Everything you’ll ever want to know about automotive leather upholstery –
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Everything you’ll ever want to know about automotive leather upholstery –
– but were too afraid to ask.
How important is the correct identification of finished lather?
Automobile model ranges use different materials for their vehicles interiors; leather upholstery like Aniline Immersion Dyed, Aniline Micro Pigmented, (Urethane) Finished, Artificial leather such as MB-Tex and unfinished materials like Synthetics and Alcantara, and sometimes combinations of products (Alcantara seat inserts on leather seating) as well as various grades of leather hide, full-grain, top-grain and split –grain (which is protected with urethane) all of which require different products and applications methods
The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) is a reference guide for Professional Upholstery Cleaning (IICRC S300) it’s a five day leather training course, which devotes two days of the course to the correct identification of leather finishes
Once you’ve correctly identified the leather and / or the applied finish applicable to your vehicle's upholstery, it’s easier to select suitable products / methods (one size fits all is just a vendor's marketing myth) Different types of leather require specific cleaning and care and therefore require a slightly different process.
Check your 'leather type' before attempting to clean or apply any products to its surface.
TOGWT® Autopia Detailing Wiki – “Leather Upholstery Type Surface Identification” - http://www.autopia.org/forum/autopia...fication.html#
TOGWT® Autopia Detailing Wiki – “Leather Articles Hyperlinks” -http://www.autopia.org/forum/autopia...yperlinks.html
How important is the correct identification of finished lather?
Automobile model ranges use different materials for their vehicles interiors; leather upholstery like Aniline Immersion Dyed, Aniline Micro Pigmented, (Urethane) Finished, Artificial leather such as MB-Tex and unfinished materials like Synthetics and Alcantara, and sometimes combinations of products (Alcantara seat inserts on leather seating) as well as various grades of leather hide, full-grain, top-grain and split –grain (which is protected with urethane) all of which require different products and applications methods
The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and Restoration Certification (IICRC) is a reference guide for Professional Upholstery Cleaning (IICRC S300) it’s a five day leather training course, which devotes two days of the course to the correct identification of leather finishes
Once you’ve correctly identified the leather and / or the applied finish applicable to your vehicle's upholstery, it’s easier to select suitable products / methods (one size fits all is just a vendor's marketing myth) Different types of leather require specific cleaning and care and therefore require a slightly different process.
Check your 'leather type' before attempting to clean or apply any products to its surface.
TOGWT® Autopia Detailing Wiki – “Leather Upholstery Type Surface Identification” - http://www.autopia.org/forum/autopia...fication.html#
TOGWT® Autopia Detailing Wiki – “Leather Articles Hyperlinks” -http://www.autopia.org/forum/autopia...yperlinks.html
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