Originally Posted by
chevy42083
Does brooks proofide have any list of what exactly is in it? I was looking at the local tack/equine store and saw many products for leather... I'm wondering if one of them is a substitute for Proofide. They all pretty much said the same things as far as conditioning, protecting, waterproofing, .... except the Neatsfeet which said it softened also.
Some were a lotion, some a paste, and some a wax like substance. What is the Proofide like?
I would like to try something like proofide, first before trying Neatsfeet as a softener (although, I will probably resort to localized softener in the seat bone area simply cause I ride in a low position and only weigh 125lbs)
I always wonder "why" people insist on using something different than what the manufacturer recommends using. If you have no experience without what is first suggested, then how to you learn what is better or worse? Just reading on the forum will only give anecdotal information.
Originally Posted by
D1andonlyDman
Now that someone has dredged up a 7 year old thread:
I recommend Lexol, but rubbed in sparingly on the underside, and allowed to soak in for a matter of minutes - not hours. I think any similar leather conditioning product would work if used this way. The full immersion and heat method is what's potentially damaging to the saddle.
Agreed. But even when old stuff gets resurrected, new people to the forum will read it, and not necessarily look to see how old the thread is. Personally, I used the Proofide. It is what the manufacturer recommends, and I have no experience otherwise. The one thing that annoyed me after using it, was that it turned my royal blue saddle black. So what was the sense of buying a blue one with matching bar tape. grrrrrr.