any FOTs know about leather treatment?

[yesno]

Google has let me down on this.

I got a really great new leather bag:

http://www.mcguckin.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21_33&products_id=293

Vintage-looking, high quality, built to last a hundred years.

But some of the inside bits are still shedding.  I wore a corduroy sport jacket to work today and it's all covered with leather bits from the inside of the strap.  Other bits of the interior leather seem to be smoothed out in some way.

How do I stop this?

[Beth]

My mind went to a different place when I read the thread topic. I'm relieved and disappointed.

[erika]

Somebody's been bad and needs to be punished?

[yesno]

I did my best to remove that implication; obviously I failed.

hell bent for leather.

[masterofsparks]

You might want to ask WFMU's Chris Stubbs.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

we should all know better than nothing will be taken seriously on this board (unless it involves mothers...perhaps even in knoxville).

at any rate, i dracsearch'd: http://www.wikihow.com/Soften-a-Leather-Belt

...but i dont know if that will prevent further shedding.  most of what i read indicated that you will need to refer to your label or the maker for care and prevention on your shedding problem.  sorry, yesno.

[Stan]

Flip over the strap or replace it.

[yesno]

http://twitpic.com/2agjq

interior of strap is what sheds.  I'd hate to replace it.  I bet I can scrape it with some kind of primitive implement.

Or I can apply some baby oil to my leather strap, so it stops misbehaving.

[emma]

I'm trying to limit myself to one Spike joke a week but this board is making it difficult.

[nec13]

This thread should be merged with the O'Reilly thread.

[JustSheaNo]

Baby oil might stain the leather, since it has other ingredients besides mineral oil that give it fragrance and evaporate at different rates... Leather dressing is frequently made of tallow. You want to look into oils/dressings that are specifically for treating leather.

Here's a good link http://www.davidmorgan.com/leathercare.html

Good luck.

JSN

[fonpr]

How do I stop this?
[/quote]



Don't stop it. 
Work it until it breaks, then put it on eBay/
period.

[Fido]

Ask Spike!

[Sarah]

There must be some kind of fixative you could paint/spray on the inside of the strap to hold the bits in place; if you apply lanolin/oil to it, you might end up staining your clothing.  I'll ask a friend of mine who has tanned hides what she'd suggest.

[yesno]

Thanks Sarah, I knew you'd   be good on this one.

Ps spike