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Note the hide being brushed in this video. Note the appearance of the hide before he starts, and after the brushing.

What's the secret? Is it most likely horse hair, like a big shoe brush? The mottled appearance is gone. How he do that? Any ideas are welcome.

http://vimeo.com/27862521

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The hide initially has a typical raw look before brushing, but is darker after. My guess is an application of some sort of wax or finish. It may not be have been applied with the brush, just touched up to even up the surface texture. That is only a guess, since the video is very short clips of the many steps involved. They may have edited out any trade secrets, too.

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I assumed it was like shining shoes, the brush appearing to be some sort of similar horse hair type brush .I'm just shocked no one else on the forum had an idea.

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it could be to simply remove dust.

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the change in colour could quite likely be down to how the video was shot / edited / compressed for web distribution.

Speaking with my professional hat on (I'm a video editor!) - a slight change of camera angle can change the light reflected off a surface, or over 10-15 minutes, daylight can change its colour - imperceptible to the naked eye, but edit those minutes out and the colour change can be quite noticeable. The editor might not have been quite as vigilant in correcting the colour shift, or when it was compressed for the web, vast amounts of image data will have been averaged out and discarded - often leading to inaccuracies in color fidelity.

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"spew"??? surely not !!

in the UK spew means vomit, so i hope it has another meaning across the pond.

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Spew in this instance means the wax used in the preparation of some hides has worked out to the surface of the leather, leaving a dull white coating on the leather.

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thats a much more pleasant mental image - thank you.

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