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WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP PRICES LOW

Here at Buffalo products, suppliers to the trade of leather chemicals, repair and care products ... we are trying not to raise our prices during this cost of living crisis!

On the whole we re-lowered most of our prices after the pandemic when our chemical supplies went back to normal, yes we have raised a few but only nominally due to the rising cost of the raw ingredients.
What we have done is try to lower some of our business overheads to compensate for the rising cost of running our company rather than over raise trade prices passing that cost to you.

We remain fiercly loyal to all our customers, offering free advice, free leather application tips, and special offers here and there... as a thank you for your custom.

Jackie Roberts
Leather Technical Manager

Date Added: 13/05/2022

BIRMINGHAM LEATHER REPAIRS TWO TONE RESTORATION

Two tone restorations can be tricky, but with the correct tonal colours, products and spray equipment the restoration can be a great success.
Applying the colour takes practice to create a variation of colour that appears natural to the leather.

BEFORE

AFTER

Restoration Carried Out By:
Birmingham Leather Repairs
0798 544 6260

 

Date Added: 24/11/2016

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.
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.

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
 
Fat Spue Remedy

Clean the area using our Buffalo Mould Cleaner
Stabilise fat spue using our Spue Remover
 
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
Date Added: 15/11/2024
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