bellows treatment

["Stan Patz" <skp113@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>Have just spent an hour or so applying lanolin to some very dried out >B&J 
>Gover monorail bellows in the hope that they are leather :-)  As >it turns 
>out they do indeed seem to be leather and no longer make the >alarming 
>cracking noises as the standards are moved on the rail :-)


To Clive and the group,

I know it may be too late, but I would really like to discourage anybody 
from applying lanolin or vaseline to old bellows; it will make a stinky, 
sticky, dust-attracting mess.

My recommendation is newer products like Armor-All for vinyl or leather 
bellows. There are many similar silicone-based products. Armor-All has 
something specifically for leather, but I have never seen it.

I have treated all my bellows this way for, maybe, thirty years and none of 
them creak or crack. But they do sag.

Stan Patz   NYC

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