[John Gregory]

Finally  picked up the courage to do my first leather touch up today , an hour and a half mixing me colours messing about with hair dryers and all that, the customer was amazed with my knowledge of leather and commitment to get the colour match bang on , got a slight block on my air brush , while trying to clear the blockage I must of pressureised it, brown pigment flew out all over this womens blouse and glasses .
Luckily she saw the funny side of it , Another lesson  learned

John

 

[Shaun_Ashmore]

The leather renovation I find is very rewarding and IMO when you get the confidence is quite easy, infact selling it is quite easy.

Shaun

[Mike Osbourne]

John

I didn't have you down for one of those leather touch up merchants. Shaun seems to enjoy it too. Maybe you can team up on a sofa.

[Shaun_Ashmore]

Steady, I work on my own!

Shaun

[Kev Loomes]

Just finished this one this afternoon. Micro pigmented aniline two tone - well, you can see the problem (excuse the mess in the garage!, this is before I took it into our other work room).

[Kev Loomes]

Finished job!

[AndyAclean]

what was it like after?

[AndyAclean]

Hey nice 1!

[John Gregory]

Kev

Micro pigmented analine two tone

What does that mean in English ?

John

[Mike Osbourne]

Good Job Kev.

Well done John are you getting plenty of leather C+P as well?

[John Gregory]

Kev

what did you use to extract that head grease ?

it does look smart  well done

John

[Kev Loomes]

Cheers lads

Leather de-greaser was used but it had to be re-pigmented (difficult two tone) as the colour loss was very evident, and then finished.

Kev

John - its an aniline that has a very fine pigment which does absorb liquids.

[John Gregory]

Kev

I get confused with all this terminology  is it the same as a wax pull up

John

[Roger Koh]

John,

Semi-aniline simply means they are semi-absorbent.

That’s what you have to know for a start.

Of course, the more you ask; the more you learn.

So keep on asking!

Roger Koh
Leather Doctor® System

[LTT Leathercare]

Well done Kev the job turned out very well.  Good to hear the training paid for itself already.

Micro Pigment is a much better term to use than semi aniline as it differentiates between the different finihsing styles that are absorbent.  It is not like a pull up style  John which has a translucent coating rather than a pigmented coating.

[*paul_moss]

Be careful with this as Aniline is toataly different to pigmented.
Semi aniline is not pigmented at all it has a top coat finish over the aniline dyes.
A pigmented leather wether its micro pigmented( just means a small amount of paint) or fully pigmented ( lots of paint) is a pigmented leather.

They are not allowed to call the leather Aniline or semi aniline if it has pigment over it.

[LTT Leathercare]

Who is not allowed to Paul??

We have a showroom sample book which is all totally pigmented leather some of which is not even aniline dyed which has semi-aniline written all over the cover.  This is why it is essential to make your own assessment of the type of finish that has been used and not to rely on names.

[Mike Roper]

Not wanting to seem picky but on the last photo can you see the out line of the repair?Did you two tone it again with pigment?
I know that two tones are very difficult to copy most of the time.

Mike

[Tony Gill Carpet Smart]

TUT TUT DIG DIG NAUGHTY NAUGHTY

[Straker Cleaning]

Nice job there Kev ......... if only i had the patience  :