I wonder if anyone has any experience using original leather seals after regular dry storage... Is is better to keep them in a jar full of neat's-foot oil, or just soak them in oil a day or so prior to using them? Case in point, GM 3652271 torque tube seal, NLA, no modern option available...
I'd suggest another method- - - -oil the seals liberally, and store them in a thick Ziplock bag just large enough to hold them, like maybe a freezer bag, etc. The less air they're exposed to, the better. Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
The oil that I have always used is Neatsfoot oil, it is for saddles, harness, holsters baseball gloves etc. but don't ever get it near your wife's elk skin wedding dress. Happened about 10 years ago, I'm almost healed up from my injuries. Doc.
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I learned to use castor oil on the welt of western leather -sole boots,works fine. Also soaked hand water pump leathers,which remind you of seals ,worked fine. Just put them in a butter tub with a lid.
What's a Neat, and how do you extract the oil from its feet? "Inquiring minds want to know!" LOL! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
What's a Neat, and how do you extract the oil from its feet? "Inquiring minds want to know!" LOL! Jerry
"Neatsfoot oil is a yellow oil rendered and purified from the shin bones and feet (but not the hooves) of cattle. "Neat" in the oil's name comes from an Old English word for cattle. Neatsfoot oil is used as a conditioning, softening and preservative agent for leather."
Neat is and Olde English word for cattle. Foot refers to the oil is made by rendering the shinbones and feet of cattle. And that folks is the rest of the story.
Darn, Tim types faster than I do.
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Already knew that- - - - - -we really need a "sarcasm" emoji! BTW, the feet (not the hooves) contain the oil. Hooves are used to make glue! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
We have 2 of those Jerry, a dancing banana and a dancing Elvis.
Martin '62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress) '47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project) ‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily) ‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence) “I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one! Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop! USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
