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Post by cusqueno on May 9, 2014 10:50:22 GMT
Hi everyone! I have posted this enquiry on the CTC technical forum, but there may be more knowledge here ? I have an old Milremo Professional saddle which has its plastic carcass covered in (what I assume is) real leather. I bought the saddle second hand and have had it for a couple of years before recently starting to use it. After a few days the colour has virtually disappeared from the contact areas of the saddle. Is there a dye available that will restore the saddle to something like its original colour? You might recognise the seat cluster of my 600ex. The original Viscount branded saddle had eventually become too disreputable for further use.
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Post by velocipete on May 9, 2014 12:51:04 GMT
I'd have a chat with an old fashioned cobbler.There are lots of shoe dyes but I'm not sure whether it would bleed onto your trousers when using the bike.May ruin your kit! Cheers, Pete.
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Post by bendo on May 9, 2014 14:54:19 GMT
I would try traditional leather preserving products. Most contain things like beeswax and neatsfoot oil which will darken the leather and also nourish it; yours look quite dry afaics from the pic.
@pete: Good reason to always wear black bike shorts! b
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Post by Jem on May 9, 2014 15:36:55 GMT
I used this on leather, even though it says for wood on the label, on the back it mentions leather. It's just beeswax,turps and linseed oil, nothing else. They do a leather version. Very cheap in Wilco's. It just seems to replenish. So that might bring it's natural colour back? EDIT- worth a try on a little bit under the tuck of the visible part?
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Post by velocipete on May 9, 2014 17:48:18 GMT
I would try traditional leather preserving products. Most contain things like beeswax and neatsfoot oil which will darken the leather and also nourish it; yours look quite dry afaics from the pic. @pete: Good reason to always wear black bike shorts! b Bendo,big problem,my Brooks Swift is of the brownish hue! Cheers, Pete.
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