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  • #16
    Re: Cleaning Whitened Buff Leather

    Pete,
    Thanks! I look forward to this weekend then... I think it'll turn out alright after an application or two.
    Cheers,
    Kirby
    Cheers,
    [COLOR=Red]Kirby Smith[/COLOR]

    Loblolly Mess

    Too many ancestors who served and events on the schedule to post here...

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    • #17
      Re: Cleaning Whitened Buff Leather

      You may also try talkum dissolved in water and add some gum arabic. Apply with a brush, lket it dry in the sund. Brush it over carefully and leave the leather bleaching in the sun for a while. while veg. tanned leather will darken in the sun real buff leather will bleach.
      Jan H.Berger
      Hornist

      German Mess
      http://germanmess.de/

      www.lederarsenal.com


      "Und setzet ihr nicht das Leben ein, nie wird euch das Leben gewonnen sein."( Friedrich Schiller)

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      • #18
        Re: Cleaning Whitened Buff Leather

        Kirby - sorry for not responding sooner. One thing the simple white dirt and water solution is lacking is an oil binder. Instead of using white lead, as per the period recipe, a small portion or thin coat of zinc white oil paint (found at most art or craft supply stores) can be used to finish or bind the surface.
        B. G. Beall (Long Gone)

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        • #19
          Re: Cleaning Whitened Buff Leather

          As an aside...doesn't the workwoman's guide have some guidance for lifting stains out of 'white' leather?

          Paul B.
          Paul B. Boulden Jr.


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