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December 29th, 2010 Watch Man No comments

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Leather advice if possible please, which thickness is best for a sofa?

I have swatches of top full leather from a manufacturer to select from to make a sofa. These are of various thicknesses and some have a softer hand than others. Can anyone advise me on what thickness is considered to be the best for sofas?

The thickness of leather has nothing to do with quality. Some thick leathers can be of poor quality and some thin leathers can be very good quality. A leather can be 'split' to any requires thickness.

The best quality leather is what is called 'full grain'. This is leather from the top split of the hide that has had no buffing done to the top surface to remove imperfections. The leather will simply have some surface finish (either aniline dyed or pigment coated with a finish).
These leathers will generally be softer than others as no fillers etc have been used on the surface.
How soft a leather is generally relates to how much they have done to the surface of the leather to get it to the market place.

There is a big difference between Full Grain and Top Grain

http://www.lttleathercare.co.uk/glossary.asp

as generally speaking top grain will have been sanded and buffed before it receives its top coating and this makes it a lower quality than full grain

Most leather maunfacturers produce leathers across the spectrum and the price will be a good indicator of how good the quality is

Hope this helps