I have a couple of "beyond gone" leather Brooks saddles. The first one I tried to do something with simply just got worse and just looks like beef jerkey. I think it's too oily.

I know a couple of the brain trusts here can make new covers and the one mentioned above will have to be recovered.

This was was soaked in water (which took only seconds) and reshaped and dried again. As you can see, the cover is cracked.

I read a thread, perhaps years ago where someone had sanded the surface of a toasted Brooks and treated it somehow. I was also thinking of sanding it except the logo and using shellac to try to re-tan it. I am sure it will still be useless but I have others to use on ride days.

Any ideas?


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