Posts by Arethusa

Quote:Originally Posted by okazaki Yeah, found and combed through that thread after posting. Any decent leather out there in $500-600 range?dude, toj?

Thread is useless without pics. Anyway, if it's 20 years old, decent chance you should use a cleaner first. Lexol makes one (I've never used it; it's probably good), or you can try saddle soap. Definitely condition after (Lexol's very...

I don't think you missed much. Just get a toj.

Got asked for more details on what I did in a PM, but I figured I should post it here: Basically, I sprayed Lexol on a rag (cut up tshirts) and then rubbed it in. It's actually kind of a laborious process, and the end result is kind of...

I bought the 8oz container, and that was enough. You'll go through a decent chunk of it for something as large as a jacket (especially if you're doing two coats), but the 8oz container's been enough for me to wax two jackets and four...

So, I made some bad decisions and ended up with two RRL leather jackets (says Icon on the tag; basically a bomber but with different cuffs and hem), size Large. Never wore either and they sat in my closet forever. Then tried treating...

School! I poked in occasionally, but mostly just for the toj thread. God, I only recognize a few people anymore. People who registered in 2009, calling other people noobs...

This RRL jacket is pretty much my favorite Americana/bomber design ever. Took these pictures to demonstrate what lexol + obenauf's can do. Crosspost here if you want more...

crosspost: Just took a bunch of pictures of an RRL leather jacket I treated with Obenauf's, if anyone's curious. http://www.styleforum.net/t/286264/obenaufs-lp-on-an-rrl-leather-jacket

Through a series of bad decisions, I ended up with two copies of an RRL jacket that I fucking love but which is a size too big for me, so I never wore it. I finally got around to throwing a ton of Lexol and two coats of Obenauf's at it,...