Fiebing Company Prime Neatsfoot Oil Compound

This is the good stuff. Pure neatsfoot, smells good but not pungent, nice and thick.

We used this oil to restore a leather lounge chair and it worked great. It looks like new. Buying a gallon was definitely the best idea. The chair got darker and richer looking with each successive coat. There was a stain in one spot, but we darkened it all up until you couldnt notice the stain at all.

Used it to restore - more like transform to new - an old, stiff, faded leather bomber jacket. Excellent product and great company! Careful - this product will naturally and beautifully darken uncoated leathers. Turned an old, faded, tan-colored jacket into a rich tobacco brown color - perfect!

Normally, leather professionals recommend only using pure 100% neatsfoot oil, but I thought I give Fiebing’s neatsfoot compound a try since it cost less, and pure neatsfoot oil has an unpleasant odor all its own. But I don’t think the cost saving was worth the concern the compound is now raising. Upon the first application, the neatsfoot compound had a distillate odor, almost like a petroleum distillate or gasoline. What concerns is that some leather goods use glue to bond edges over or to double up full grain leathers together. This type of “distillate” compound may melt or dissolve glues or adhesives used in leather. This compound may not be worth the risk of ruining a leather good.

An Iron Lung, also known as aTank Respirator, or a Negative Pressure Ventilator, was used by Polio victims who could not breathe on their own. It is STILL the best tool for those who have to use a respirator at night to keep their lung capacity from diminishing. It reduces bed sores by over 50%. There is much less chance of aspirating sputum since there is no mask to trap it. And the constantly changing pressure on the body helps maintain digestive health. The pressure inside is changed by a motor moving leather diaphragm that will last for decades if kept oiled. The one my wife sleeps in (due to a really nasty form of Muscular Dystrophy) Was made in 1953, and she has used it since 1978 without a major repair.

Just what i wanted and ned. Thanks

Ive been using this for years on my leather gear and saddlebags on my 73 Shovelhead

I ordered this by mistake instead of 100% Neatsfoot oil. I normally use the same brand but not Compound, and thought I would give it a try. Needless to say not pleased at all. It runs like water dripping off and not soaking in as well as pure oil. It would not even soak into the paper and cardboard under the saddles but just puddled up. First never had this much run off a saddle, and second pure oil never puddles like this even if I spilled it. I had just completed some saddles with my last pure oil, and the less quality absorption and application was immediately noticeable. It appeared to soak in initially, but actually required more coats than pure oil to finally fill up. Luckily I use a lot of this oil on all the saddles and tack, so it will be gone shortly and Im going back to pure oil.

There is a lot of confusion about neatsfoot oil. In the past, the product was made by boiling down the feet of cattle. The oil in the pad is thought to keep the feet from freezing. This oil is also found in small amounts in the body fat of cattle and modern manufacturing techniques are used to extract and concentrate the oil. There are no longer any manufacturers boiling feet. Be careful buying neatsfoot oil. Some manufacturers cut the product with less expensive oil - mineral for instance. Fiebings oil is pure neatsfoot - I have used it for years, back then it came in red and white metal cans. No, I am not a Fiebing Neatsfoot Oil salesman! They just make a product I like.

Great product have used on my last few pairs of boots, aids in break in and extends life!