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LEATHER FOR CRAFTS AND ACCESSORIES

Where to buy leather for crafts?

Here we give you the keys. Leather infinity of shapes and ideas

Leather Flower

A full flower It is characterized by being one of the most natural articles of tanning, since it respects the natural pore of the animal and hardly has any pigment.

It is recommended for different types of bags, wallets, backpacks, footwear, binding, fanny packs, wallets, purses, etc.. The most used for carrying out all kinds of projects.


Pumped Leather

A Pumped item is basically any of the items that exist in the market, but with a great peculiarity. The pumped article is introduced into a drum, as its name suggests, where it spends approximately 8 hours spinning, hitting against the walls of the container and breaking the fibers. These fibers, when broken, make the skin very soft once it comes out of the drum, with a lot of fall, also during this whole process, the skin has acquired a kind of natural engraving, unique in each skin since no iron is used, for that's the name of pumped.

Lastly, this type of skin is a soft and flexible article, that is, it is a skin adaptable to any shape or surface on which we work, a tame skin that is pleasant to the touch, which allows us to exert added tension (always in favor of fiber) in order to achieve a perfect final job.

oiled leather

In this case, another peculiarity of the oiled full grain is its aged appearance, this is due to the type of finish with which this leather is tanned, it is an oil-based finish, which gives rise to those veins on its surface.

You have to know how to give it the right treatment as it can cause damage due to its characteristics.


Waxed Leather

A waxed item is characterized, as its name suggests, by having a thin layer of wax on the top of the flower, which makes the item look completely matte at first glance, however if we use a brushing machine, we can see how this is completely transformed, letting shine a shine that stands out a lot, with the parts that we have not brushed. If we do not have a brush, the easiest way would be with a lint-free cloth, completely smooth so as not to make grooves, instead of removing the shine from the wax. We can also leave the article in matte, which is still a great option.

You have to know how to give it the right treatment as it can cause damage due to its characteristics.

Aged or Rustic Leather

Aged or rustic leather is grain leather, which has a finish that imitates the passage of time. This article tells us at first glance that the years have made a dent in its surface, generating changes in tone and cracks characteristic of the wear of the years.



Split Leather

Split leather is the second layer of leather, the first is the grain, which is the smoothest part, split leather is the one that looks like suede, not only on the reverse.

Nubuck leather

A Nubuk skin is simply a skin with a sanded grain.

The skin is introduced into an automatic machine, which passes a very fine sandpaper, turning the surface finish of the skin into a kind of velvet. The sandpaper is so fine that the leather at the end of this process ends up having a very soft touch and a unique finish.



Fantasy Leather, Engravings and Laminates

You can find cow and goat skin among which are different types laminates, engravings and fantasies specials. To get unique and original models.

little cow

Vegetal tanned beef



Flotentik leather

A florentik is a rectified article, that is, the upper part of the flower has been lightly sanded, to leave the skin completely smooth, without any type of scratch or small superficial marks of the animal.

The Florentik has the peculiarity of being a rigid article, capable of acquiring the shape that we want with ease, without fear of it falling like a soft article.

We can also find Florentik in 1 and 2 colors.

The way to get the most out of our Florentik will be with a brush and abrasive wax, so we can achieve that game of colors and shades so beautiful and characteristic of this leather.

If you don't have a brush, the easiest manual way is with a cotton ball and a little alcohol.

Also in this way we will achieve a result, Spectacular.




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