water is the most precious element in leather. It’s often referred to as the “mother of all lubricants” because it lubricates the finest of materials, allowing them to glide past each other in much the same way as a silk-screen printer slides past each other.
On a related note, water on leather is the most fragile material in the world. It can easily tear or absorb water, leading to the dreaded slipperiness that occurs when you try to slide a shoe past a dry wall. The good news is that you can use water to waterproof leather, but the bad news is that it’s just as likely to corrode it as it is to dry it.
The reason you should worry about water on leather is because it is such a fragile material. Most shoes are waterproof, and leather is such a common material that a waterproof shoe might as well be waterproofed like a leather jacket. However, water still seeps through the leather, and you can still get slippage, especially for light duty leather. To get around this, waterproof leather has been known to be coated with a layer of wax.
The problem is, even leather that is waterproof isn’t nearly as durable as it should be. The reason is that water can still seep through the wax coating and cause damage to the leather. However, when that happens, you have two choices. You may try to polish the leather with a chemical cleaner to clean up the water, or you might buy leather that doesn’t have a wax coating.
While you can buy leather that doesn’t have a wax coating, the problem is that most leather manufacturers don’t sell their products in this way. They want to sell their products at a premium, so they sell leather that is waterproof and also has a wax coating. The problem is that there is no common standard for waterproof leather. A couple years ago, the leather market was flooded with some of the most expensive leathers in the world, and they were selling them at a premium.
The problem with waterproof leather is that if your wax coat is not waterproof then your leather will not be waterproof. Not only does this ruin the waterproofness of the leather, but any water that gets in will also destroy the wax coating. A good example of this is the “waterproof” leather of the high end motorcycle leathers; they are supposed to be waterproof, so even if the wax coating is ruined, the leather will still be waterproof.
The problem is that you don’t have very many waterproof leathers out there. I see lots of leather boots, jackets, and bags that have waterproof leather, but no waterproof leather jackets. The waterproof leather jackets are popular because they don’t require a wax coat, but the leather jackets don’t seem to be very popular.
The reason for this is that waterproof leather is a very high-end product, and it’s not exactly cheap. Even though it is a high-end product, it is still not a cheap product. So the only way that waterproof leather can be sold is to have it tested by a certifier. The only way to actually test waterproof leather is to actually wear it and see how it feels.
If you’re really into a great jacket that costs $5,000 you should be able to find a jacket at a store for $180. Or you could get a coat that is $5,000 and try to sell it for $180, and that would mean you’d be spending more than $5,000, which is way too much.
You could also buy a cheap jacket at a store for 5,000 and try to sell it for less than 5, but that is a lot of money. So the only way to get good waterproof leather is to test it by actually wearing it. Once again, once you test a jacket for waterproofness, you can’t resell it.
