[AT] Reconditioning Leather belting

[Cecil R Bearden]

I must admit I am pretty lucky when it comes to using kitchen stuff.  
However, she probably would have drawn the line at hyd oil, it would 
have ben no problem with milk replacer or something to do with the 
livestock.    When I had to raise 4 lambs on a bottle, she bought a 
playpen so we could just put them in the house and keep them warm and 
feed them, The kitchen sink is usually filled with bottles and nipples 
during lambing season.  She keeps the old towels and bedspreads laid 
back for emergencies.  Our source for supplies for measuring and a lot 
of things is the thrift stores.  There are always ladles and measuring 
cups, microwaves, mixers, etc.  One of those Bruan drink mixers will mix 
milk replacer in a heartbeat.  If you buy oil in 5 gallon buckets, take 
the lid off and stir up the last gallon with one of those drink mixers.  
The additives are stuck at the bottom..  I have got feed pans, oil drain 
pans and some stainless metal at thrift stores.   And another thing 
since this is winter.  If you  need a 1 amp charger for the tractor, 
search through the plug in transformers and find a 12v 1000mah or more 
and put some clips on the end and you have a good trickle charger....  I 
use one to power the battery in my electric gate.  I even used one to 
keep a battery fence charger running instead of buying a new electric 
charger.....   Most of my working jeans have come from a thrift.  They 
are going to get filthy greasy in a hurry, so why wear those $30 levis 
or wranglers when the $4 ones will wear just as good.  My wife shops the 
thrifts for recreation.  I have even found truck parts there.   Not too 
long ago I bought a complete set of seats from a mini van and I am using 
them for seats for my grader, scraper, and in a few weeks I am going to 
put one in my dozer.

Cecil in oKla


On 1/17/2012 3:11 PM, Mike M wrote:
> Acutally I didn't ask, she caught me red handed heading out the door with it.
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> You asked for permission first? Isn't the old saying "It's easier to ask for forgiveness, than it is for permission". ;-)
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> Brad
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> On Jan 17, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Mike M wrote:
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>> Cecil, you must have an understanding wife; mine wouldn't allow me to use a 2 quart measuring cup from the kitchen the other day to measure out 1-1/2 quarts of hydraulic oil! (it was new oil too)
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>> Mike M
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>> For water proofing I have used Johnson's wax melted in a microwave. I
>> would paint it on all theseams and all over the leather of my boots to
>> seal the seams from snow. I am now trying this URAD to see how it
>> works. Like I said, it smells like the old time shoe shop....l
>>
>> Hey, what happened to Farmer, he used to have a cobbler shop.........
>> He sure would have an opinion....
>>
>> Cecil in OKla
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