Leather treatment question???

[David Yukon]

Good day all. I'm building myself a new quiver, it will be a side quiver and I read some where here, but couldn't find it, a mixture that people use hot to  dip there leather goods in to waterproof it, some thing like bees wax and ....

If some one know what I'm talking about please help me!!
Thank you.

[YORNOC]

That sounds like SnoSeal.

[mjh]

I like montana pitch blend, while I have never heated it up to dip just today I used it on a sheath and then heated it up with a hair dryer and went back later and wiped off the excess, treat lots of my leather archery gear this way

[YORNOC]

Originally posted by mjh:
I like montana pitch blend, while I have never heated it up to dip just today I used it on a sheath and then heated it up with a hair dryer and went back later and wiped off the excess, treat lots of my leather archery gear this way

X2, GREAT stuff!

[mikebiz]

I use SnoSeal on my boots.  I heat the leather in sections with a hair dryer and wipe on a liberal amount of SnoSeal.  Then I hit it again with the hair dryer and it absorbs right in.  Buff off the excess and you're ready to go.  

It's made of beeswax with no animal or petroleum products that can break down and clog the pores of the leather.  Great product.

[David Yukon]

I do have some snow seal, I will use it I guess!!
Thank you guys

[onewhohasfun]

I like a toilet bowl wax gasket ring.  I think it works better than the so called special leather treatments.

[Scott Teaschner]

If it is a veg tan leather I would give it some oild first. Olive oil is great or Neetsfoot oil. It will need this before putting any type of finsh product on it.

[Stiks-n-Strings]

I made some with beeswax and neatsfoot oil about 3 parts neatsfoot oil and 1 part beeswax. Use less oil for a thicker paste. You can mess with it to get the consistency you want.

 One small batch I did is 1 part of each and I keep it in my camp box for a quick treatment on the quiver or arm guard while setting around camp.

[BWD]

Don't know what's best, but I have been known to use Harley Davidson saddle bag treatment salve looking stuff. Don't know what it's made from, but it soaks in and does not stiffen the leather.

[Pointer]

sno seal will definitely waterproof it but you can give it good protection just by using the stuff we all treated our baseball gloves with when we were growing up...around here its called gloveoleum (sp?)

[David Yukon]

Thank you again for the reply's. Scott, it is veg tan leather, thank you! I finished it tonight, but didn't really turnout the way I thought it would be... Ho well.... live and learn!!

[Keith Langford]

Montanna pitch blend oil & conditioner, 8 oz bottle is only 10 bucks, ordered mine straight from company, also got a small horsehair brush from them, 3 bucks. just treated my new american leathers big shot glove

[YORNOC]

Can we see the quiver Yukon?

[cuboodle]

Sticks and strings you got it right I've used that same recipe for years. Lasts a long time. Find a nice tin and clamp an old iron upside down to melt the beeswax add the neatsfoot oil and stir if you want a hard wax add a little paraffin. Let it cool and don't forget where you put it. I spent weeks looking for my can once

[pumatrax]

montana pitch blend...works pretty good and has a piney smell to it...relatively expensive for large items...I've used it on horse tack...boots...knife sheaths with good success....