How to treat Verdigris on US 1911 magizine pouch leather

[AZPhil]

Well it took some serious work to get the Copper Stearate(Verdigris) removed. All the metal/Gold plated Brass parts have been cleaned and given a coat of CLP and wiped down.
I assembled it back together and here she is. I did nothing to the leather other than wiped it down with a lint free cloth to remove the CS residue and dust that was on it.
I think it looks great for its age!!

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Thanks to everyone who had a hand in this cleaning process
Semper Fi
Phil

[Rescue190]

Looks great Phil! Nice work.
John

[AZPhil]

Thank you John for your help!
I Appreciate the communications an suggestion on how to take care of the issues.
As you can see, It worked Great.

And I'll also throw out a Big THANK YOU to Smitty who helped Identify and verified it was a good one to get, and then provided all the reference material needed to care for and treat every material we see in our collections. Just Awesome information.
I burned that info on to a CD in case my PC crashes again. Priceless!!!

Semper Fi
Phil

[MAP]

Wow. What a difference!

Smitty is great! Always helped me out with US Awards.