Nubuck Leather pH Damage Repair and Care Kit N7

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?

1: What is Alkaline pH Cleaning?

1. Alkaline pH cleaning is cleaning leather with a product with a pH value above 7.

2: What is Nubuck?

1. Nubuck is smooth top-grain leather buffed or sanded to create a fine velveting suede.

3: What is the pH value of leather?

1. A healthy leather pH value ranges from 3 to 5.

4: Why Cleaning with an Alkaline Product Damage Leather?

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?

1. Leather becomes tacky as the tanning agents that preserve the leather break the hydrogen bond, it reverts to rawhide.
2. Tackiness results as the tanning agents that preserve the leather break the hydrogen bond, and it reverts to rawhide.
3. Bleeding or Discoloration when dyestuff migrates from the center of alkaline overexposure.
4. Dryness or Stiffness manifests as leather dries off its fat and oil.

6: What are examples of Alkaline Cleaning Products?

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?

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?

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?

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?

1. Pro 1.5 is a pH 1.5 specialty cleaner that controls leather from bleeding, water spots, and becoming sticky.
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.
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.
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?

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.
2. Nubuck 4.5 is an all-purpose universal mild cleaner without the potential side effects associated with rings, browning, and stiffness for Nubuck.
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?

1. Hydrator 3.3 hydrates dried, stiff, shrunk leather, nubuck, suede, hair-on rug, woolskin, and sheepskin before fatliquor softening.
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?

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?

1. Pro 1.5 concentrates in the bottle require 209g of Distilled Water added before use.
2. Pro 1.5 is applied, brush with horsehair Brush 1 and towel extract until the towel shows clean.
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.
4. Acidifier 2.0 concentrates in the bottle require 218g of Distilled Water added before use.
5. Acidifier 2.0 is applied, brushed, and towel extract until the towel shows clean.
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?

1. Hydrator 3.3 concentrate in the bottle requires 218g of Distilled Water added before use.
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.
3. This hydrating process allows the migrating leather constituents like the tanning agents and dyestuff to redistribute and return to the damaged areas.
4. The dormant excess dyestuff is activated and resurfaced to refresh the damaged discoloration accordingly.
5. Suspended soiling is towel extracted until towel shows clean.
6. With satisfaction, while still damp proceed with Fatliquor 5.0.
7. Fatliquor 5.0 concentrate in the bottle requires 189g of Distilled Water added before use.
8. Fatliquor 5.0 is applied similarly to Hydrator 3.3 without leaving a dry edge.
9. As the water content dries more is applied until the last application the leather absorbs no more.
10. Fatliquor 5.0 saturates the color intensity, and softens with strength when dry.
11. Slow natural drying produces a softer leather.
12. Finish the nap with Eraser-4 for a finger-writing effect.

16: How to work with Protector S?

1. Protector S concentrate in the bottle requires 217g of Distilled Water added before use.
2. Protector S is applied and spread with a lint-free towel, brush, or foam brush for an even appearance and let to dry.
3. Brush the nap again for a finger-writing effect when dry.

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July 21, 2024, by Roger Koh