Mike wrote:
> On leather restoration/rejuvenation I contacted a friend of mine who is a
> curator of a museum (on an air force base) and he told me to use pure
> lanolin. He uses it to help preserve WWII flying jackets and helmets.
>
> I got a tube from my Walmart Chemist. Comes in a tube and is difficult to
> spread but if one warms the tube up it is not too bad. Takes a while to
> soak in and multiple treatments necessary. Yes the leather will repel
> water after treating.
Lanolin is one of the main ingredients of Hemorrhoid creams and also work wonders on cycling short's natural chamois linings. I have always been told to use it to avoid saddle sores and since I have never suffered any saddle sores perhaps the advice was correct. Perhaps a tube of Preparation H would work on saddles too? Has anybody ever given it a try? Back in the early 80's, there was a fellow in Canada, I believe it was Peter Marshal, who sold a chamois treatment called 'bum fat' that was great stuff. It had three types of Lanolin in it.
Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ