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  1. Sticky: Re: Leather Furniture and what you can - and cannot expect

    Post a photo of the arms on your chairs - and is this a finished leather or pure aniline?
  2. Sticky: Re: Leather Furniture and what you can - and cannot expect

    Sorry, but you are using terms that don’t exist in the industry.

    Any time you finish a dyed base hide with a paint color coat on top of the hide it is classed as a semi-aniline and is much closer...
  3. Sticky: Re: Leather Furniture and what you can - and cannot expect

    That's a nasty sofa....lots and lots of soiling and never cleaned. That one is ready for the landfill.
  4. Sticky: Re: Leather Furniture and what you can - and cannot expect

    At the end of the day, all I can do is suggest. It's their company and their money to spend! Somethings take hold, others not so much.

    One thing I was able to do today was to convince Taylor...
  5. Sticky: Re: Leather Furniture and what you can - and cannot expect

    There are two things I am directly responsible for on many of the web sites of the brands I sell. One is to actually put photos of samples on the web site so you could see a representation of the...
  6. Sticky: Re: Leather Furniture and what you can - and cannot expect

    <laughing> I stop answering emails and forum posts about midnight, and start up again about 7 a.m....

    Sonoma is a true suede and more coarse - made from the splits, Nubuck is a Top Grain pure...
  7. Sticky: Re: Leather Furniture and what you can - and cannot expect

    That is one used-up sofa. Used and Abused.

    1) Sun Damage, lots of it
    2) High use
    3) Low Cow Hide Grade, not High Quality Steer Hides - Steer hides stretch out much less than Cow Hides.
  8. Sticky: Re: Leather Furniture and what you can - and cannot expect

    Here's a few photos I took today of some leather pieces that are perfectly acceptable, but would be considered unacceptable faults by those looking for perfection such as one would get with a vinyl...
  9. Sticky: Re: Leather Furniture and what you can - and cannot expect

    An update to this thread as this seemed a good place to post this topic.

    One or two customers a year receive their leather furniture and will decide they have a defect or damage in their leather...
  10. Sticky: Re: Leather Furniture and what you can - and cannot expect

    Burnished leather is a toner coat applied to a pure aniline hide and then sealed onto the leather. I have it in my own home. It has a good track record for holding up well.
  11. Sticky: Re: Leather Furniture and what you can - and cannot expect

    I don't particularly like the terms "Unprotected" and "Protected" because it implies one is fragile and the other is armored, and its not true in either one. What is a scratch but a pressure mark? ...
  12. Sticky: Re: Leather Furniture and what you can - and cannot expect

    Manufacturers and Stores 'blur that line' because the retail customer is demanding something that is impossible for them to make & sell at what the consumer thinks is a fair price point. They react...
  13. Sticky: Re: Leather Furniture and what you can - and cannot expect

    If you search the forum, you will see a post I made last Sunday of how all my leather in my house looks over a period of time, and its all aniline. My own personal opinion is you can get too caught...
  14. Sticky: Leather Furniture and what you can - and cannot expect

    One of the appeals of leather furniture over fabric is the usable life-span of the cover, which is four times that of most fabrics. One of the most confusing things about leather is which one to...
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