Leather Care &
Repair Products
Leather ages gracefully and can last a lifetime with proper care
right from the start. Leather furniture should not be covered by
plastic and other non-breathable covers because it will cause
the leather to become dry. Wet or damp leather should be allowed
to air-dry naturally away from any heat source. Leather can be
treated with a conditioner to restore flexibility. In winter
salt deposits from leather furniture should be promptly removed
by sponging with clear water and then following with the
treatment for wet and damp leather. Waxes, silicone products or
other leather preparations that impair the leather products
ability to breathe should not be used. All leather needs
conditioning from time to time. Leather experts recommend
conditioning and water proofing twice a year. In fact, early
spring and fall are ideal for maintaining the condition of the
leather products.
Furniture is supposed to last a long time. But like everything
else, even furniture gets damaged at times. It is then that you
need to repair or refinish the damaged furniture. Building
furniture with traditional joinery is fairly straightforward:
cut, glue, clamp, and let it dry. A well made mortise and tenon
or dovetail joint will last several generations, but even the
best joint may eventually need to be repaired, particularly on
hard wearing items like chairs. Re-cutting the original joinery
or replacing an entire part may not always be the right course
to follow, especially if the furniture has an intrinsic
historical value. Besides accidental breakage, a joined piece of
furniture may fail for a number of reasons. The most common are
wear and tear which produces racking stresses on the joint (like
the back legs of a chair) and normal expansion/shrinkage due to
seasonal changes. These two forces may operate independently or
together to produce failure at the glue line. A joint may also
have been improperly cut when originally constructed with one of
the components either too large or small.
Some of the furniture repair and restoration products are given
below:
