New Raiders Goatskin
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New Raiders Goatskin
Hello,
Just joined the Forum, after ordering a Raiders goatskin from Wested.
I was going to get some rubbing alcohol to take away the gloss on the jacket when i recieve it. Is it best to water this down or use it neat?
Sorry if this question has been asked a dozen times.
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Leighton
Just joined the Forum, after ordering a Raiders goatskin from Wested.
I was going to get some rubbing alcohol to take away the gloss on the jacket when i recieve it. Is it best to water this down or use it neat?
Sorry if this question has been asked a dozen times.
Thanks
Leighton
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I might be in the minority here but I say just wear the thing. Be patient and wear it and the sheen will eventually dull out on it's own. Crumple up the jacket and throw in the corrner at the end of the day and sit on it at work and it will look lived in before you know it. Why take the chance of ruining the leather with rubbing alcohol?LEIGHTONWILL wrote:Does the rubbing alcohol actually damage the leather? I was reading someones reply and he said not to use this for at least a year.
I was going to do this as soon as I got the jacket
Leightonwill,
I have an old A-2 goatskin jacket that my parents gave me when I was 18. It is too small now but I still keep it around. The other day I bought some 75% alcohol and rubbed half of the jacket down. It definitely reduced the sheen on the leather but not a ton. The leather looks fine and more dull and there is no damage to the leather. Waiting for a year makes no difference. Leather is leather. Let me know how it goes if you do this. I just ordered a TOD goat and I plan on giving it a rub down if the sheen is too much. By the way, how does the jacket look? How is the goat?
LJHood
I have an old A-2 goatskin jacket that my parents gave me when I was 18. It is too small now but I still keep it around. The other day I bought some 75% alcohol and rubbed half of the jacket down. It definitely reduced the sheen on the leather but not a ton. The leather looks fine and more dull and there is no damage to the leather. Waiting for a year makes no difference. Leather is leather. Let me know how it goes if you do this. I just ordered a TOD goat and I plan on giving it a rub down if the sheen is too much. By the way, how does the jacket look? How is the goat?
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Oh my, I had thought I saw that on another post out of the corner of my eye, but just dismissed it as my eyes playing a trick on me. Very freaky and cool! Did you use Photoshop to do that?Mike wrote: Oh, and by the way Pyro, your new blinking pic is freaking me out! At first, I could've sworn something happend, but then passed it off as morning cobwebs, then saw it again. Very cool.
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Thanks for the reply guys,
I suppose I'm being a bit impatient really because I only ordered the jacket two weeks ago, but hopefully It'll be delivered soon as I live in the UK. I've just been reading through the forum and all the different kinds of advice to age the jacket, very useful.
I nearly ordered the TOD instead, looks great, I think I'll get that one when I've got the money again(I'll start saving). I think I'll try the rubbing alcohol, maybe water it down a bit first.
Thanks
Leighton
I suppose I'm being a bit impatient really because I only ordered the jacket two weeks ago, but hopefully It'll be delivered soon as I live in the UK. I've just been reading through the forum and all the different kinds of advice to age the jacket, very useful.
I nearly ordered the TOD instead, looks great, I think I'll get that one when I've got the money again(I'll start saving). I think I'll try the rubbing alcohol, maybe water it down a bit first.
Thanks
Leighton
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At 5:30 in the morning and I haven't had my coffee---I thought I needed to log off and go back to bed after seeing an avatar blink at me!Mike wrote:.....by the way Pyro, your new blinking pic is freaking me out! At first, I could've sworn something happend, but then passed it off as morning cobwebs, then saw it again. Very cool.
There's no way I was going to bring that up in coversation. "Honey, I was posting on Indygear this morning and one of the avatars was blinking at me." That would not have gone over well......
Very cool, Pyr!
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Be aware that while acohol is a very mild solvent, acetone is heavy duty stuff. It'll dissolve most plastics, and is quite toxic. I'm not sure what it might do to the leather, if anything, but be careful when applying it. Take off your watch and such.
Also, no matter what you use, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to follow it up a few hours later with an application of Pecards. I'd wait a few hours though, to give the solvent time to evaporate (being that they're both fairly volatile, I'd think a few hours should be plenty). You wouldn't want to seal them into the leather.
Also, no matter what you use, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to follow it up a few hours later with an application of Pecards. I'd wait a few hours though, to give the solvent time to evaporate (being that they're both fairly volatile, I'd think a few hours should be plenty). You wouldn't want to seal them into the leather.
I have to disagree. Pecards will reverse the desired effect and may actually make the leather shinier than before.Indiana Cojones wrote:Also, no matter what you use, it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to follow it up a few hours later with an application of Pecards. I'd wait a few hours though, to give the solvent time to evaporate (being that they're both fairly volatile, I'd think a few hours should be plenty). You wouldn't want to seal them into the leather.
FYI: Without solvent you can not have a leather jacket. That is how the leather is dyed or tanned. Leather is often times drum dyed. That means the skins are marinated in dye which is mostly solvent.
I have been known to hand age some of my jackets with solvent. When I say hand age, I mean giving the appearence of age by removing some of the dark color creating highlights. This gives the illusion that the jacket is older than it really is. The life of the jacket is not changed.....just the color.
More recreational reading about leather, solvents and mad men who use them can be found here:
http://www.regular-guy.com/jacket.htm
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Ditto The_Edge!
"but I say just wear the thing. Be patient and wear it "
Absolutely! swim in it . drag it behind the horse. leave it in the corner of the tack room. sleep in it. After all, Indy's got a hole in his...... ( upper left arm).....& blood spatters!
Absolutely! swim in it . drag it behind the horse. leave it in the corner of the tack room. sleep in it. After all, Indy's got a hole in his...... ( upper left arm).....& blood spatters!
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