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Bill_in_VA · 04-13-2020, 05:05 PM

I don’t know what Conolly’s is (what is it, btw?) but I’d be very leery of using anything like acetone, lighter fluid, etc. on 100 year old leather, or even new leather. Leather is an organic made up of polypeptide chains and more complex proteins, and once those proteins break down there’s no recovering from it.

I do know there are some strippers that are safe for leathers, but don’t know any to recommend. Besides Jerry, you might also check with your local cobbler/shoe repair shop and see what they recommend.

04-13-2020, 05:05 PM	#3
Bill_in_VA User Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Southwest Virginia Posts: 387 Thanks: 801 Thanked 578 Times in 208 Posts	I don’t know what Conolly’s is (what is it, btw?) but I’d be very leery of using anything like acetone, lighter fluid, etc. on 100 year old leather, or even new leather. Leather is an organic made up of polypeptide chains and more complex proteins, and once those proteins break down there’s no recovering from it. I do know there are some strippers that are safe for leathers, but don’t know any to recommend. Besides Jerry, you might also check with your local cobbler/shoe repair shop and see what they recommend. __________________ John 8:32 reive (riːv) vb (Military) (intr) dialect Scot and Northern English to go on a plundering raid [variant of reave] ˈreiver n e.g., " Some view the Border Reivers as loveable rogues."