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Matthew Nicholls - Managing Director
Glossary of Terms
Please select one of the letters below to view the glossary of terms.
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Pigment
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An opaque solid (often formulated in a liquid) that gives corrected grain leather its colour. Similar properties to paint colorants.
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Pigmented
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A term given to leather whose top coat has been given a coating of pigment. Leather that is coloured by opaque pigment, rather that just with dye.
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Plating
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Pressing leather with a heated metal plate, usually smooth, under high pressure. Sometimes the plate is embossed with a pattern, giving embossed leather.
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Polyurethane
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A high performance polymer, that gives the leather a high gloss level, and good fastness properties, originally developed for use with patent leather.
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Pull-Up Leather
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A nubuck type leather that is given a coat of wax on top. The wax gives a darker colour to the leather, so that when pulled, the wax moves and the original colour shows through.
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Putrefaction
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A term used to describe the effect on raw hide or skin when it has been poorly preserved, allowing bacteria to degrade or putrefy the components of the pelt
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