Give Smooth Leather Extra Attention

摘要

My column in the January issue on wetcleaning suede drew a large number of comments. This month, I will revisit the cleaning of skins, by giving an overview of smooth leather and its cleaning. It can be found as trim on a fabric garment as well as comprising the entire garment. One can usually identify the part of the animal's body the hide came from by the grain/ texture of the leather. The coarser the grain, the higher on the body the hide originated.