Re: How to unshrink all-leather work gloves (deerskin, goatskin, no cowhide)?
Mel Knight
>> What dry-cleaning solvent can I buy at the hardware store that will
>> clean leather gloves of urushiol?
>
> Tetrachloroethylene, AKA brake cleaner (Brakleen - red can). Unless you
> live in California, of course.
I would have to live in the Republik of Kalifornia!
There are no chlorocarbons on the shelves, I think.
Is there something else I can use (perhaps from the auto parts store or
the hardware store)?
Here, for example, is a picture of all my experiments (all of which
failed)!
Tony Miklos
Holy crap, you really have a big project going on don't you?
Jon Danniken
> On Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:51:28 -0700, Jon Danniken wrote:
>
>>> What dry-cleaning solvent can I buy at the hardware store that will
>>> clean leather gloves of urushiol?
>>
>> Tetrachloroethylene, AKA brake cleaner (Brakleen - red can). Unless
>> you live in California, of course.
>
> I would have to live in the Republik of Kalifornia!
>
> There are no chlorocarbons on the shelves, I think.
I wonder if you could get it shipped....
http://www.amazon.com/CRC-Industries-BRAKLEEN-Cleaner-05089F-C/dp/B0002T8Y48
Jon
The Real Bev
I've never heard of actually washing work gloves. If I were you I'd use
the cheap leather-palm ones and just throw them away when they wear out
-- and NEVER touch the outside with your fingers. My work gloves get
big holes in the fingers (repairable with duct tape, of course) long
before I'd consider washing them, but I'm not dealing with poison
oak/ivy, either.
I've got some nice goatskin gardening gloves, but they're too good to
use :-) I used to turn them inside out (like the rest of the dirtbags)
and use them for motorcycle gloves.
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Mel Knight
> I've got some nice goatskin gardening gloves, but they're too good to
> use :-) I used to turn them inside out (like the rest of the dirtbags)
> and use them for motorcycle gloves.
My motorcycle gloves are kangaroo.
What does turning goatskin gloves inside out actually do for you?
I'm curious.
The Real Bev
Puts the seams on the outside and the smooth side on the indside. What
you don't want in gloves for dirtriding is skin-abrading seams.
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Dennis
<bashl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>On 04/10/11 20:19, Mel Knight wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 19:59:10 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>>> I've got some nice goatskin gardening gloves, but they're too good to
>>> use :-) I used to turn them inside out (like the rest of the dirtbags)
>>> and use them for motorcycle gloves.
>>
>> My motorcycle gloves are kangaroo.
>>
>> What does turning goatskin gloves inside out actually do for you?
>>
>> I'm curious.
>
>Puts the seams on the outside and the smooth side on the indside. What
>you don't want in gloves for dirtriding is skin-abrading seams.
Can you turn turquoise suede go-go boots inside out?
Dennis (evil)
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The Real Bev
> <bashl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On 04/10/11 20:19, Mel Knight wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 09 Apr 2011 19:59:10 -0700, The Real Bev wrote:
>>>> I've got some nice goatskin gardening gloves, but they're too good to
>>>> use :-) I used to turn them inside out (like the rest of the dirtbags)
>>>> and use them for motorcycle gloves.
>>>
>>> My motorcycle gloves are kangaroo.
>>>
>>> What does turning goatskin gloves inside out actually do for you?
>>>
>>> I'm curious.
>>
>>Puts the seams on the outside and the smooth side on the indside. What
>>you don't want in gloves for dirtriding is skin-abrading seams.
>
> Can you turn turquoise suede go-go boots inside out?
Wow! My choices in footwear have clearly made quite an impression on you!
To answer your question, no.
Life used to be lots better, didn't it?
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John Weiss
>
> Can you turn turquoise suede go-go boots inside out?
Sure! Elvis can tell you how!
Jesus Mommywas13
Then fuck it. Nothing like stretching out an old piece of leather.