Leather Accessories  »  Leather Finishes

Leather finishes are merely used to protect and beautify natural belle of leather. Leather is widely popular in market due to its high richness, strength and durability. In the whole process of leather finishing, firstly thin coating of finishes are applied over the top of leather. Finally, wet end of skins are applied over them for final shiny touch. Leather finishes prevent and seal leather from external environmental pollution and surroundings. Leather Finishing is a process undertaken for enhancing and protecting the natural beauty of the hide. The leather is re-tanned and dyed, ready for finishing to the highest possible standards.

Importance of Leather Finishes
Leather finishes are highly preferred for protection of leather. Certain benefits of them are :

• They help in raising durability and strength of leather.
• Leather finishing proffer shiny, sparkling and flexible appeal.
• They help in preserving the color of leather after dyeing.
• They render soft and lustrous look.

Types of Leather Finishes:
Wide variety of leather finishes are available in market, some of them are:

• Fully Pigmented Finish: This is the most popular finish as it comprises many coats of color, sealer and is highly durable
  
  
• Antique Finish: In this finish, firstly many coats of base color is applied and than fine coat of darker color is applied rendering leather a two toned effect.
  
  
• Wyper Finish: Somewhat same to antique finish, in this finish firstly base color is applied and after darker color shade is applied and than wiped off with the help of a special solution.
  
  
• Corrected Grain Finish: This finish appeals like vinyl. Rendering a touch of embossed finish to leather, extreme scarring is warped with an artificial grain to give that leather the embossed finish.
• Full Grain Finish: This finish is soft and comprised with natural markings of leather. It is not applied to change the natural surface of hide instead only it helps in protecting it from external environment.