Quote Originally Posted by sapito318 View Post
1. Neatfoot oil is the preffered oil by many. But most any mineral oil should do the job.

2. If the scales are cracked, then in order to repair them you are going to have to remove the scales to fix the crack properly. There was a thread not too long ago about this very subject in the workshop. Look back a couple of pages and you should see it. I think the member used epoxy and a few color mixtures to fill in the crack.

Neatsfoot +1

And if you are going to do repairs with glues, you want to work that part of the restore before you put oil on the scales...