Recommend Course of action:
Stripping off all foreign residue and soiling with ultraCleaner4.5™ > Clean with cleaner3.8™ > Rinse with rinse3.0™ > Softening leather structure with fatliquor5.0™ > Tightening loose grain of hairline cracks with pigmentSealer46™ > Refinish color black with semiColor64™ > Top coat in matte, satin or gloss with semiTop56™ > Sensuous conditioning with leatherScent’B™.
What refinishing equipment are you presently using? Zymol Treat
What refinishing products are you presently working with? Nothing but the Zymol mentioned above
What have you charge your customer for the present job? Nothing - it is a labour of love.
What would you be charging for the recommended holistic job? Nothing
What is your customer expectation or commend on what you have done so far? Very please that the leather is more supple.
Does your customer have a budget? No but I do and want to buy the products you have recommended.
What do you think would be a fair price for such a recommended work scope? No idea - whatever your products cost as my time is free.
Would your customer allow you to bring it back to you workshop? I will be doing it in situ at his home. I suppose I could remove the leather from the chair but would prefer to disturb it as little as possible.
For double confirmation without the picture yet to reveal the type of hairline crack is the hairline crack straight line or irregular similar to mud crack? Mud crack
Do you think your customer is interested in the leather structure restoration or just the surface skin of the leather, to feast the eye only? I think we are interested in doing as good and thorough a job as we can.
Hear from you soon before my next post for product information and instruction.
Leather Cleaning and Restoration is all logic, not magic – every step has its reason and they are interconnected to form a system to serve the desired end result.
Roger Koh
IICRC#942 LCT MTC MSR
Leather Doctor® System
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