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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've never bothered treating leath gloves with anything. Most of the time the leather doesn't get wet.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Well it is a softshell materiale as well, so by no means waterproof. For the leather part I would apply beeswax once a year, to keep the leather soft.
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In my experience leather, if that's what it is, needs proofing.
I don't ride in the rain much, but even dry snow has moisture in it. I try to get mitts with no leather if I can, but otherwise you just need nikwax or equivalent once a season. In my opinion you also want to dry them out overnight and before packing them to fly, for example.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@blueforests, you can get a big tub of Hestra's special wax for goatskin for about a fiver at any shop selling the Hestra gloves. I've had mine for 5 years and treat them once or twice a season and I've hardly marked the surface of the wax/lanolin or whatever it is in the tin. A little goes a very long way and my gloves are still flexible, warm and waterproof.
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Second vote for the Hestra wax. Got a little from ebay and have been treating a variety of leather gloves with it for years. Lasts ages.
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Hestra wax is great stuff.
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@HoneyBunny, 
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| HoneyBunny wrote: |
| Hestra wax is great stuff. |
Only when applied warm, by hand, with candle light and the right track on the stereo. . .
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And wine 
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| Masque wrote: |
| HoneyBunny wrote: |
| Hestra wax is great stuff. |
Only when applied warm, by hand, with candle light and the right track on the stereo. . . |
My OH does not like the smell. 
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Right, but as I said my OH does not like the smell (neither warm, by hand og by candle light) but otherwise great stuff.
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You know it makes sense.
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Hestra wax or saddle soap
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Hyst wrote: |
| my OH does not like the smell |
Oh, I was going to get some of this Hestra wonderwax but am now worried as I'm sensitive to smells and a lot of things make me gag. Like hot ski wax . I have to go out whilst OH does the skis then opens all the windows till the smell has gone. Petrol, oil based paint, lots of things set me off. So could you, if possible, describe the smell, (or better still, get your OH to do it). Because I don't want to buy something I can't use. Thanks.
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Poster: A snowHead
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How about some good ole fashioned Dubbin?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@maggi, Go down to a shop open a sample and have a try, is the best I can say. It does NOT smell "chemical". 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| haigie wrote: |
| How about some good ole fashioned Dubbin? |
That's what I use. Pre season and once or twice during.
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@maggi, You can get a wide range of stuff from Amazon which will do the job, including Dubbin. I use the Hestra stuff which I picked up from a ski shop selling the gloves about a year after I bought the gloves. Prior to that I used the small sample they included with the gloves. I don't like Dubbin as it tends to make the surfaces sticky because it is not easily absorbed; for my leather walking boots I switched to Nikwax almost as soon as it came out. The Hestra stuff keeps the leather flexible as well as waterproof and is definitely not a sticky substance. It is very light and goes into the leather really easily and quickly.
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I'm now using Punch Dubbin in a Tube. I leave for a day or 2 in a warm place and all completely absorbed into the leather and not sticky.
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Dubbin also softens leather and can cause stitching holes to stretch.
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Saddle soap doesn't smell much and does a similar job to the waxes
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@maggi,
Hestra wax doesn't smell bad, if anything it's quite nice. A slight honey/bees wax type odour.
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I quite like the smell of the Hestra stuff and I have just re-done my all leather gloves this very day. Good tip I got was to put the gloves in the tumble dryer for 10 mins to get the pores in the leather to open, the balm soaks staright in and last season an d the season before they performed really well. Keeps them super soft too.
Learn to love the smell.... love the smell.... love the smell... 
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I've used "Effax leather balsam" for years on all sort of leather gloves boots and clothing, it doesn't smell in any way of chemicals but just a slightly sweet aroma. Contains things like beeswax, lanolin amongst other ingredients and really keeps leather soft, waterproof and prevents cracking.
I thought sadle soap was used to clean tack\sadles etc and neutralise the acid effects of horse perspiration on the leather and not offer much protection, you'd usually apply protection after cleaning with the soap.
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