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To Restore Softness to Leather

To restore the softness and pliancy of leather which has become hard by having been wet, apply neat's foot oil and rub it in. Castor oil is a good substitute for neat's foot oil for softsettled; after which, bottle off. This is an stand until quite cooled, and the contents are excellent reviver, and may be used as a blacking in the ordinary way, no brushes for polishing being required.

Leather. As is well known, glycerine has 3073. Glycerine Composition for found extensive application in tanning, as it has been discovered that it adds materially to the elasticity and strength of the leather.

Especially has it been found of great value in protecting leather bands of machinery from cracking and drying. The partially tanned leather is immersed for considerable time in filled and such an elasticity and softness is a bath of glycerine, by which the pores are imparted that objects manufactured from it are much less liable to break. In order to prepare a neutral gutta-percha composition with glycerine , take 3 to 4 pounds lampblack, ening leather belts, boots and harness. But 1/2 pound burnt bones (burnt ivory), cover up the best oil for harness, is 1 quart neat's foot oli, 4 ounces beef's tallow, and 3 table-spoonfuls lampblack ; add 4 ounces bees' wax for use in summer weather. 3068. To Restore the Lustre of Morocco. The lustre of Morocco is restored by a varnishing with the white of an egg. Apply with a sponge.