Mink oil....?

Thingy · Post by **Thingy** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:08 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

I understand that I should use mink oil to care for my Ebony bellows. Is there a special sort of this I should buy or is there something more suitable?

...or am I expected to catch my own mink and put it in a apple cider press to extract all the goodness?

monst · Post by **monst** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:17 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

this should do the trick i reckon:

http://www.farmhomesupplycenter.com/Fie ... e-GB&id=uk

monst · Post by **monst** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 5:19 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

or here in the uk:

http://www.leprevo.co.uk/aftercare.html

Post by **masch** » Thu Oct 23, 2008 6:50 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Normally my suggestion would be to forget about minks and their oil and get a metal camera. However, given that this would get me stoned and beaten to death with old calumet camera cases, I think I better not make this suggestion...

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Sorry Jo, it was in jest!!! Honestly. Now please put down this large tripod....
Jo! NO!

Marc

Post by **Joanna Carter** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 12:32 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

It's alright Marc, I'm bringing back the stick of celery and the flying goggles, obtained whilst here in France

Thingy · Post by **Thingy** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 11:14 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

masch wrote:Normally my suggestion would be to forget about minks and their oil and get a metal camera. However, given that this would get me stoned and beaten to death with old calumet camera cases, I think I better not make this suggestion...

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Sorry Jo, it was in jest!!! Honestly. Now please put down this large tripod....
Jo! NO!

Marc

Well I did used to own an MPP Mk V.... rather heavy though, and rather limited back movements. The positive thing about metal cameras is their robustness. They can genuinely be said to be MATELOT PROOF!

For non-hairy, non-clumsy, non Stoker types however, it is quite safe for us to get our hands on more delicate and versatile cameras.

Post by **masch** » Sun Oct 26, 2008 4:19 am Etc/GMT-1+01:00

Joanna Carter wrote:It's alright Marc, I'm bringing back the stick of celery and the flying goggles, obtained whilst here in France

Wot, no egg whisk and no feather duster??? I am disappointed.

Apple · Post by **Apple** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 10:38 pm Etc/GMT-1+01:00

masch wrote:
Joanna Carter wrote:It's alright Marc, I'm bringing back the stick of celery and the flying goggles, obtained whilst here in France
Wot, no egg whisk and no feather duster??? I am disappointed.

That's the response I came up with when Jo mentioned the post - must be something in the water (oder Schnapps, velleicht)...

As for mink oil, if you want a UK supplier, you can also try Tandy Leather Factory for the Fiebings liguid. It's only a couple of quid postage on top AFAIR and arrived in a day or two along with a comprehensive leatherworking catalogue if you want to make anything like a holster for the egg whisk etc

The picture on the site shows the old design on the bottle but it's new stock if you order any. It seems to work OK as it's easier to get my 90mm into the bellows after I treated them...

There's also a paste / solid version of the Fiebings mink oil but now I've done mine with the liquid and a brush, it would be a pain to use the equivalence of boot polish to do them with the risks of creasing the bellows where they shouldn't be and not getting stuff into the cracks as required.

Andrew