Laundry Process for Patent Leather Garments

When the season changes and patent leather clothes should be packaged, people always think that even though this leather coat has been worn, it doesn’t look dirty, so there’s no need to wash it. People just wipe it and put it directly in the wardrobe.

In fact, mere wiping cannot completely remove the dirt in the pores of the leather. The residues like grease secreted by the human body on the collar, dust in the air, and invisible germs may do harm to the leather. Even in warm and humid seasons, it can cause clothes to mold.

As a result, patent leather clothes should be sent to the laundry shops for complete care and cleaning. Then, how should laundry shops do the cleaning and care of the patent leather clothes?

Washing

The best washing method for patent leather coats is dry cleaning. Especially for heavily soiled leather coats, dry cleaning can thoroughly remove the dirt and prevent hardening, deformation, and distortion. Nowadays, there are many types of dry-cleaning agents for dry cleaning leather clothes, such as tetrachloroethylene, hydrocarbon, silicon-based, and multi-solvent solvents. Centralized laundry plants can use different dry-cleaning solvents according to different types of patent leathers to achieve the best washing results.

Currently, a wet cleaning machine can also be used for cleaning patent leather coats. By virtue of the wet cleaning agents which has the protection function for the fabrics and the wet cleaning machine that can precisely control the mechanism, the leather coats after wet cleaning can achieve the same effect as dry cleaning. It’s more green and eco-friendly.

Greasing

Long-term wearing, direct sunlight, and other external conditions may cause the fibers and fats of leather clothes to weather. As a result, the clothes after washing should be greased. Greasing is to use grease to penetrate the fibers of leather to prevent leather fibers from sticking together due to drying and restore the soft and full feel of the leather. Greasing can also strengthen the tensile strength, tear resistance, flexural strength, and water resistance of leather, etc. It is an extremely important method for caring for leathers and extending the lifespan of the patent leather garments.

People generally use the method of spraying and brushing to make the leather absorb more oil and ensure that the oil is more evenly distributed within the leather. For leather garments that are wet-cleaned, leather wet cleaning agents can be used. The agents themselves contain fatliquors. During the cleaning process, the leather can be greased, making the greasing step unnecessary.

Coloring and Finishing

Coloring and finishing is a method that people spray, brush, or wipe coating the finishing agents onto the leather coats so as to form a coating on the surface. It’s a good way to get a good appearance. Coloring and finishing can hide or fix the original flaws of the leather coats and increase the overall beauty of the old leather coats.

High-end leather coats or special-style leather coats should maintain their original style instead of being colored.

Polish

In the end, apply hand-feel wax and brightener with professional techniques to add a protective coating to the surface of the leather clothes, which can make the clothes less prone to staining and have a better appearance and luster.

The price of leather products is always high, so if people want to maintain their beauty and extend the service life of the leather coats, they should send the clothes to the professional laundry shops for care.