With all the products on the market today, what is the best way to look after my leather upholstery?
The first thing to establish is the type of tanning process used on your leather. Our renovation process & products we supply are only for sealed, surface coated leathers. If you have an aniline or semi-aniline leather, these are generally coloured by staining whist in the hide’s original porous state. They will be sealed with a “Scotch Guard” type lacquer or oil & wax combination. These porous leathers we cannot help you with as they will stain fade & mark & it would be better to seek advice from your retailer (if they will commit themselves). The things to remember with surface coated leathers are that you are maintaining the coatings, not the leather. The coatings seal & protect the hide, but once these have broken down, the hide itself will absorb impurities & eventually dry out, rot & split like chamois leather does. Because they are water-based coatings today, they require more regular cleaning with milder products then older leathers. You should never let today’s leather get hea
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