[Milsurplus] Leather and canvas rejuvenation

[G.Lofstead]

Do not use linseed oil... It will harden the fabric.....

GO to a camping supply store and get a canvas preservative and use neetsfoot oil on the leather...

Jerry
W3CDE

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> From: Military1944 at aol.com
> Date: 2007/03/29 Thu AM 09:08:13 EST
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net,  Wireless-Set-No19 at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Milsurplus] Leather and canvas rejuvenation
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> Has anyone experience of rejuvenating leather and canvas as used on 
> various radio set covers and the like?
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> On a couple of my Japanese sets the covers are not leather but a 
> kind of woven canvas which may have been impregnated to 
> prevent moisture absorption etc but now, 70 year on it has gone 
> very hard and there's the possibility of it fracturing along the bend  lines. 
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> I would like to treat it, I thought of some form of moisturiser, the 
> boss must have something on her shelf of lotions and potions that 
> would do. I think most of the face/hand stuff is water based though, 
> I was wondering if an oil based substance might be better, virgin 
> olive oil for example? or Jojoba (hohoba) or however its pronounced, 
> might be a natural solution. 
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> Anyone else tackled this problem?
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> Ben G4BXD
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