Nowsaday, waxy leather is considered a sacred type of leather that can be used to make handbags, purses, high-grade men's leather shoes, and can be used to cover the hats and furniture. Waxy leather is popular among fashionists because of the high aesthetic beauty, durability and even when being scratched, the leather becomes more beautiful. Despite its prominent advantages but recently, its appearance has become more dense.

Characteristics of waxy leather

As with other types of leather, waxy leather is also chemically treated. However, after finishing, at the last stage, the leather will be rubbed a wax layer. Depending on the need and purpose of use, the amount of wax will be applied more or less, dry or wet, thick or thin, soft or hard, and these factors will determine the different types of waxy leather.

The prominent feature of the waxy leather is that its surface is rough, matte, and prone to scratches. Just use the fingernails to scrap lightly on the surface of the leather, you will see a white scratch on the leather surface, but after rubbing the finger repeatedly on the scratch, it will disappear. The waxy leather has an open pores, not painted, covered with the same color as the paint, nappa, so the leather is very permeable. In addition, waxy leather has the smell of wax compared to other types of leather. When burning waxy leather, you will smell the biscuits (the smell of burning wax), while most other types of leather burned will smell the burning of hair.

The types of waxy leather

Waxy leather is divided into two types: smooth waxy leather and mill waxy leather.

Smooth waxy leather is the type of leather that has been rubbed to remove skin lesions. Then depending on the intended use, waxy leather can be printed in the different ways. Mill waxy leather is a type of leather with a continuous layer, including insect bites or scars,... Mill waxy leather is usually chosen from raw material with a beautiful surface, the leather which is not selected will undergo a facial treatment to make smooth waxy leather or many other types.

Both smooth waxy leather and mill waxy leather are divided into wet waxy and dry waxy leather of each type. The wet waxy leather is saturated with a greasy surface, weighed by a large amount of wax, easily scratched, the color is often dark, fresh, when scratched, rubbing lightly with hand skin will color very easily. The dried waxy leather is slightly lighter, less waxy, less scratchy, less faint, less scratch-resistant than the original type.

In the wet waxy leather is divided into two types: mad horse waxy leather and oily waxy leather. People often misunderstand two type of waxy leather is one. Mad horse waxy leather is a type of cow skin that are favored by a lot of boys due to the dusty, unique and strange beauty. The surface of the mad horse waxy leather is still rough, the color is very impressive. In addition, the oily waxy leather is less rough, glossy but still whistling and scratching.

On dry wax, this is a common type of leather that is easily mistaken for nubuck leather because of its rough surface, uniform color and colorlessness, but it is more prone to scratches, has smoother surfaces, and smell of wax. In dry waxy leather, there is a kind called buck waxy leather. This type of leather has a fine, velvety smooth surface, nubuck-like but slightly lighter and still waxy. The leather is very scratchy, the surface is very absorbent. In addition, dry waxy leather also has mad horse waxy leather. As with the wet waxy leather, the mad horse waxy leather will change color, but the leather is lighter, the surface is rough but not whiz. The pull-up waxy leather - a baby of waxy and pull-up leather, is smooth like oily waxy leather and color changed like mad horse waxy leather, it is also susceptible to scratching. In many places, pull-up waxy leather is also called oily waxy leather because of their similar characteristics.

The waxy leather is not new but less known because their nature and characteristics are quite similar to the cow leather so we often do not notice and make a mistaken. Waxy leather is also quite difficult to distinguish if you are a beginner. In the later article, we will show you how to clean the waxy leather shoes!