Mayday Mayday / Stains On Veg Tan Leather

[Aurelie]

Hello guys,

I ve posted about the same troubles a good year ago when i encountered that very big problem.

At the time, the hides were stored in a bed room and i suspected the sun and/or proximity with latigo.....

And at this time people here on the forum told me :

- avoid humidity => mold (no humidity, no mold)

- avoid the sun because it causes some staining like sunburnt => check! now it's stored in the dark in my garage (no sun or even direct light)

- i separated all my types of leather => veg tan in a corner, latigos in another and so on.....

and still i find some news stains on my veg tan leather ......

what can be causing this?

the stains appears on the parts of leather in "contact" with air while rolled

not enough circulation of air, too much?

something else?

here some pictures on how it is stored and pics of the stains...if it can help find the culprit.

the picture with stains on the rolled hide is an old hide which has been stained last year

the picture with the hides set down are the new ones :

i bought them on january, i used them a few weeks ago and at that time there was no stains....

nothing has changed in between......

i am out of ideas and thus out of means for changing what's happening.

I would really appreciate your insight on that subject.

Aurelie

[mikesmith648]

It might be from the changes in temperature. Looks like dried out some from being exposed. I have a hide with similar areas. Now I keep mine wrapped in brown paper and in the shipping box and it doesn't happen.

[Cyberthrasher]

Now I keep mine wrapped in brown paper and in the shipping box and it doesn't happen.

that's how I store all of mine. Some of it's been sitting there for almost 2 years and it's as perfect as the day it arrived. There are some cut-offs (bellies and such) that I keep in a tote (not the clear kind) and they're perfect too.

[Aurelie]

Ok

thanks guys for the advise

going to try that trick!

:D