Obenauf's Heavy Duty LP, 8 oz Tin
The leather waterproofer that outfitters and wildland firefighters use when the stakes are real. Beeswax, propolis, and natural oils, no petroleum, no silicone. Conditions and protects in one pass. The tin that lives in every serious tack room and every working cowboy's truck.
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- Material
- Beeswax, propolis, natural oils; no petroleum distillates
- Dimensions
- 3.5" dia × 2" tall
- Weight
- 10 oz
- SKU
- WTP-LTHR-OBN-HDLP8
Obenauf’s Heavy Duty LP is what wildland firefighters use on their boots when they need the leather to last a full fire season. The formula, beeswax, propolis, and natural oils, penetrates the fiber and fills the pores without clogging them. It waterproofs and conditions in the same pass, which is the correct approach: condition the leather before it dries out, not after.
No petroleum distillates, which matter on vegetable-tanned leather. Petroleum products break down the vegetable tanning over time; the LP won’t. It will darken leather noticeably, this is correct, not a flaw, and it builds a water-resistant surface that holds up to genuine field conditions.
Application: warm the tin in your hands or set it in the sun for a few minutes. Apply thin with a cloth, work into the grain, let it absorb for 20 minutes, buff off the excess. One tin covers a pair of boots three to four times. Standard maintenance alongside Fiebing’s saddle soap for cleaning, clean first, condition after. Full routine in the leather care guide.