Dry leather gloves

[REDWOOD]

Ok then, a visit to the butchers shop it is. You know what, I haven't been to a butchers shop in years?!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WHITE-GOO...Crafts_Sewing_Supplies_MJ&hash=item5899afde14

 

[chrismcd]

Neatsfoot does a really good job of penetrating the leather, it last for ages.

I was told to try Baby Lotion since I have run out of Neatsfoot oil. Apparently it is all the rage for expensive ladies shoes and should be OK for gloves as well.

Being cynical, I think it is just an emulsion of light mineral oil so should be safe on the bees.

Easier to 'borrow' as well!

 

[Suzi Q]

Shame on you - but I'm sure if you start buying butcher's meat again you'd steer clear of Tesco's and the rest for your meat if nothing else

I'll have you know our local butcher used to be Woodalls of Waberthwaite, recently featured on Sainsburys Cumberland sausage packaging! Sadly, I believe, they're now closed, after 180 odd years. There are few really good butchers in S London, and probably beyond my means.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Apparently it is all the rage for expensive ladies shoes

Aren't all ladies expensive?

 

[Suzi Q]

Try first to see if you can get one locally, but if you cannot, then pm me your address and i will post you one, i have plenty of them.

Thank you HM, I may take you up on your kind offer if I can't find one.

 

[rockdoc]

So true JBR, once you taste proper pork chops you will never go back,

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

So true JBR, once you taste proper pork chops you will never go back,

I know but if more people accepted that quality costs, were prepared to pay a little more, used proper butchers and avoided supermarkets (even their 'quality' meat is a load of flannel) prices would reduce a bit. Although I accept thst London is different with their 'boutique' butchers and grossly inflated prices due to the fact there are stupid people in the country who want to pay through the nose to boast to their friends

 

[madasafish]

I've been constantly amazed at what you can get by simply asking!

there's a joke about that but unrepeatable..sadly...

 

[thorn]

I know but if more people accepted that quality costs, were prepared to pay a little more, used proper butchers and avoided supermarkets (even their 'quality' meat is a load of flannel) prices would reduce a bit. Although I accept thst London is different with their 'boutique' butchers and grossly inflated prices due to the fact there are stupid people in the country who want to pay through the nose to boast to their friends

I agree with every word. The butcher I use, in Otley, has the Q Guild seal of approval. His lamb and pork are superb (I rarely get beef). All sourced locally - he can virually tell you the name of every pig in his sausages.

The Artisan Baker in Headingley bakes better bread than you can get in the Sainsburys around the corner. It's a shame that the greengrocer I used to go to is now wholesale only. Still, there's good stuff to be had in Otley market.

And while I'm on this hobbyhorse, get your paper from a local newsagent, not the BP garage, and your milk delivered by a dairyman. If you don't, they'll be out of business and you'll be stuck with the major supermarkets.

Oh, I almost forgot the most important local business. Use your local solicitor, not Co-op Law, or Mercedes and BMW will go out of business.

 

[REDWOOD]

I had a pair of manky gloves in the shed and decided to give it a go, put them on a 40 wash dried them on the radiator and sure enough they where as dry as a bone, i looked in the cupboard under the sink and found a bottle of baby oil my wife uses for the SS cooker hood, so worked the oil in with a sponge and eventually they where supple and soft, a couple of days later the smell had disappeared and still remained supple, whether or not the bees are OK with them remains to be seen

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

i looked in the cupboard under the sink and found a bottle of baby oil my wife uses for the SS cooker hood,

Hmm, cooker hood eh, yeah we believe you Paul

 

[Swarm]

Not very fussed on the smell of baby oil.

 

[chrismcd]

I had a pair of manky gloves in the shed and decided to give it a go, so worked the oil in with a sponge and eventually they where supple and soft, a couple of days later the smell had disappeared and still remained supple, whether or not the bees are OK with them remains to be seen

Cheers Redwood, many thanks. Most Baby Oil is supposed to have very little perfume so should be OK.

Mind you, my wife discovered that they did not like the perfume in her hair spray - she got chased out of the garden!