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J & E Sedgwick & Co. Ltd take huge pride in the quality of leather it prepares for use in the Equestrian market. The company has rigorous procedures in place to ensure that leather is prepared to the highest standards - including an incresed focus on after sales care.
Part of this service includes being on hand to assess any leather damage, particularly if a piece of leather has broken or shows a marked change from its original state during use. In recent years there has been an increase in the number of cases that have warranted investigation.
The majority of instances of damaged leather can be linked to misuse or the incorrect care of the leather equipment, with the users allowing leather to become desiccated and brittle either from drying wet leather near a heat source, or by not cleaning or moisturing it sufficiently. An equal number of users actually over oil the leather. These common mistakes result in a radical change in the fibrous structure of the leather, weakening and distorting its substance.
In many cases the causes of damage in the leather have not been so obvious leading to Sedgwick's analysing the Neatsfoot, Saddle soap and leather dressing that can be found on the shelves of any tack shop or tack room. Sedgwick's discovered that many of these products had been re-formulated to suit modern manufacturing processes and consumer tastes. Therefore some of these products on sale today do not represent what was used in the past.
Consequently, Sedgwick's have developed and launched on the market, leather dressing that contains only these natural ingredients, including tallow, oils and beeswax. With Sedgwick's secret mix of leather dressing every day care for the leather could not be simpler.
A quick wipe over the tack with a damp sponge or cloth, leave to dry naturally and then apply the leather dressing sparingly to both the grain and flesh side of the leather. When dry, usually after two hours, buff the leather with a soft brushor cloth.
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