Does anybody else use Pecard's oil (liquid)?

[rick5150]

I often use a light coating of Pecard's shoe oil to treat the new finish cowhide and goatskin Westeds' I own as well as some other leather jackets. I prefer the darker color although I lightly distress the jackets with sandpaper. This question comes up because I am about to try an experiment on one of my A-2 horsehides.

I have been searching for a product that will also restore the "new leather scent" to an older jacket. I have not found anything decent until yesterday, when I received a 4 oz. bottle of liquid in the mail for just this purpose. I propose to add an ounce or two to the Pecard's oil and apply it to the jacket.

Has anybody tried this successfully (or any other methods?) Is there already a product out there somewhere that will do this? The liquid I have is the best I have found and used by professionals to help mask undesirable odors in animal skins. It is a sad day when the leather smell goes away

[Indiana Texas-girl]

This may not be the answer you are looking for or want, but I've seen car frangrances with the leather smell. Might not be good for the jacket though.

[rick5150]

This may not be the answer you are looking for or want, but I've seen car frangrances with the leather smell

I have tried to find one that smells like leather and failed miserably. Even Yankee Candles has a leather-scented candle as well as an air freshener for cars, but they do not smell like real leather. I have tried a multitude of sprays to restore that new car smell and they do not have the distinct smell I am looking for. Nowadays, new cars smell like plastic anyways

I found out that the "leather" smell is not the leather itself, but chemicals from the tanning process which is where I focused my search next, finally settling on a taxidermist website that uses the same oil to help mask undesirable smells in their products. I ordered this and received it yesterday. Only a small amount is necessary and if added to Pecard's oil, should not harm the leather in any way.

I am worried about staining, so I will try it out on non-Wested jacket. I always use light coats of oil until the saturation point has been reached, then coat it with the regular Pecards paste a few weeks later. The results are jackets that can probably be worn underwater.

I will let everyone know how this works out. I may try it tonight or tomorrow...

[rick5150]

I used a 1:4 leather scented oil to Pecard's oil mixture and it is working out nicely so far. The scent masks the moldy smell one of the jackets I bought on eBay had acquired. Between that and the Febreeze on the lining, the jacket will smell brand new with a few more applications. Not bad for a 40 year old jacket!