Petroleum Jelly......... Vaseline Jelly.... Wonderful Stuff

Petroleum Jelly.........Vaseline Jelly....Wonderful Stuff.

I buy this stuff by the case. If I could find it in five gallon buckets I would purchase that way.

 

We have this last week nearly 18 hours a day of lovely sunshine. So I hauled out four "TUBS" (13 oz. $1.95 each) and went to work on the winter stuff. Winter boots, Winter mittens, Winter gloves, Belts, Gun slings, and yes boys and girls winter steel wool. And a fair amount of summer stuff also.

So todays quiz question: Steel Wool and Vaseline.........??? Plus used paper towels.

 

You ran out of toilet paper.

 

steel wool and Vaseline, sounds like a fire starter/extender. Steel wool in its self will light up with a spark, maybe the Vaseline allows it to burn a lot longer.

you use Vaseline on leather goods, I never knew.

Do you keep any bag balm on hand?

 

YES........strangely a almost never use it, I do like it. Just rarely need it.

YES........

YES........but only on soft leather, not on Holsters. However I deeply love flap holsters, and I liberally use Petroleum Jelly on the flap part, as I want that soft and flexible.

 

Just bought two more of the large containers of petroleum Jelly and put them aside.

Do the same with the olde vapor rub...buy it and put it back..

Even used petroleum Jelly to lubricate fishing reels when taking them apart, cleaning , and reassembly .
Great stuff...

Watcherchris,
Not an Ishmaelite.

 

Interesting. Not what I've known Vaseline for, hahahahha!

I find lanolin works extremely well for lubricating various items, including skin. It's brilliant stuff.

 

Yes, beeswax is also good, though it doesn't have the lasting protection that lanolin has.

 

That sure as hell lasts a long time!

 

You should be able to buy it at a chemist. I get it in a tube, which lasts yonks.

When I washed my sheep's fleece, the lanolin comes out. However, it is a pain to process. To be frank, it's a lot easier to just buy it already processed.

I'm presuming you can buy it there. It's really good for nappy rash, so I would think chemists would have it.

 

Hahahhahaha! What more can I say? Hahahahahaha!

 

Sourdough: I do share your passion for Vaseline, but don't keep such copious quantities. I have containers in all of our BOB's. Some are small travel sizes. Some are larger.

I have never used lanolin, but isn't that more expensive than Vaseline? Maybe not enough to make a difference.

 

It is massively more expensive. "Massively". Especially if purchased as pure lanolin. It is generally a small part of many products because of cost.

 

i use dubbin for leather treatment . Tana Dubbin is a combination of natural grease and plant oils to replace oils that gradually diminish from leather and keep your genuine leather moccasins, shoes or boots soft and supple.
MY brother worked at as a lumber jack many years ago. the men there showed him how to keep the boots waterproof without ruinning the rubber parts

 

Crap, something to add to my inventory. Honestly I missed this one. I always have some around, but not enough.