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I Have a leather Brief case (no Mold) Leather Belts (no Mold) have a black leather MC Jacket (no Mold) I live on the East side of ST Croix by the water. I Know the East side is dry compared to the west side. I think that might be a plus when you have arthritis.
Posted : June 28, 2011 12:50 am
Well Lizard, I live further east than you and all of a sudden I have mold. The worst is I unpacked my italian leather shoes for a trip back to the states and they just fell apart. Not the leather but the bottoms or soles of the shoes. Broke my heart. I found the solution for my leather furniture however, I soak it down with alcohol, not the drinking kind, the rubbing kind, works great. Like you, hubbys brief case and belts, no problem. We have had a lot of rain in the last 12 months. More than I have ever seen here. I went to Plaza Extra and bought two 20lbs bags of rice and filled up tube socks with the rice and put them all over my house. Sounds silly but I figure they will soak up the moisture in the house. I will let you know if it works.
Posted : June 28, 2011 1:23 am
I found that buying a tube of shoe goo (sp?) works best on re-gluing the sole back onto the shoe. Gannett Hardware sells this. It doesn't last forever but at least you can wear the shoes for a while longer.
Jumbie -STX
Posted : June 28, 2011 11:29 am
RE Shoe soles: I've wanted to try 3M 5200 for shoe repair for a long time. Recently I tried it and so far it works very well.
Posted : June 28, 2011 2:17 pm
Jumbie, these shoes just shredded. They were high heels with some sort of rubber material. It happened to three pair. They were all hardly worn. So weird.
Posted : June 28, 2011 3:27 pm
Lizard...Guy told me the remedy for everything is spray it with diesel fuel ..lol:-o
Posted : June 29, 2011 12:40 am
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In South East Asia we would spray our boots with diesel fuel, kept the boot dry and the snakes away!:D
Posted : June 29, 2011 3:09 am
Jumbie, these shoes just shredded. They were high heels with some sort of rubber material. It happened to three pair. They were all hardly worn. So weird.
I had a similar experience with a leather/natural rubber golf grip on one of my putters. that I had not used for several months after moving here in '07. It litterally disintergrated sitting in the "closet" and I had to put a new grip on it. I was told the high humidity effects these types of grips adversely. Other grips on my golf clubs are ok but they are of synthetic type polymer construction vs "leather".
Jumbie -STX
Posted : June 29, 2011 8:45 am