending molecules and offending olfactory updrafts. Wait an hour or so and wipe off as much as you can with several paper towels. Hopefully much of