B) Hydrating: Hydrator-3.3 system
The purposes of hydrating are many folds and in this situation, primarily is to relax the stick together or shrunk fibers opening them up and precondition them for fatliquoring (replenishing or topping up of fat and oil) for leather suppleness thus prevents leather from further crackings. Secondary purpose is to facilitate water movement to bring out the penetrated foreign contamination through a ‘reverse transfer’ technique where the soiling is trapped through Towel-T5.
C) Fatliquoring: Fatliquor-5.0 system
Fatliquoring is simply replenishing or topping up the diminishing original fatliquor (fat & oil). Just like topping up our car engine oil. The existing fatliquor content level may be read with a leather moisture meter or an equivalent wood moisture meter. The difference from the original 14% is then top-up accordingly.
D1) Repairs: Impregnator-26 system
Structural weakness due to crack is re-enforced with Impregnator-2.6 to seal and tighten up the structural weakness.
D2) Repairs: Bond-3D + Stucco-90 + Micro-54 system
Surface cracking is seal just like standard caulking with a mixture of Bond-3D for strength of bond, Stucco-90 for filling and Micro-54 matching coloring to blend or camouflage the repairs.
E1) Refinishing: Adhesor-73 system
Adhesor-73 is used to seal the repairs and provide a foundation for bonding between the surface repairs and the primary opaque coloring.
E2) Refinishing: Micro-54 ‘opaque’ system
Since much of the surface cracks need to be repair the appearance has to be level out with an opaque pigment which deviate from the original transparent effect.
E3) Refinishing: Aniline-76 ‘transparent’ system
Returning back to its original transparency will need a matching Aniline-76 transparent dyestuff.
E4) Refinishing: AnilineTop-76G/S system
Dyestuff needs to be seal with AnilineTop-76 either in gloss or satin luster.
F) Protection: Protector-B/B+
Buttery-feel, non-stick, rub-resistant protection comes in scentless or optional leather-scented to help reduce wear to the finish.
Let us know if the above sequence of prescribed solution to the problem is acceptable?
Roger Koh
Leather Care System Formulator / Practitioner / Consultant / Instructor / Coach
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