Sheepskin Rug - How to Condition a Sheepskin Rug for Softness and Strength.

The sequence of procedures is as follows:


A: Hydrating

#1: To hydrate the inter-fibrillary leather structure to facilitate colloidal water movement prior to fatliquoring - spray Hydrator-3.3
http://www.leatherdoctor.com/hydrator-3-3/
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#2: Controlled evaporation by putting it into a see through plastic bag.
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#3: Rolled up to stretch in both directions and let it dwell minimum 4 hours each direction or overnight would be better.
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#4: Unrolled, stretch and let it dry until it’s damp but not wet when squeeze in between fingers.
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B: Fatliquor Conditioning

#5: Spray Fatliquor-5.0 evenly throughout.
http://www.leatherdoctor.com/fatliquor-5-0/
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#6: Work the fatliquor in with gentle massaging to even out absorption.
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#7: Controlled evaporation by putting it into a see through plastic bag (similar to #2 above).
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#8: Rolled up to stretch in both directions and let it dwell minimum 4 hours each direction or overnight would be better (similar to #3 above).
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C: Drying & Softening

#9: Let it out of the plastic bag for complete dry (1 to 3 days depending on surrounding environment).
#10: Further softening can be achieve by stacking with a smooth object like the edge of a porcelain sauce plate, stretching and massaging to as soft as you wish.
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D: Heat-Treatment
#11: Caution! The skin has to be very dry before heat treatment (ironing WITHOUT steam on between wool to cotton setting with option of ironing over clean print paper).
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What do you think of the above procedure?

See instruction for cleaning and conditioning both wool and the suede sides from this link:
http://www.leatherdoctor.com/kit-sr3...-rug-care-kit/

Edited December 28, 2018

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