People Also Ask:
- What is a Wax Pull-Up Leather?
- How to Identify Wax Pull-Up Leather?
- What is a Wax Pull-Up Conditioner?
- How Does Wax Pull-Up Conditioner Work?
- What is a Wax Pull-Up Protective Conditioner?
- What is a Wax Pull-Up Leather Holistic Sequence of Processes?
1. What is a Wax Pull-Up Leather?
- Wax pull-up leathers are often found in lively upholstery with a glossy topcoat, made popular by Restoration Hardware, such as Brompton, Maxwell, and Lancaster Couch.
2. How to Identify Wax Pull-Up Leather?
- Wax pull-up leather, when pulled or stretched, lightens up and returns to a pre-stretch appearance.
- Wax pull-up liveliness of response depends on the percentage of fatliquor and wax effect content remaining within the leather structure.
3. What is a Wax Pull-Up Conditioner?
- Wax 8.6 is a secondary structural conditioner used after Fatliquor 5.0 to restore a natural sheen and impart a stretchable pull-up.
4. How Does Wax Pull-Up Conditioner Work?
- The wax pull-up routine is a standalone application.
- It involves spraying the conditioner onto the leather and working it into the structure with a horsehair brush, such as the Leather Brush 1, to achieve an even appearance.
- Upon application, the wax pull-up penetrates the leather structure, while the wax content crystallizes on the surface as it dries.
- This results in a cloudy wax crystalline that typically takes around 8 hours to form.
- To activate the wax pull-up, a heat blower or a hot hair dryer transforms the crystalline wax into a coating of natural gloss, commonly associated with the wax pull-up effect.
- For an optional distress effect, kneading and massaging the leather can be done to achieve the desired result.
5. What is a Wax Pull-Up Protective Conditioner?
- Wax pull-up surface protective conditioner like Protector B or the leather scent version Protector B Plus imparts the leather surface with non-stick, rub-resistant protection against soiling and wear to reduce or eliminate surface scuffing.
6. What is a Wax Pull-Up Holistic Sequence of Processes?
- Degreasing body oil, grease, and sweat contamination is performed with Degreaser 2.2 and Acidifier 2.0.
- Restorative Cleaning is performed by Prep 4.4, Soft 3.8, and Rinse 3.0.
- Periodic Cleaning is performed with Soft 3.8 and Rinse 3.0.
- Sanitizing is performed by Sanitizer 3.9.
- Hydrating is performed by Hydrator 3.3 to return the leather structure to the original dimension, correcting overstretching or unnatural creases and wrinkles.
- Softening is performed by Fatliquor 5.0 for returning the leather to its original fatliquor suppleness, with a moisture content up to 14% practiced by today's modern tannery standard.
- Pull-up fashion effect is performed by Wax 8.6 for replenishing the wax pull-up effect with sufficient penetration or saturation; a fine wax crystalline will form as it dries and thereby activates into a natural gloss luster with a heat blower or hot hairdryer.
- Gloss luster is performed by Gloss 76 to achieve or match the desired gloss level.
- Non-stick, rub-resistant protection is provided by Protector B against soiling and wear.