Leather Table Top - Removing indentations

[chet]

Roger, A customer sent me pictures of a leather table top with indentations in it. I was planning to clean, rinse, Hydrate, fatliquor, Massage. If they remain I will use an iron.
How do you think we should proceed?

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[Roger Koh]

Indentations are basically the crushing of the leather fiber structures.

The emphssis is hydrating to seperate and relax the crushed fibrils; the most effect approach is work from the suede side and soak it fully for a day or three prior to fatliquoring it suficiently; massaging, stretching or flexing while it's damp during both the hydrating and the fatliquoring process.
Heat pressing is only used as the last resort.

Standard chrome-tanned leather is easy...

Chrome-tanned with aluminum is not so easy...

Vegetable re-tanned leather is hard...

Vegetable-tanned leathers is harder...


It is all about memory retention!


Roger Koh
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[chet]

Leather table top, I'm sure we can't work from the back side. If protected or waxed aniline will I be able to get hydration and fatliquor to penetrate from surface?

[Roger Koh]

Test it out...

Put a cotton face pad; soak it up with Hydrator-3.3; place it over one of the dents; cling wrapped it to prevent evaporation and check it out after a day or two; to see if it darkens up...


Roger Koh
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