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How To Clean Pigskin Gloves

Pigskin leather seems to be everywhere these days, doesn’t it? It may seem a surprise, but this adorable leather is relatively new on the leather block; only recent technological advances in leather skinning have made pigskin leather available in enough quantity and quality to work for chrome tanning. Yet ever since the world gave it the spotlight, this tough hide has proven as versatile and tough as just about any cowhide. Pigskin is durable, flexible, light, supple, and inherently porous. Its inviting nature attracts wide ranges of dyes and colors, giving it a personal touch that has only boosted its popularity. Additionally, pigskin leather has the highest tensile rating of all leather apart from kangaroo, which basically means that you’re going to have to get pretty creative to break it. Great White Sharks chained to space rockets drugged up on steroids and tugging at both ends of your leather with their teeth creative. Today, pigskin can be found in everything from shirts and blazers to crops, boots, saddles, Bible covers, wallets, gloves, and the holy grail of all American pigskin leather, your traditional American football. Saddleback Leather Company especially likes pigskin leather for their high quality, tough as nails leather products.

Of course, pigs tend to be very aggressive animals. During their lifetime, those beasties loved to frolic in the mud, fight, squeal, and eat anything they could rub their snouts on. Suffice it to say, they have an attitude, and this attitude sticks with their hide long after they’ve ascended to piggy heaven. Pigskin leather tends to get a bit more scarred and scuffed than other types of leather, and while this can create pleasant natural patterns, it can occasionally make the leather rather ugly. For this reason, many pigskins have their grains sanded off and are turned into suede, an unfinished leather. For information about dealing with unfinished leather, check out our blog, “Leather Care for Finished and Unfinished Leather Furniture.” For the purpose of this blog, we’ll be dealing with those of you who own full grain leather pigskin. Again, if you are unfamiliar with leather grains, be a peach and check out our go-to guide “Know Your Leather Grains.”

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