I should have added that "odor removal" will just be eliminating the final product of a potential process in play given the potential processes at work on that saddle.
Andy Cheatham Pittsburgh On Friday, August 28, 2020 at 5:04:31 PM UTC-4, ascpgh wrote: > > The saddle's previous owner may have used some home brewed leather > poultice whose fats are rancidifying. Oxidative and hydrolytic processes > are the usual manners producing objectionable aromas, butyric acids from > the former, aldehydes or ketones from the latter. Proofhide and Obenauf's > must include antioxidative materials to prevent such of their own > ingredients. > > Microbial or fungal activity can produce the breakdown as well. Vitamin E > can slow or stop this effect. Would have to be alert to softening the > leather and choose how long you let it be in contact before wiping off the > excess. > > Andy Cheatham > Pittsburgh > > > On Friday, August 28, 2020 at 1:31:03 AM UTC-4, John P. in SF wrote: >> >> Apologies for cross-posting, to SFR members >> >> I recently purchased a fine used Brooks B-17 saddle from a 'friend' and >> have been enjoying it. >> >> However. >> >> I found myself checking my personal glandular areas for odor when near my >> bike pile, thinking that perhaps I have eaten something or took a shirt or >> pair of boxers from the wrong pile that day. After a few confirming sniffs >> I looked elsewhere and easily found the offending source, my newly acquired >> B-17. >> >> Any tips for odor removal from the newbies or anciennes? >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> John P in SF, who thought he smelled a bargain and got more than he >> wanted. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/74fc1dd6-98bf-4bbe-b11e-767ae34c736bo%40googlegroups.com.
