Patent Leather is a layered leather type that has a high gloss finish. The coating process was introduced to the United States and enhanced by the inventor Seth Boyden, from Newark, New Jersey, in 1818, with commercial manufacture from September 20, 1819. Boyden's process, which he patented, uses lacquer coatings based on linseed oil. Modern patent leather usually has a plastic coating.
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In general, patent leather is a fine grain leather that is treated to give a shiny appearance. The initial reference for patent leather was in 1793 the British periodical The Bee, or Literary Weekly Intelligencer, which noted, in an article entitled "Hand's patent leather", that "a man by the name of Hand" in Birmingham, England, was granted a patent to prepare a flexible skin that has glazes and polishes that make it waterproof and only needs to be cleaned with a sponge to return it to its original gloss. In November 1799, the inventor Edmund Prior, of Holborn, London, England, received a patent for the method of painting and coloring all skin types; and, in January 1805, inventor Charles Mollersten, of Hackney Wick, received a patent for applying a chemical composition in the preparation of skin, skin and skin to give a "beautiful glow". However, patent leather mainly owes its popularity to Seth Boyden.
In 1818, Boyden received a piece of German-made patent leather (said to be a German military front cap) from a local carriage manufacturer and used it to investigate the possibility of making a skin version in the United States treated in such a way. a way that the material will be clearly more stylish than shoe work and similar leather goods, but retain the desired quality of protection and durability. Reversing European patent leather engineering, he found a way to produce his own patent leather. Using a series of coating treatments based on linseed oil, the new shiny skin began to be commercially produced on September 20, 1819. Boyden's efforts resulted in the production of shiny skin that was quickly captured as a complement to formal wear. Boyden never patented his inventive process.
The next European manufacturing method described in 1906 as follows:
In the preparation of enamel skin, layers of bedblack mat mixed with linseed oil have been placed on the side of meat, since the industrial growth period in Europe. Successive coats of this mixture are applied, the leather is allowed to dry and the soil surface drops with a pumice stone after each layer. Then the skin is blackened again with black liquor mixed with turpentine, and hung until dry again. After the skin is left to settle, place it in the pile for about a month, or longer if possible, the skin is attached to the frame and receive a layer of varnish brush. A baking followed in a medium heat oven. Temperatures gradually increased and roasting continued for three days. Sun exposure for ten hours completes the process. Recently American producers have made patent leather out of chrome tanned leather. This product is very different, as is the process used. The skin is softer, more pliable, and requires less brilliant paint than those made from tanned leather, but it is less likely to crack and more suitable for shoes than for fragile and inflexible skin created by older processes.
Subsequently, plastic substitution (such as Parkesine) for treatment with linseed oil enables patent leather to be produced more cheaply. Finally, synthetic resins further simplify the process and cut production costs even further, making mass production of patent leather possible.
In the British fashion trends of the 1960s, shoes, boots, and purses were often made of leather or patent vinyl. Shoe patents are available in red, white, blue, hot pink, orange, green, yellow, black, and white.
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Characterized by a glass-like touch that captures light, patent leather is present in all colors like ordinary leather. In addition to the mirror-like finish, the patent leather is also almost waterproof, while retaining a very flexible texture. The visual aspect of patent leather makes it a sought after material for formal accessories.
Skin patents are sometimes confused with artificial skin such as DuPont's Corfam and Kuraray's Clarino, which are artificial materials with similar glossy appearance.
Skin patents and poromerics are cleaned in the same way. Dirt attached to the coating can be removed with a wet cloth, using mild soap if necessary. Small scratches and scratch marks on the coating can be removed using one of several special purpose patents and poromeric cleaners on the market. With wear and tear, the patent skin will eventually lose a glossy coating, but it will still be smoother than most other skin types, looking almost rubbery.
Lighter color patent skins are susceptible to color migration. When the patent is stored next to the colored goods, the coloring of the colored goods may migrate to the patent leather. Storing patent leather goods in a white dust bag will help prevent this.
Skin patents and poromerics are used in applications where the eye-catching glossy appearance is the most important consideration. Examples include fashion items such as wallets and purses, dance shoes and uniforms, curly boots and professional wrestling shoes, belts and trench coats. In recent years patent leather has become a popular material for limited edition shoes.
References
External links
- Media related to Patent leather shoes on Wikimedia Commons
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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