The material properties may not be modified through storage, transport and proces-sing. The following overview contains the most important recommendations for the optimisation of leather manufacture with regard to the avoidance of chromium (VI) in leather and leather products.
- Carefully degrease the raw hides
- Avoid or reduce the quantity of bleaching agent used prior to the tanning process; never use bleach after the tanning process
- Use chromium (VI)-free tanning agents and chemicals
- Neutralise down to the lowest-possible pH value; avoid pH peaks during neutralization
- Preserve wet blue sufficiently with biocides approved for the purpose
- Use 1 – 3 % vegetable tanning agents; they will provide additional protection against oxidation
- Replace polyunsaturated fatliquors with oxidation-resistant fatliquors
- Do not use pigments containing chromium
- Avoid ammonia or other chemicals containing ammonia when neutralising, and when purging or dyeing; use dispersing syntans instead.
- End the wet finishing at low pH values (pH 3.5 – 4)
- Conduct an additional washing process
- Avoid the formation of mould over the entire process
- Check the leather after prolonged storage for chromium (VI) pollution
Please contact us for more information on the safety and quality of leather products.
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