Leather Therapy NEWS P.W. Minor, a leading manufacturer of high-end orthopedic footwear, like Xtra Depth, Canfield, and Thermold, has selected leather Therapy products for distribution throughout its network of 3,500 retailers nationwide. The tests were conducted as an extension of the tannery's quality control measures. Leather samples were also inoculated with spores and incubated to test their resistance to mold and mildew. This test clearly suggested that Leather Therapy Conditioner inhibited mold growth even beyond the treatment already present in the leather from the tannery. There is a common industry expectation, says Rowles, that leather care products, particularly cleaners, oftentimes deteriorate leather.
Leather is acidic.
Conditioners and cleaners, especially soapy materials, are often too alkaline. They alter the leather's chemistry and deterioration starts. Samples of vegetable-tanned skirting leather supplied by the tannery were soaked in Leather Therapy Conditioner and Leather Therapy Wash, then broken on an Instron to test tensile strength. According to the lab's final report, the sample soaked in Leather Therapy broke at 4900 pounds per square inch compared to 3600 pounds per square inch on a sample of skirting leather from the same hide. Whereas Leather Therapy's advantage is that it is unusually capable of lubricating the interior of leather, it goes farther by preventing cohesion of the internal fiber matrix when dry.