LEATHER FINISHING

Leather Finishing

There are basically three ways to finish a plain piece of leather:

Pigmented
Semi-aniline
Aniline

These can be compared to the treating of wood.

Pigment

finishes are much the same as painting wood; the end product is one which is
completely protected from the elements. It is identifiable as a piece of wood,
but the natural beauty of the wood is completely hidden.

Semi-aniline

finishes are much like putting heavy coats of stain on a piece of wood.
The wood is protected; some of its natural faults are hidden, but one can
still get a sense of the beauty of the raw material.

Aniline

leather can be compared to wood that is stained and wiped. There
is very little protection against the elements. However, you have the
desired color and all the natural beauty of the raw material is allowed to shine through.
Just as with wood, the less finish that is applied to a skin of leather, the better quality of
skin is required.
Once the skins arrive at a Sangla Sports garment-manufacturing factory, a great level
of expertise and care goes into creating our garments. Our experienced cutters must
sort and match several skins for each garment that is being made. The skins must
be selected for matching shades and similar appearance, so that the finished garment
"looks" and "feels" right.
Each garment must be carefully cut by an experienced cutter, as no machine is able to
measure the difference in shade from one panel to another, nor recognize any faults that must be cut around.
Several stages follow the cutting of the leather, thus producing a high-quality
garment which Sultan sabri has become famous for.


TRYPES OF LEATHER