Nubuck Leather Care Kit

Nubuck is amphoteric pH-sensitive, and a leather-safe pH3-5 product system is highly recommended to solve problems while maintaining its chemistry integrity. 

Nubuck is aniline dyed through the reverse suede side and prone to sun-fading. 

However, the unexposed dyestuff may be activated with hydration to resurface. 

It is like reactivating tea leaves with hot water to release the color, and with Nubuck, Hydrator 3.3 is used. 

Fatliquoring with its contributing fat and oil softens and increases color intensity richly. 

Nubuck is both hydrophilic and oleophilic, and its open nap absorbs water and oil more readily than any other smooth leather. 

Fatliquor assists in resisting water ingress, plumped with fullness, and reducing creases and wrinkles. 

Nubuck is top-grain cattle leather that has been buffed on the grain side or the outside to create a velvet-like texture or nap.

It has the characteristic of napping with the softest hand or tactile feel. 

Although nubuck is aniline dyed through, it is commonly finished with a surface dye, sometimes incorporating micro-pigment to cover up some natural blemishes. 

Nubuck looks similar to suede, and the difference is that suede is created from the flesh side, whereas nubuck is from the grain side of the leather. 

As nubuck and suede are napped leathers it's often incorrectly identified as suede. 

Leather Doctor develops a Nubuck Problem Solving Matrix that addresses the categories of Soil, Stain, Odor, Finish, and Structure problems with corresponding products in a holistic sequence of steps to achieve the desired result.