WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE PURCHASING OUR LEATHERS?

The Stages of Transformation

• Liming (Removing Hair)
• Splitting
• Tanning (Preservation using Chromium Salts)
• Re-Tanning – dyeing of crusts for the intended base color
• Correction (buffing out defects, adding stucco, printing a grain)
• Finishing
  • Pigmenting (opaque paint as on your car)
  • Aniline Finishes (dye as in coloring fabric)
  • Addition of oils and/or waxes for
  • Pull Up and double tone effects
  • Buffing for Nubuck effects
  • Hand Antiquing
• Milling – Tumbling in rotating drums for softness