For the finest restoration, professional or home built, Macatawa Bay Boat Works is pleased to offer high-quality authentic leather with the ability to withstand a marine environment. This company has been making automotive, aircraft, marine and industrial leathers for well over a century, and currently supplies leather to many major auto manufacturers.
New technology offers better waterproofing than old original marine leather.
All MBBW leather is surface dyed. This protective finish serves as an abrasion or scuff-protective barrier. In the quality control laboratory, each run of marine-grade leather is tested on a rub simulator. In the surfacing procedure, a generous amount of ultra-violet filter screen is added to the surfacing emulsion, and again a representative hide is taken to the lab and tested with direct simulated sunlight. Soiling MBBW hides are resistant to perspiration and many other agent spills such as soft drinks and lotions.