Posted on March 27, 2017
by Furniture Clinic
Posted In: Car Interiors, Leather Protection, Leather Conditioners, Leather Restoration, Furniture Cleaners, Furniture Restoration
From day one, leather should be conditioned and protected; it should be the first thing you do upon receiving your furniture, auto interior or any other item of leather. To help make your leather last longer and to engance its natural beauty, we have created the four seasons leather care plan. The aim of the leather care plan is to remind you to clean and protect your leather four times every year at the start of each season: Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. In doing this you will increase the life of your leather and reduce or remove the effect of damage through stains, wear and teat and fading from either sunshine or other heat sources.
Upon receiving your leather item, the first thing you need to do is to wipe the leather down with a gentle leather cleaner and then protect the leather with an appropriate protectant. It is important to do this from the first day as the minute you start using your leather it needs to be protected - you would pay to have your fabric upholstery protected, why not leather?
To maintain your leather, we recommend that you use our Leather Care Kit, which includes our Leather Ultra Clean, Leather Protection Cream and Sponge and Cloth Applicators. The benefits of using this kit are:
The reason this product is ideal for most modern leather is that the majority of leather furniture and almost all auto interiors have a pigmented finish. This means that the leather is initially painted and then sealed with a top coat lacquer. It is not possible to feed the leather in the same way as most natural, or aniline, leathers as you are unable to breach the surface. This means that the oils and waxes will be unable to soak into the leather. For leathers with a pigmented finish, it is rarely the leather that is drying and cracking but is actually the pigment on the surface.
As a result, there is little benefit in using a leather conditioner on such products as it is unable to penetrate. Instead, you need a product that protects the pigmented finish. The Leather Protection Crean provides a layer of protection to your leather that will leave it looking soft, supple and new for longer than you ever thought possible.