Great video of finishing these nice saddlebags. I know my comment comes over two years later but I do a bit of restoration of steel tools and I think after getting that surface rust off a good coat of Johnson's Paste Wax gives it protection from flash rusting. I recently removed surface rust from a bench drill press and used paste wax and it has help up well as a finish for the bare steel under heavy use. Just apply it to the steel like you did that shoe polish to the leather and hand buff it with a cloth. Apply as needed.
Nice work - especially the bonus at 9:20 - 10:44! I have some *very* stiff and heavy leather saddle bags that I need to reshape. Seems that neatsfoot oil would be part of the process - thoughts?
I've an old set of bags since 1996 they been on a 77 triumph a 77 sportster 86 sportster and now a Dyna low rider they been though hell but they been loyal so yea I'm going defiantly try this
+Jorge Vasquez Go for it. They are leather and you can’t really damage them. Something I should of mentioned in the video is if you have zippers like these bags did or even snaps you will want to add some powdered graphite to the zipper to keep them working good the same with snaps. Thanks for watching the video.
Thank you for making all these 3 episodes!
how does this man not have more subs?!?!?
You’re a good teacher! Thanks very much!
Great video of finishing these nice saddlebags. I know my comment comes over two years later but I do a bit of restoration of steel tools and I think after getting that surface rust off a good coat of Johnson's Paste Wax gives it protection from flash rusting. I recently removed surface rust from a bench drill press and used paste wax and it has help up well as a finish for the bare steel under heavy use. Just apply it to the steel like you did that shoe polish to the leather and hand buff it with a cloth. Apply as needed.
Good job. I did mine like you said and it worked. Thanks Bros.
I need to repair & restore the leather bags on my 1999 Harley Road King. I'm going to try this out before replacing them. Thanks!!
I realize this was 3 years ago but since you are pretty handy, I wonder what parkerizing those book ends would have looked like.
They look great!!
+verona Sester thanks!
SnoSeal would be a longer lasting protectant from the weather. But they Look great! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks. I have some bags that need restoration.
Nice work - especially the bonus at 9:20 - 10:44!
I have some *very* stiff and heavy leather saddle bags that I need to reshape. Seems that neatsfoot oil would be part of the process - thoughts?
This was excellent! I thought he was going to use a leather conditioner but they didn’t even need it.
G L Hello, I find that most of the boot/shoe polishes contain enough conditioner for most leather jobs.
I was kind of surprised you didn't use saddle soap
he did in part 2
I've an old set of bags since 1996 they been on a 77 triumph a 77 sportster 86 sportster and now a Dyna low rider they been though hell but they been loyal so yea I'm going defiantly try this
+Jorge Vasquez Go for it. They are leather and you can’t really damage them. Something I should of mentioned in the video is if you have zippers like these bags did or even snaps you will want to add some powdered graphite to the zipper to keep them working good the same with snaps. Thanks for watching the video.