Milled Grain Side Leather

Product:

Process for making milled grain side leather from buffalo hides.

Application:

For travel goods, ladies hand bags, uppers etc

Feature:

The process consists of liming of hide to open up the fibrous structure; lime splitting; special treatment for milled grain chrome tanning effect with minimum chrome; levelling of substance treating with chrome syntan; application of fatliquors and dyes to achieve proper lubrication and light fastness properties; finishing with binders; dry milling.

Commercialisation:

Commercialised.

Economy:

250 m2/day

Investment:

Rs. 50 lakh

Equipment:

Usual tannery equipment.

Raw materials:

Buffalo hides, lime, chrome syntan, fatliquors, dye, binders

Institute:

Central Leather Research Institute.