What in the heck are you supposed to do with these cow hide rugs?
- Thread starter Mikey P
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Desk Jockey
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Water doesn't hurt the face, but it could shrink and shrivel if you got the skin wet.
We've hand tooled smaller ones. We also used Host and a brush and vacuumed some old family heirlooms. Used compressed air for final dusting off. All looked great but none were of that construction.
You have strips of skin, I'd be concerned with wetting yours.
We've hand tooled smaller ones. We also used Host and a brush and vacuumed some old family heirlooms. Used compressed air for final dusting off. All looked great but none were of that construction.
You have strips of skin, I'd be concerned with wetting yours.
hogjowl
Idiot™
Stupid looking rug
Probably expensive
Probably expensive
You could sew it back into a cow or 2, walk them through a river and reassemble. Or try talking to Roger Koh. I was out for dinner with him once and he was telling me about cleaning everything from hunting trophies to stuffed squirrels. The man knew his stuff.
Sierra Clean Care
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Tom Monahan was talking about cleaning something similar a few months back...
Dolly Llama
Number 5
What in the heck are you supposed to do with these cow hide rugs?
lta
The Great Oz
Member
Bingo, as the codgers say.
The felt back keep you from being able to condition the skin, so they're only good until they dry out. They're not that expensive.
Start a range war?
Dolly Llama
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Papa John
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Cleanworks
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I have done several in the shop. Fine fabric presprays and light brushing, then rinse with a neutral rinse. Don't overwet, don't saturate the skin.
It is hair. How would you clean the hair without getting the leather saturated? How would you clean a wool rug? Only difference is one is sheep hair one is cow hair with leather. I would handtool or CRB with VLM.
Cleanworks
Moderator
You use lower pressure and don't over soak it. Not hard. You can treat the skin with leather cleaning products to keep it more supple. Using an upholstery tool works great. Lay it over a table and work it bit at a time.
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Looking that good I'd mist it and use and orek jiggler. Compressor for dust in shop or glided wand for a vac at the home
Mikey P
Administrator
Jesse?
encapman
Member
I have one like that with pigskin.
hogjowl
Idiot™
I bet it’s beautiful
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yes sir
Out of Character - 0
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No clue what my old credentials are
Jim Morrison
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I've cleaned one, same process, worked fine. How did you make out Mike?
Mikey P
Administrator
They didn't want me to mess with it...
roro
Member
Reckoned you just like messing with thin skinned pigs?
