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- From: walkepl@auducadm.duc.auburn.edu (Paula Walker)
- Newsgroups: rec.equestrian
- Subject: Re: Storing leather tack
- Message-ID: <walkepl.8.722100465@auducadm.duc.auburn.edu>
- Date: 18 Nov 92 15:27:45 GMT
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- In article <1ebh4iINNnlo@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> pallas@cephalo.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu (Sarah Pallas) writes:
- >From: pallas@cephalo.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu (Sarah Pallas)
- >Subject: Re: Storing leather tack
- >Date: 17 Nov 1992 19:28:18 GMT
-
- >In article <1ebe5nINN2vn@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ae361@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Sonya Paetzel) writes:
- >>
- >>Does anyone have any suggestions on how to properly store unused
- >>tack
-
- >I have an article from Practical Horseman at home that gives several
- >options. I'll try to find it. What I did was to clean with glycerine
- >saddle soap and then coat everything with vaseline, wrap in newspaper
- >(so it can breathe) and store in a trunk in a relatively dry location
- >(which in Houston means inside my air conditioned house).
-
- >-Sarah Pallas
-
- I was always told that vaseline (or any petroleum product) would break down
- the fibers in leather, and never to use it on tack. Anyone know if this is
- true???
-
- Paula Walker
-