Product Overview
Nubuck Leather pH Damage Repair and Care Kit N7 by Leather Doctor restores tackiness, discoloration, bleeding, dryness, and stiffness from alkaline pH cleaning.
People Also Ask:
1: What is Alkaline pH Cleaning?
2: What is Nubuck?
3: What is the pH value of leather?
4: Why Cleaning with an Alkaline Product Damage Leather?
5: What are the Damages Associated with Alkaline Cleaning?
6: What are examples of Alkaline Cleaning Products?
7: How to Safely Use Specialty Alkaline Products?
8: What is an example of a Low pH Value Rinse?
9: How to Restore Alkaline Overexposure?
10: What is the Leather Pro Cleaner 1.5, and Leather Acidifier 2.0 system?
11: What is the Leather Prep 4.4, Nubuck Cleaner 4.5, and Nubuck Rinse 2.3 system?
12: What is the Leather Hydrator 3.3 and Leather Fatliquor 5.0 system?
13: What is the Leather Protector S system?
14: How to use Pro 1.5 and Acidifier 2.0?
15: How to use Hydrator 3.3 and Fatliquor 5.0?
16: How to work with Protector S?
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1: What is Alkaline pH Cleaning?
1.1: Alkaline pH cleaning is cleaning leather with a product with a pH value above 7.
2: What is Nubuck?
2.1: Nubuck is smooth top-grain leather buffed or sanded to create a fine velveting suede.
3: What is the pH value of leather?
3.1: A healthy leather pH value ranges from 3 to 5.
4: Why Cleaning with an Alkaline Product Damage Leather?
4.1: Leather is an amphoteric material and alkalinity weakens the ionic attraction between leather and its main constituents like the tanning agents, dyestuff, and fatliquor.
5: What are the Damages Associated with Alkaline Cleaning?
5.1: Leather becomes tacky as the tanning agents that preserve the leather break the hydrogen bond, it reverts to rawhide.
5.1: Tackiness results as the tanning agents that preserve the leather break the hydrogen bond, and it reverts to rawhide.
5.2: Bleeding or Discoloration when dyestuff migrates from the center of alkaline overexposure.
5.3: Dryness or Stiffness manifests as leather dries off its fat and oil.
6: What are examples of Alkaline Cleaning Products?
6.1: Alkaline cleaning products have a pH value above 7, examples are saddle soap, baby wipes, baking soda, dishwashing liquid, etc.
7: How to Safely Use Specialty Alkaline Products?
7.1: Specialty alkaline products when used will need immediate pH balanced with a low pH value rinse.
8: What is an example of a Low pH Value Rinse?
8.1: Leather Acidifier 2.0 with a pH value of 2.0 is an example of a low pH value rinse for pH balancing after alkaline cleaning products.
9: How to Restore Alkaline Overexposure?
9.1: Alkaline overexposure is restored through a pH balancing process using a low pH cleaner and rinse system with products such as Leather Pro Cleaner 1.5 and Leather Acidifier 2.0 with a pH value of 1.5 and 2.0.
10: What is the Leather Pro Cleaner 1.5, and Leather Acidifier 2.0 system?
10.1: Pro 1.5 is a pH 1.5 specialty cleaner that controls leather from bleeding, water spots, and becoming sticky.
10.2: Pro 1.5 is a water-based pH value 1.5 restorative cleaner with an extra protonating or pH balancing function that reverts all leather, nubuck, and suede from denaturing.
10.3: Acidifier 2.0 is a pH 2.0 rinse to control, neutralize, and pH-balance leather nubuck and suede from denaturing to bleeding, discoloration, streaking, or getting tacky.
10.4: Acidifier 2.0 corrects and pH balances leather side effects, which become abnormal from harmful household cleaning products and high pH leather cleaners.
11: What is the Leather Prep 4.4, Nubuck Cleaner 4.5, and Nubuck Rinse 2.3 system?
11.1: Prep 4.4 is a water-based prep cleaner that works on heavy soiling for pH-sensitive leather, nubuck, and suede, without the common side effects.
11.2: Nubuck 4.5 is an all-purpose universal mild cleaner without the potential side effects associated with rings, browning, and stiffness for Nubuck.
11.3: Rinse 2.3 is a pH-2.3 value rinse and pH balancer to remove suspended soiling after Nubuck 4.5.
12: What is the Leather Hydrator 3.3 and Leather Fatliquor 5.0 system?
12.1: Hydrator 3.3 hydrates dried, stiff, shrunk leather, nubuck, suede, hair-on rug, woolskin, and sheepskin before fatliquor softening.
12.2: Fatliquor 5.0 is a fat and oil conditioner softener for all leather, nubuck, suede, hair-on rug, and woolskin from dryness, stiffness, and cracking.
13: What is the Leather Protector S system?
13.1: Protector S is a silky-feel, non-stick conditioner for Nubuck, suede, pure-aniline, hair-on-hide, and sheepskin.
14: How to use Pro 1.5 and Acidifier 2.0?
14.1: Pro 1.5 concentrates in the bottle require 209g of Distilled Water added before use.
14.2: Pro 1.5 is applied, brush with horsehair Brush 1 and towel extract until the towel shows clean.
14.3: Feather out the product making sure the entire surface appearance is even out, and towel extracted until the towel shows clean, and proceed with Acidifier 2.0.
14.4: Acidifier 2.0 concentrates in the bottle require 218g of Distilled Water added before use.
14.5: Acidifier 2.0 is applied, brushed, and towel extract until the towel shows clean.
14.6: Inspect for an even appearance, and tackiness with satisfaction and proceed with Hydrator 3.3, otherwise repeat.
15: How to use Hydrator 3.3 and Fatliquor 5.0?
15.1: Hydrator 3.3 concentrate in the bottle requires 218g of Distilled Water added before use.
15.2: Hydrator 3.3 is applied, and brushed, to saturate, relax, and plump the leather with a little moisture oozing when pressed with a finger.
15.3: This hydrating process allows the migrating leather constituents like the tanning agents and dyestuff to redistribute and return to the damaged areas.
15.4: The dormant excess dyestuff is activated and resurfaced to refresh the damaged discoloration accordingly.
15.5: Suspended soiling is towel extracted until towel shows clean.
15. 6: With satisfaction, while still damp proceed with Fatliquor 5.0.
15.7: Fatliquor 5.0 concentrate in the bottle requires 189g of Distilled Water added before use.
15.8: Fatliquor 5.0 is applied similarly to Hydrator 3.3 without leaving a dry edge.
15.9: As the water content dries more is applied until the last application the leather absorbs no more.
15.10: Fatliquor 5.0 saturates the color intensity, and softens with strength when dry.
15.11: Slow natural drying produces a softer leather.
15.12: Finish the nap with Eraser-4 for a finger-writing effect.
16: How to work with Protector S?
16.1: Protector S concentrate in the bottle requires 217g of Distilled Water added before use.
16.2: Protector S is applied and spread with a lint-free towel, brush, or foam brush for an even appearance and let to dry.
16.3: Brush the nap again for a finger-writing effect when dry.
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July 21, 2024, by Roger Koh
