- Aniline
- The type of dye used to give the initial color to a skin. Aniline dying is the process of putting skins into a drum and allowing the dye to soak completely through.
- Buffed Leather
- Leather from which the top surface has been removed by abrasion. Often known as suede or nubuck.
- Buffing
- Process used to minimize surface imperfections, creates a more uniform skin appearance.
- Corrected Grain
- Leather that has been buffed to remove blemishes, then covered with a new, artificial grain created using pigments and other finishes.
- Distressed
- Another term for antiqued leather.
- Drum Dying
- The process of coloring leather by tumbling it in a rotating drum immersed in dye. A very effective method allowing maximum dye penetration.
- Embossed Leather
- Leather that has been “stamped” with a pattern applied by extreme pressure in a press to give a unique design or imitation of full grain characteristics. Sometimes leathers are embossed to make them appear to be another leather, such as embossing an alligator pattern into cowhide.
- Fat Wrinkles
- Wrinkles in the grain of leather caused by fat deposits in the animal that creates beauty in the leather. Fat wrinkles are not visible in imitation grain leather.
- Finish
- Any enhancing effect applied to leather after it has been tanned. Examples are dyeing, embossing, buffing, antiquing, waxing, waterproofing, and so on.
- Finishings
- Any further steps taken after the dyeing treatment, such as rolling, pigmented spraying, lacquering, antiquing, waxing, buffing, embossing, glazing, waterproofing, or flameproofing in order to provide more abrasion and stain resistance and/or a more even surface coloration.
