Chrome Excel Leather Care

In our latest video kirby allison founder of the hanger project talks about the proper care of a wolverine 1000 mile chromexcel boot using the saphir greas.

Chrome excel leather care.

Generally chrome tanned leathers yield soft supple and durable leathers while vegetable tanned leathers are round and full feeling patina well and are easy to coax into shapes using heat and moisture. Brushing vigorously and you want to brush it vigorously not only helps to remove dirt but it also heats up the leather moving around the oils and helping to remedy scratches and scrapes. Because it has a very light pigment it is not necessary to perfectly match the color. Caring for chromexcel is very easy using saphir s greasy leather cream.

Every 10 15 wearings apply a light haze of neutral creme cordovan or venetian cream sparingly. This is the wax before being melted and hot stuffed into the leather. Wet blue hides after receiving a vegetable retannage now natural in color. The original pull up leather chromexcel is hot stuffed with plenty of oils and fats that add both softness and water resilience.

The chrome ions displacing the water are smaller than vegetable tanning molecules which generally makes chrome tanned leather thinner and softer than vegetable tanned leather. However shell cordovan is the only leather where you can completely remove a scratch. Horween s chromexcel leather is one of our favorites here at tsm thanks to it s durability and gorgeous properties. The temporary displacement of these oil and wax blends causes the leather to lighten or shift.

You can very easily wipe this off or brush it to a very nice shine with a horsehair brush. G a cloudy hazy look. Designed to both condition and recolor chromexcel the cream has a very light oily texture and applies easily using either your fingers or a chamois. My particular shoe care regimen is very simple and closely resembles the mac method clean with a soft damp cloth allow to dry completely away from heat and moving air.

Bloom is a desirable characteristic as it means that the leather is properly nourished with greases oils wax. How to care for chromexcel. First you want a good horsehair brush. The next step is hot stuffing that is the impregnation of the hides with oils waxes and greases that are solid at room temperature.

No shoe polish required. The process is usually achieved by placing hides in acidic drums or baths consisting of a mix of chemicals.