I feel intimidated by the periodic maintenance. Its brand new (to me) and rather large. Only the back cushions are removable as the seat cusions are sewn in on the front.
Do you remove the stuffing for the Hydrator and fatliquor steps?
As we discussed on the phone I made a call to Restoration Hardware to get more information about the leather on this couch. I began to question if it was a wax pull up after reading more desciptions.
According to RH my couch is made of Cavalo Leather. The customer service Rep wasnt able to tell me much more.
The Website describes Cavalo as
"Cavalo uses a new proprietary dying technique on this top grain pure aniline leather has a distinctive natural look that is enchanced by over 40 hours of hand finishing. This leather is extremely smooth and extremely soft to touch. This South American hide becomes even softer and more supple with age and wear. Cavalo is a South American Hide and finished in Brazil"
The feel of this leather is as described. extremely soft and smooth. It litteraly feels like soft butter. There is little to no gloss at all to the finish
the description says pure aniline. Does that mean there is no finish? if so would that mean I stop after Fatliquoring? so Clean 3.8 -> Rinse 3.0 -> Hydrator 3.3 -> Fatliquor 5.0 -> done?
At this point Im not sure what topcoat I should use or what finish I should use. What do you recommend?
Can you put my order on hold until we have a chance to discuss further? What do you recommend. I do not want to alter the look and feel of this wonderful sofa, but I do want to clean and protect it!
Thanks again!!