leather gloves waterproofing

Since they're in contact with my hands, and then possibly with food and my face.... I suppose this recipe for waterproofing is better than the weird mystery stuff they sell at the store. I don't want cancer, an early death or allergic reaction to the industrial solvent in the weatherproofing the big companies sell.

*Instead of these I used 1 teaspoon or 5ml Brooks Proofide and a few sprays of Ralph Lauren Silver cologne. Proofide has Citronella in it, which is a bug repellent. The cologne just smells good.

1 US cup = 236.588237 ml

0.85 US Cups = 200/236.588237

227.36 grams = 1 US Cup of beeswax
50 grams of beeswax = 50/227.36 = .22 US cups of beeswax

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See http://www.instructables.com/id/Home-made-Leather-Preserver-and-Wat...

The original author appears to be Australian.

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Waterproofer for gloves:

200 ml of Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

50g Beeswax: I was given about 250g of very old and very hard beeswax by a local beekeeping friend of mine.

20 drops of Lavender essential oil*

10 drops of Tea Tree essential oil.*

I have chosen to add the Lavender and Tea tree essential oils to make a nice smelling and insect repelling leather preserver....... but these are not necessary.

Pour the Olive Oil into the jar, break up the Beeswax and add the pieces, and then place the jar and its contents into a pan of cold water.

Turn on the heat and begin to stir the mixture, continue doing this until the Beeswax has completely melted into the Olive Oil.

Remove from the heat, and carefully lift the (hot) jar and its contents from the pan. Add the essential oils and continue stirring the mixture until it cools and stiffens. This will take about 15 minutes, and it is not the most stimulating of tasks; I sat and did this while I watched the evening news on the TV.