Product Overview
Suede Acidifier 2.0 by Leather Doctor is a pH 2.0 acidic rinse designed to control, neutralize, and restore suede’s natural pH balance.
It prevents leather from denaturing, which can lead to bleeding, streaking, tackiness, and structural weakness due to alkaline overexposure.
Key Benefits:
✔ Neutralizes Alkaline Contamination from cleaners, sweat, rain, and water.
✔ Prevents Dye Bleeding and Color streaking.
✔ Reduces Suede Tackiness and Improves Texture.
✔ Strengthens Suede Fibers and Enhances Structural Integrity.
When to Use Acidifier 2.0:
- After Exposure to Alkaline Products (alkaline cleaners, soap, ammonia, baking soda, saddle soap, dish detergent, etc.)
- To Rectify Tackiness, Dullness, or Streaking from alkaline overexposure
- To Stabilize and Restore the Suede’s Natural pH Balance from water rings and stains.
Application Steps:
- 1️⃣ Clean and Rinse the surface using a leather-safe Suede 4.5 follows with Rinse 3.0.
- 2️⃣ Apply Acidifier 2.0 allowing it to penetrate.
- 3️⃣ Gently extract excess residue with a clean absorbent towel.
- 4️⃣ Follow up with Hydrator 3.3, Fatliquor 5.0 and Conditioner W for complete restoration.
Acidifier 2.0 is essential for:
- ✅ Rectifying dye bleeding, tackiness, water stains and alkaline damage
- ✅ Maintaining the longevity and durability of suede
This pH-balancing solution ensures your suede remains healthy, strong, and resistant to premature aging.
- 8oz Fill (add 218g),
- 32oz Fill (add 873g),
- 4oz Concentrate (becomes 3.2 Quarts),
- 8oz Concentrate (becomes 6.4 Quarts).
Instruction:
- Concentrate is mixed with distilled water 1: 25 before use.
- Apply evenly, brush, and towel extract until it shows clean.
- Inspect for satisfaction, otherwise, repeat treatment accordingly.
Frequently Asked Questions
1 Why Does Acidifier 2.0 Come in Concentrate?
Acidifier 2.0 is formulated as a concentrate for the following benefits:
✅ Indefinite shelf life for long-term storage.
✅ Reduces risks of freezing damage during shipping and storage.
✅ Minimizes handling damages compared to pre-mixed liquids.
✅ Lowers shipping weight, making it more cost-effective.
✅ Easily diluted with distilled water before use for optimal performance.
2 How to Use Acidifier 2.0 as a Rinse?
✔ After brushing the suede surface with an appropriate brush, Acidifier 2.0 is applied as a surface rinse.
✔ Suspended soiling is extracted with a towel until a clean side of the towel no longer shows soil.
3 How to Use Acidifier 2.0 as a pH Balancer for Sticky Suede?
✔ Apply Acidifier 2.0 deep into the leather after rinsing, allowing it to dwell so it can neutralize alkaline residues.
✔ Extract suspended residues with a towel.
✔ Repeat the application until a finger test reveals a healthy, squeaky feel, indicating proper pH balance restoration.
4 How to Use Acidifier 2.0 to Control Excessive Dye Bleeding?
✔ Apply Acidifier 2.0 and allow it to dwell, neutralizing excess foreign residues. Rinse off the excess.
✔ Repeat the application, extracting with a towel until dye bleeding is significantly reduced.
5 How to Use Acidifier 2.0 to Control Brightening Streaking from Harmful Cleaners?
✔ Apply Acidifier 2.0 and brush the surface using an appropriate brush to break down and neutralize harmful residue.
✔ Towel extract the suspended residue.
✔ Repeat the process, brushing and towel extracting until brightening streaks are reduced.
6 What Is the Purpose of a Dwell Time with Acidifier 2.0?
✔ Allowing Acidifier 2.0 to dwell gives it sufficient time to neutralize pH-related side effects, such as alkalinity damage, tackiness, dye bleeding, streaking, rings and water stains.
7 How Does Acidifier 2.0 Work?
✔ Acidifier 2.0 works by protonating and positively charging (+ve) suede protein fibers, increasing their ability to bond with negatively charged (-ve) suede constituents, such as:
- Tanning agents → Prevents suede from denaturing into stickiness.
- Dyestuff → Reduces dye bleeding.
- Fat and oil molecules → Prevents migration that leads to suede becoming stiff and tearing.
By restoring the suede’s natural pH balance, Acidifier 2.0 ensures structural integrity, color stability, and long-term durability.
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Edited: April 1, 12025 by Roger Koh.
