Saddle soap
Saddle soap is a cleaning agent for leather , previously mainly for saddle leather .
Originally, natural soaps were used that were boiled from vegetable oils or fats . Additives such as beeswax or carnauba wax should protect the leather. Today, the normally alkaline soap is no longer recommended, as modern tanning processes take place in the acidic area. In addition, the remaining fatty acids in the soaps can lead to fat eating in the long term . As an alternative, long-chain alcohols or non-ionic surfactants are therefore used.
The saddle soap is applied to the leather with a damp sponge. The soiled objects are wiped off with the resulting foam. After that, they have to dry briefly and then rub dry if necessary. It is then recommended to occasionally refresh with leather grease .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Spangenberg, Walther Schrauth: Deites Handbuch der Seifenfabrikation. First volume: house soaps, textile soaps and soap powder. 4th edition. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 1917. Reprint: Springer, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-7091-5669-8 , p. 271 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
- ↑ saddle soap , leder-info.de, accessed on October 5, 2015.