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#503983 StarSergeant (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 386 Not sure 11 Months, 1 Week ago   Not sure which order to do this. Treating leather bags today and I want to dye, clean and treat. I bought Kiwi liquid dye (black), saddle soap, and mink oil. Which order should I do these in?   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #503993 greyphart (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 5786 Re:Not sure 11 Months, 1 Week ago   New/used bags? Cleaner first then, after it's dried, dye, mink oil. I usually use a couple coats of the oil. Rub the first one in real good and let it sit for a day then apply the second one. But that's just me. GP   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #503997 StarSergeant (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 386 Re:Not sure 11 Months, 1 Week ago   Used bags, bought off of ebay in decent shape. Waaaay better than my old ones. Thanks, GP.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #504001 OBMF (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 618 Re:Not sure 11 Months, 1 Week ago   As above. If it's nice and sunny and hot out, smear on mink oil liberally and set the bags in the sun. The oil will soak right in (hit the seams good). Or, if it's too cool, use your wife's hairdryer to do the same thing. I haven't had to re-dye the bags (yet). I just mix Kiwi black shoe polish with the mink-oil (about half and half) and rub in liberally. Works great! John Scribner   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #504005 jd750ace (User) I'm not IN danger, I AM the danger Platinum Boarder Posts: 7943 Re:Not sure 11 Months, 1 Week ago   In Florida, he shouldn't have any trouble finding a nice warm spot to work in!   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #504018 Erbman02 (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 5258 Re:Not sure 11 Months, 1 Week ago   saddle soap is just that...a soap used for cleaning. Mink oil is a conditioner. I would clean, dye, condition. Might want to get in touch with an old time shoe repair guy as far as using mink oil right after dying, may not be a thing to do right after dying. The dye might take a while to set. Just toss the bags into the washer with a bar of saddle soap, go play a round of nine holes, come back, toss them in dryer, go finish the back nine.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #504047 StarSergeant (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 386 Re:Not sure 11 Months, 1 Week ago   JD hit the nail on the head, not too difficult finding a warm spot, even at night. Next time I'll try mixing the dye and mink oil together. I did clean the bags first then dyed them. They are in the sun now. I guess I'll put the mink oil on tomorrow and put them back in the sun for most of the day. Thanks for the advice. This is my first time trying to take care of bags properly. When I bought my R* the bags were in horrible shape with the top flaps (the part with the studs) off the bags and they were hard as rocks. I took them to a shoe repair shop that also does sails and he fixed them up as best he could. He kept them for almost two weeks and charged me $90, which i thought was a bargain after I saw how much new ones cost. I'm definitely gonna try and do better with these bags.   Logged     Last Edit: 2012/06/15 12:50 By StarSergeant.     The administrator has disabled public write access. #504052 jd750ace (User) I'm not IN danger, I AM the danger Platinum Boarder Posts: 7943 Re:Not sure 11 Months, 1 Week ago   You are on the right track for keeping your bags healthy. Some people gripe about keeping leather up, but it's worth it. If the dye you have does not get dark enough, or hold color well, try Kiwi Boot Cream. I've had excellent results with small scuffs and sun fading with it. Lots of oils in it as well.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #504095 StarSergeant (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 386 Re:Not sure 11 Months, 1 Week ago   So far it's plenty dark but a little blotchy. (I made that up ) I saw the boot creme at the store. I may give that a try on the next servicing. How often should this be done? The guy at the shoe shop said everytime they get wet . That would be 5 times a week here in Florida.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #504193 roadtoad1 (User) Killing bugs is not a joy, it's my duty Senior Boarder Posts: 362 Re:Not sure 11 Months, 1 Week ago   Just be careful with the leather dye, used that stuff in the army, seems like I always dropped the bottle. Make one heck of a mess, and hard to clean up...   Logged     Killing bugs is not a joy, it\'s my duty   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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