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Location: midwest mama | I bought a new barrel saddle that I started riding in a couple of weeks ago. So far I like the saddle - except for the fact that it squeaks like crazy when I ride in it. It squeaks so much and so loud that even my horse is getting bothered by it. :)
Does anyone have any advice or tricks on how to stop it from squeaking? I haven't had to break in a new saddle in years so I am clueless. Please help me before I go insane.
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 Dog Resuce Agent
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Location: southeast Texas | Make sure it is oiled really well.
Next, baby powder, liberty, the squeaky areas |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Squirt baby powder up under the seat from under the fenders and under the jockey. Hubby uses a small bottle with the tip cut off so he can direct the baby powder up in there. |
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 Angel in a Sorrel Coat
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Location: In a happy place | NJJ - 2014-12-28 8:21 AM Squirt baby powder up under the seat from under the fenders and under the jockey. Hubby uses a small bottle with the tip cut off so he can direct the baby powder up in there.
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | sorrel horse ranch - 2014-12-28 9:28 AM NJJ - 2014-12-28 8:21 AM Squirt baby powder up under the seat from under the fenders and under the jockey. Hubby uses a small bottle with the tip cut off so he can direct the baby powder up in there. ^^^^^^^^This.
Yes ^^^^^ I agree with the both of theses ladys  |
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 Mighty Elk Slayer
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Location: Lewisburg, Tennessee | Ok, I'm going to be the odd man out....but I think putting baby powder on dry leather dries it out even more. It may stop the squeak, but you're not doing the leather any favors as usually that piece of leather is *usually* untreated and is dry to begin with.
When I get a new saddle, I'll pull the fenders out to where I can see where the bend is over the tree - you gotta be careful and not pull the fender too far out, and then oil the crap out of it...works for me, no more squeak....for a long time!
Edited by wyodrumrunner 2014-12-29 2:26 PM
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Location: NE Wyoming | There's a great product called "Jay-El" it's a beeswax based dressing. Pull the stirrup leathers out a ways and use product on both sides, until the whole stirrup leather has product on it. You may have to apply several coats. Then use up under the seat jockey and back jockey as far as you can reach. This product can darken leather, so be careful to only apply it on the underside.
My personal opinion on baby powder is not to use it! It bakes into your tooling and is a bear to clean! I worked for a saddle maker for 10 years and we took alot of saddles in for cleaning. The worst ones were the ropers because they all used the baby powder. |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Kara Creek Cowgirl - 2014-12-29 3:04 PM . My personal opinion on baby powder is not to use it! It bakes into your tooling and is a bear to clean! I worked for a saddle maker for 10 years and we took alot of saddles in for cleaning. The worst ones were the ropers because they all used the baby powder. Here's the deal....hubby has been a saddlemaker for over 35+ years.......Usually the source of the squeak is the stirrup leathers at the point where they slip over the saddle tree..........When you put your weight in the stirrup, you apply pressure to those pieces of leather....hence the squeak......Now, IF you can get oil (or any kind of dressing) up under the seat without taking the saddle apart....go for it.......I agree to oil the rest of the saddle liberally.
Edited by NJJ 2014-12-29 3:52 PM
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | NJJ - 2014-12-29 3:23 PM Kara Creek Cowgirl - 2014-12-29 3:04 PM . My personal opinion on baby powder is not to use it! It bakes into your tooling and is a bear to clean! I worked for a saddle maker for 10 years and we took alot of saddles in for cleaning. The worst ones were the ropers because they all used the baby powder. Here's the deal....hubby has been a saddlemaker for over 35+ years.......Usually the source of the squeak is the stirrup leathers at the point where they slip over the saddle tree..........When you put your weight in the stirrup, you apply pressure to those pieces of leather....hence the squeak......Now, IF you can get oil (or any kind of dressing) up under the seat without taking the saddle apart....go for it.......I agree to oil the rest of the saddle liberally.
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Location: where ever my L/Q trl is parked | so ifpowder is detrimental to the leather and we should use oil instead, then why the heck doesn't the saddle maker make sure they oil the leather in those places that they know will squeak. And I have never had a new saddle that didn't squeak. |
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Location: midwest mama | Aqhaczy - 2014-12-29 6:09 PM
so ifpowder is detrimental to the leather and we should use oil instead, then why the heck doesn't the saddle maker make sure they oil the leather in those places that they know will squeak. And I have never had a new saddle that didn't squeak.
^^^^^^^^ THIS!!!!!!!!
You totally read my mind! Why do we have to spend all this money on a new saddle and not have it conditioned already - at least the underneath part?
Edited by OldSchoolCowgirl 2014-12-29 8:45 PM
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