Seriously this works: add 2 packages of clear powdered gelatin and 1 spray container of liquid Murphy’s. Whip together and set aside.
Sadly have to agree with mvp 
48h & the uncovered Murphy’s is thicker, but nowhere near the wonderful gellness of the Past.
In a probably futile last-ditch attempt, I have emailed the mfrs (now owned by Colgate) to ask if the gel exists.
Included the factoid that horsepeople prefer gel over liquid or spray.
Since a search of the product on their site does not show it, probably Gone 4Ever :no:
{2Dogs sadly trudges off to buy powdered gelatin…}
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In a probably futile last-ditch attempt, I have emailed the mfrs (now owned by Colgate) to ask if the gel exists.
Included the factoid that horsepeople prefer gel over liquid or spray.
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{2Dogs sadly trudges off to buy powdered gelatin…}[/QUOTE]
Yeah, Colgate doesn’t care about no stinkin’ generations of horsey girls whose best childhood memories are bound up with the smell of Murphys Oil Soap.
A few years ago, there was a thread about the rumored-- and then real!-- disappearance of the gel form of Murphys. Colgate was named as the perp in all this; it was claimed that too few people wanted the gel form. And some kind COTHer pointed some of us to a last, few jars of it on eBay.
I bought one of those. It was a lonely jar indeed… all fertile and virgin and unopened but, sadly, so isolated from other members of its species that it was sure to go extinct.
I did crack open the jar. And those of you who know Murphys knows that this starts the clock on it’s aging. If you leave a jar open and exposed to non-indoor temps/humidity/freezing for a long (long) time, it kind of rots. So once you open the jar, you have committed to using it up.
I just hate to think that I’ll personally be here for the final extinction of a grand, old, well-adapted species.
That being said, anyone else have a Living Jar of gel Murphys Oil Soap?
I’ve always used it.
We all had a bottle of Murphy’s in our tack trunks when I worked at the track. Smells fantastic, works great.
Another plug for Dr Bronner’s - I use the peppermint version 
It really, really cleans out leather - but it will dry it. So make sure you follow up with some sort of conditioner.
Updates:
Now, after 4 days uncovered, the gell-ness of the formerly liquid Murphy’s is nearly as good as the discontinued stuff :encouragement:
AND:
Colgate replied to my email with a lengthy explanation of why the gel was adiosed (consumer disinterest) & the caveat that the stuff was never intended for use on leather & not guaranteed to be safe used that way.
They also offered to send me coupons.
Brownie Points for good customer service!
I replied, thanking them both for the coupon offer & for the explanation.
I included the info that generations of horsepeeps have used Murphy’s exclusively to clean tack & that any product that is spillproof is very popular in barns
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I am one of those who hates the tacky feel, but it certainly won’t hurt the leather. I’m not sure there’s anything Murphy’s WON’T clean.[/QUOTE]
I use Murphy’s for cleaning wood (furniture and cabinets, NOT floors!). For tack I use saddle soap, followed by neatsfoot oil.
Linseed soap sold in hardware stores for washing woodwork is the same thing as Murphy’s Oil soap - without the lemon scent added. It is still available in ‘gel’ form. Comes in tubs of various sizes with a tight lid. Many tack and supply retailers carry it. I am pretty sure Greenhawk does, but it is cheaper at the hardware store.
Ex pro groom here. You can actually clean with any soap (I used Joy dish liquid last time). The thing is to use a good conditioner after. I’ve never found better than Lexol.
Well done, 2dogs - and I’m amazed you even got an answer! But you failed to convince them?
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Squeaky wheel :winkgrin:
Maybe if a flood of COTHers emailed asking for gel?
C’mon! Let’s break Colgate! :applause:
All we did was Murphys too! I don’t know if its because it was cheap, and could clean alot of tack at a lesson barn, but we would add a capful to water and then squeeze most of the water out of the sponge/rag and clean the tack that way. I never felt like it was conditioned per se, but it sure was clean!
Back in the day, that was ALL we used to clean tack. Thinking about it, I can smell the soap in the hay barn we used to use to clean tack…I can still feel the gel in my fingers…
