bookbinding supplies
Leather- care auxiliaries
"Leather - a fine natural product - needs correct and effective treatment".
"Maroquin"- leather balm, a neutral- liquid suspension 250ml
For careful cleaning and preservation of cracked and hard leather.
It cleans the pores, enables the leather to breathe again and makes it smooth and supple.
The benefit is much greater. The effect can be heightened considerably if both sides
of the leather are treated.
Gildings and blind toolings are not damaged; on the contrary, they stand out even better after the
treatment.
"Maroquin"- neutral- vaseline / paste 75g
Is a mild and long-lasting effect auxhillary.
The ideal product for the treatment of high-quality leather, whether bookbindings, luggage, saddlery, utility objects or collectors items.
Dried-out leather regains elasticity and a fresh appearance.
Remaining longer fibres after leather cutting for restoration will be almost eliminated.
Gildings and blind toolings stand out better after treatment.
MAROQUIN leather care products „do justice to leather“.
They consist of the same synthetic greases which are employed today for tanning.
They are easily and quickly effective as their use does not involve subjecting leather products, especially sensitve collectors items, to a stressful working process.
The simultaneous cleaning and preserving effect is astonishing.
We recommend to make tests before treatment on larger leather areas with MAROQUIN leather neutral vaseline!
Anilin- Lederfarben / nicht bronzierend / zum restaurieren- und selbsteinfärben am Objekt für perfekte Resultate
Aniline-leathercolors- Colorcard: [Download- PDF]
Leder selbsteinfärben am Objekt / Färbe- Instruktion
A brief technical introduction how applicate our Aniline leather dyes
All of our aniline leather dyes are based on metal complexes which are dissolved in a highly concentrated butyl- glycol alcohol solution for high yield.
All of our base colors can be blended together as desired using distilled water on the object or initially on absorbent blotting paper, such as a coffee filter.
As a rule, we start with a more diluted dye liquor at a concentration of 1:5 (01- part dye, 05- parts distilled water), which can be increased as desired on the object after various drying periods. Important: none of our aniline dyes tend to bronze, which is an undesirable dyeing result on the grain of the leather.
It is also very important that the leather has an open and grease-free surface.
Pigmented or treated leather cannot be dyed with aniline dyes, as the dyes cannot absorb into the leather.
You can usually fix the color on leather very well with acetic acid or, even more gently, with ascorbic acid (Vitamin C), both in highly diluted stock solutions with distilled water, e.g., 1:5. After drying, the leather can also be recoated with neutral leather grease to breathe new life into it.
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