by admin | Mar 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Buying the right leather jacket for you. What type of style and hide is dependent on your fashion sense and personal desires. All leather skins / hides are very different in feel, texture and durability. Ostrich Leather In most cases this is farmed in South Africa, it has the most unique pattern and look, Ostrich skins are very difficult to produce with extreme complex tanning methods, making it an extremely expensive skin. Pony Skin Its a bit of myth – Most Pony Skins that designers use are in reality “Calf Skins” Shearlings These skins can come in many different forms, mostly they are from sheep just sheared, then sent for tanning and dressings applied. Shearling skins always have the wool left on and dependent on the leather jacket style this can be worn either way. Shearlings are finished in many different way, but mainly with a suede on one side or a painted finish always with the clipped wool left on the other side. Calf Skin This type of skin is super soft and feels just so luxurious, its a very durable skin, but can be tanned in many different thicknesses, the very thin calf skins can tear very easily, so be careful of sharp objects. It has a a very fine grain and is typically from a calf of around 3 years old. Alligator and Crocodile Skins These skins are known as tiles, square or oblong scales. Understanding the difference between these two similar looking skins is important. The sales executive should be fully aware, but in just in case they don’t. Crocodile -: Pay close attention to...
by admin | Aug 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Considering starting your own leather jacket business want to earn £50k per year ? Expert Advice Fantastic Incomes Work From Home Amazing Returns Leather jacket Restoration Business How we guide you through Constant training & new techniques Every year we grow our team of skilled technicians Monthly training school Every day we explore different and new ways to innovate our business More importantly every minute of every day we enjoy what we do LJR – Setting standards in industry approved training systems Setting Standards In Training The training we provide is carried out from the only national training school for leather repairs in the UK from a dedicated training centre in Hull, East Yorkshire. The training we provide is very comprehensive and all approved by IMI Awards. We don’t take short cuts, as we need our franchisees to be technically aware and confident with repairs. Hands On All training we provide is hands on training, you will be trained to work on the item’s you will be working on every day in your franchise business. From the second you walk through our doors to the minute you leave, our trade secrets begin to flow, you will find out so much during your leather repair course, it will blow you away. The knowledge Richard has is outstanding, Richard has been involved with leather in one way or another for 30 years, so as you can imaging the knowledge and respect he has built up is enviable to the competition. LJR – Want teamwork & dedicated people for the leather jacket restoration business It’s the people...
by admin | Aug 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Leather Jacket Repairs leather jacket repairs can be something simple like a small amount of colour loss, or a tear, this can be a major restoration project also, items can be purchased on the internet to restore and recolour leather jacket. We handle all types of leather jacket repairs, from a simple leather jacket repair like a tear, right through to complete full panel replacments and major colour restorations. Take a look at the picture below of this motorbike jacket that was 50 years old that we fully restored back to a new condition for this customer. The customer was over the moon with the leather jacket repsirs and restoration we carried out. Carrying out repairs is not something that can be handled by every person around, you need an eye for detail and the backing of a professional company, if you are considering carry out any forms of leather jacket repairs then contact these people leather repair...
by admin | Aug 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
Leather Jacket Restoration Leather jacket restoration, they come in all types of shapes and sizes and over the years of owning a leather jacket all sorts of things can happen to them. Leather jackets can be fully restored back to a brand new condition once again. Below this poictures shows you what is possible with a leather jacket restoration. This full process involved a starting process of a full deep clean using a premium leather cleaner once all of the cleaning was done we then had to prep the leather using a leather prep. The purpose of using the leather prep is to remove as much of the old colour as possible in the process making the leatehr jacket nice and soft again ready for the full leather jacket restoration process to take place. To do this you need a small leather repair kit This kit is the best kit money can buy for your leather jacket restoration. Once you have looked at all the different products and read the instructions fully you can start with the first step, mixing the colour, you can get an insite into what colour you want by looking at this site leather colours. Once you are happy with the colour you have made you can start by dapping the colour onto the jacket, or if teh colour loss is so bad you can wipe this on in a nice even motion to ensure you have a good firm base coating applied. Once you have the base coating on making sure you dont get to much leather colour on the seam areas as this...
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