Good oil for pump leather

I used Ballistol so far to oil and revive pump leathers. Any reason why this would be a bad idea?

 

Hi,

Maybe I'm related to itchy and don't know it, because for a number of years, the dipstick in the car kept our Coleman appliances going just fine, too. I still have the original "family" lantern, dated 1958, with its factory leather, and we might want to remember what nasty stuff the motor oil of those days was compared to current products.

Sometimes I've found an old leather that just wouldn't come back, so the replacement went in with a touch of 3 in 1. That seemed to work fine. Today, I'm prone to soaking a new leather in neatsfoot oil for about 24 hours before installing it. And I still use 3 in 1 for regular maintenance. All in all, each method has seemed to work as well as the next for me.

Rick C

 

Ballistol helped bring the leather in my Erich & Graetz Iris stove back to life. The years had made the leather shrink and spraying it with Ballistol and working it in with my fingers restored it good as new.
I think most of the time it doesn't matter which oil you use. Motor oil, gun oil and machine oils all seem to work fine but if you have a problem leather I would definitely recommend Ballistol.

Ray

 

All fettlebox leathers are treated with a combination of pure neatsfoot oil & beeswax

 

Beeswax was one of the components I used for making a lubricant for cast (black powder rifle) bullets, and to seal the chambers of my black powder revolver (also as a lubricant but more importantly to prevent a flash to jump to the next chamber ). Nowadays, it is a component I use to make beard balm...8)

Best regards,

Wim

 

Bees, Nature's Brylcream Boys!

Alec.

 

@Rangie

Brylcream! Do you still have a ducktail?

Tony

 

Vaseline Hair Tonic

 

I think i found the worst lubricant combo for pump leathers.
This pump leather was first dipped into olive oil and then lubricated with skincare vaseline.
Now the pump leather seems to be dissolving and when using the pump a brown sticky residue is left inside the pump housing.
The pump feels very loose (bad contact with the pump housing) and i am having a hard time building up pressure.

There is a possibility that the pump leather was in a bad condition to start with (new old stock).

Do you have any oil recommendations for new pump leathers from Fettlebox? Or do you just use them as is.

 

Pointing out what this stuff does to leather which is skin to the wife might reduce your monthly cosmetics bill

 

@annfield

These days I use sewing machine oil on my leather pump cups. I found some in a junk shop. It works fine. So does 3-in-1 oil.

Cheers

Tony

 

Tony , over the years i have tried a lot of things .
neatsfoot goes tacky and sticky
3 in 1 or thin mineral oil is working very well

kerry

 

I still prefer mineral oil.

 

Mineral oil here too. Any engine oil does the trick.
Cheap, everywhere and works excellent.