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Troubleshooting



RESO NEWS
Issue No. 2
2005




A Few Question & Answers in Continuous Technical Education (CTE) seminar


Q. What is meant by leather finishing?
A. Leather Finishing is a technical process embracing personal sensitivity and good taste with its own culture and creative capabilities. It can be linked to a craftsman's work of real artistic application.

Q. What is “Fashion Forecast”?
A. It is actually forecast for the upcoming fashion trends in leather and textile industry in particular that helps leather manufacturers produce articles according to the future requirement.

Q. How can we improve the tape testing?
A. Tape testing can be improved by improving the adhesion of finish and cross linking in finishing products, by RPU 22 snd Alparet AZ.

Q. What should be done if the grain penetration of leather is not good?
A. Use penetrator in finishing mixture and be sure to correct in their wet end process, use SFT P 5005.

Q. How long the finishing solution can be kept after making it?
A. It is advisable to use fresh solution but finishing solutions can be used maximum within 36 hours.

Q. What is leather finishing upgrading?
A. Leather finishing upgrading means to produce leather articles by hiding the selection of skin giving excellent look of the article.

Q. Which kind of polishing ground must be used for upgrading?
A. It is better to use cationic polishing ground for good upgrading but it is not a hard and fast rule. Usually, it depends on the article requirement, use Prefondal K/72 and Cational P 700, for better results.

Q. Can we use upgrading chemicals in wet end process?
A. Yes, these days, many finishing chemicals like pigments, waxes and binders are commonly used in drums of wet end processing. SFT Wax 185, RPU 069, SFT Alpaphobe-T and Reso Derm Black-R, are the examples.

Q. Describe the features of acrylic binders?
A. Acrylic binders are results of modern technology and by using them you can get different qualities with different feels and properties, like Akral RF 901, Akral RF 403, Resocryl 303 and Akral AC-05.

Q. What is color matching?
A. Colour matching means to make solution with the help of dyes and pigments, which is similar to dyed crust or as required by the article.