Besides being smooth and silky, lambskin's main draw is that it is insulative and protective, especially for its thinness. Lambskin is unique among leather in that it is tanned with some of the wool still attached to the skin. Lambskin gloves keep hands warm in cold weather, and lambskin jackets stand up to cold temperatures better than many synthetic materials.
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Test a small area first and let it sit for approximately 10 minutes. Make sure it does not darken the product. If it does, reduce the amount used.
Or, try ground up blackboard chalk. Sprinkle the powder on the stain and let set for one day before brushing off with suede brush.
Deer Skin Leather
Deerskin is a tough leather, possibly due to the animal's adaptations to its thorny and thicket-filled habitats. Deerskin has been used by many societies, including indigenous Americans. Most modern deerskin is no longer procured from the wild, with deer farms breeding the animals specifically for the purpose of their skins. Large quantities are still tanned from wild deer hides in historic tanning towns such as Gloversville and Johnstown in upstate New York. Deerskin is used in jackets and overcoats, martial arts equipment such as kendo and bogu, as well as personal accessories such as handbags and wallets.
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Slink Leather
Slink is leather made from the skin of unborn calves. It is particularly soft and is valued for use in making gloves.
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Vachetta Leather
Vachetta leather is used in the trimmings of luggage and handbags. The leather is left untreated and is therefore susceptible to water and stains. Sunlight will cause the natural leather to darken in shade, called a patina.
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Fish Leather
popular for its motifs and its pigmentation. Mainly used for making shoes and bags, the fish skin is tanned like other animal skins. The species used include salmon, perch, sturgeon, etc.
- Salmon : farmed in Iceland and Norway, salmon skin has fine scales. Its strength and elegant look make it the most popular fish leather.
- Perch : coming from Nile, its skin is recognizable with its large, round and soft scales.
- Wolffish : its skin is smooth because without scales. We recognize it thanks to its dark spots, and the 'stripes' which are due to the friction of marine rocks.
- Cod : its skin has finer scales than salmon, but its texture is more varied, sometimes smooth and sometimes rough.
- Sturgeon : fish well known for its eggs (caviar), which make it rare. Its leather is thus quite expensive.
- Eel : fish without scales, its skin has a shiny appearance.
- Tilapia : its leather is less resistant than salmon and perch but is still exotic. It comes mainly from Africa (Nile).
- Shagreen is also known as stingray skin/leather. Applications used in furniture production date as far back as the art deco period. The word "shagreen" originates from France. known as the most difficult leather to work due to dished scales of the animal, it is one of the most expensive leathers.
- Shark : its skin is covered of small, close-set tubercles, making it very tough. The handbags made of shark skin used to be in vogue but this keen interest has since fallen as the costs of production and of the leather itself are very high. Moreover, this skin is more difficult to work.
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Kangaroo Skin Leather
Kangaroo skin is used to make items which need to be strong but flexible—it is the material most commonly used in bullwhips. Kangaroo leather is favored by some motorcyclists for use in motorcycle leathers specifically because of its light weight and abrasion resistance. Kangaroo leather is also used for falconry jesses and soccer footwear.
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Ostrich Leather
Although originally raised for their feathers in the 19th century, ostriches are now more popular for both meat and leather.[7] There are different processes to produce different finishes for many applications, i.e., upholstery, footwear, automotive products, accessories, and clothing. Ostrich leatheris currently used by many major fashion houses such as Hermès, Prada, Gucci, and Louis Vuitton. Ostrich leather has a characteristic "goose bump" look because of the large follicles from which the feathers grew.
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Stingray Leather
In Thailand sting ray leather is used in wallets and belts. Sting ray leather is tough and durable. The leather is often dyed black and covered with tiny round bumps in the natural pattern of the back ridge of an animal. These bumps are then usually dyed white to highlight the decoration. Sting ray leather is also used as grips on Chinese swords and Japanese katanas.
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Nubuck Leather
Nubuck is top-grain cattle leather that has been sanded or buffed on the grain side, or outside, to give a slight nap of short protein fibers, producing a velvet-like surface. Nubuck is similar to suede. It differs in that suede is created from the inner side of a hide, whereas nubuck is created from the outer side of a hide, giving it more strength and thickness along with a fine grain. It is generally more expensive than suede, and must be coloured or dyed heavily to cover up the sanding and stamping process.
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Steps
- 1Wipe the entire surface of your nubuck item with a nubuck cloth or a nubuck sponge (also called an eraser). Do this regularly to remove light soiling and shiny spots and keep the nubuck looking good.
- 2Wrap a nubuck cloth around a nubuck sponge. Roll it over the item in several directions to make sure you clean all sides of the nap. Try this if the nubuck is too soiled to be cleaned by wiping with the nubuck cloth and you need to apply more force.
- 3Lift the nap by brushing gently with the napping brush. Use a circular motion, taking care not to spend more than a few seconds on any area. You should do this on a regular basis to keep nubuck in good condition.
- 4Clean a large soiled area by coating it with a spray-on nubuck cleaning solution, then wiping the area with a nubuck cloth. After the soil is removed and the nubuck has dried, used the nubuck cloth or napping brush to lift the nap.
- 5Remove accumulated body oils from jacket collars and upholstery headrests with a leather degreaser, followed by a leather cleaner. When the item dries, groom the leather with a nubuck cloth or napping brush. You can also go over the item with fine sandpaper.
- 6Soak up oil stains using a clean, dry cloth. Clean the oil remaining on the item with a leather degreaser and leather cleaner.
- 7Attack ink stains within 6 hours, before the stain becomes set. Blot with a clean, dry cloth, then use an ink lifer for leather. Dry the nubuck with a blow dryer while using a nubuck cloth or napping brush to lift the nap.
Rubbing/sanding out very tough stains
- 1If all else fails and your nubuck leather item is still stained, it can be easily sanded down.
- 2The best thing to use is a pumice type stone, preferably something a little gentler (ie the common textured rock!).
- 3Make sure the rock is clean and rub a flat surface of it over the affected area.
- 4The top layers will come off and most nubuck will look brand new immediately; some may have to be sanded evenly all over (which is SURPRISINGLY easy to do and takes about ten minutes for a pair of shoes). I have been selling home-refurbished items at consignment stores and online for years and this has never failed me. I prefer this method to attempting difficult stain removal.
The following are not "true" leathers, but contain leather material. Depending on jurisdiction, they may still be labeled as "Genuine Leather":
Bonded Leather
Bonded leather, or "reconstituted leather", is composed of 90% to 100% leather fibers (often scrap from leather tanneries or leather workshops) bonded together with latex binders to create a look and feel similar to that of leather at a fraction of the cost. This bonded leather is not as durable as other leathers and is recommended for use only if the product will be used infrequently. Bonded leather upholstery is a vinyl upholstery that contains about 17% leather fiber in its backing material. The vinyl is stamped to give it a leather-like texture. Bonded leather upholstery is durable and its manufacturing process is more environmentally-friendly than leather production.
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PU Leather
Bicast leather (also known as bycast leather, split leather or PU. leather) is a split leather with a layer of polyurethane applied to the surface and then embossed. Bycast was originally made for the shoe industry for glossy shoes, and recently was adopted by the furniture industry. The resulting product has an artificially consistent texture that is easier to clean and maintain.
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