I would like to ask the question is mineral oil, also known as baby oil, any good as a strop conditioner? I am fairly certain that it doesn't have any short term adverse effects, because I have used it to soften some of my strops. But does anyone know of any long term adverse effects of using mineral oil?

My observations so far are that an old dry strop will absorb a lot of mineral oil and that it will turn to a darker colour.

I know many people would suggest that I use a product like Neatsfoot oil instead, but that is quite difficult to come across here in Bangkok. Where as mineral oil sold as baby oil is plentiful.