WATERPROOF LEATHER.
For years past considerable ingenuity has boon expended towards discovering a practical means of rendering leather impervious to moisture, thereby cxtendng the durability and utility of this material, says “Chambers’ .Journal.” Hitherto, heavy dressing by oil and grease has-been found to secure the desired end with the most conspicuous success, but such a palliative has many decided drawbacks. It appears that a commercial process has now been perfected whereby practical waterproofing is secured, and the resultant, product is a material more durable than commercial leather, with at the same time no depreciation in its pliable and soft qualities. It is pointed out. that these features are retained even after the fabric lias been, submitted to immersion in water for long periods. The process is called “rubber tanning,” and a factory lias been established in Herefordshire for carrying it on.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 29, 19 September 1911, Page 4
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141WATERPROOF LEATHER. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 29, 19 September 1911, Page 4
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