WHITE SPUE ON LEATHER
WHITE HAZE ON LEATHER
A white haze appearing on your leather surface can be a number of problems, most of you may confuse it with mould and clean the affected area ... You may soon notice the white haze appearing again, this indicates it may be a spue problem.
Spue does not affect the quality or performance of the leather, it is merely unsightly to the consumer.
Salt Spue
Salt spue are the salts in the leather becoming de-stabilised, when liquid is applied to the leather it causes an osmosis effect drawing the salt up to the surface.
Place a gentle heat over the white patch using a hairdryer if it doesn't disappear under heat it determines it may be salt spue - not fat spue.
Place a gentle heat over the white patch using a hairdryer if it doesn't disappear under heat it determines it may be salt spue - not fat spue.
Applying more liquid to areas of salt spue will make the problem worse - as a test a apply a wet/damp cloth to a small area around the white patch, if it more white spue appears it is a salt spue problem.
Salt spue can be difficult to stabilise, you can attempt to re-colour the area and hope it does not rear its ugly head again.
Salt spue can be difficult to stabilise, you can attempt to re-colour the area and hope it does not rear its ugly head again.
Clean the area (do not soak the leather) using our Buffalo mould cleaner
Seal the area using gloss solvent sealant
Re-colour and seal again
Fat Spue
Fat spue are the fats in the leather becoming de-stabilised, if the white patch disappears when you apply a gentle continuous heat but re-appears with 48 hours when the leather has become cold again it is likely to be fat spue.
We supply a spue stabiliser to rectify the problem of fat spue, one to several applications may needed
We supply a spue stabiliser to rectify the problem of fat spue, one to several applications may needed
Fat Spue Remedy
If the fat spue reappears it may be need several applications over a period of time, it will eventually stabilise.
Bloom can also be a cause of white patches on leather, this is moisture trapped between the leather surface and the sealant ... See our news blog on bloom problems