Product/Process: Process for making buff softie leather from buffalo hides.

Application/Use: Used in making leather goods and furniture upholstery.

Salient Features of Process/Technology

The process involves liming of hide for opening up of fibrous structure; lime splitting; tanning with chrome and chrome syntans; neutralisation to a higher pH (5.5-6.0); lubricating with fatliquor; finishing with good quality resin and top coats to achieve rub fastness.

Status of Commercialisation: Commercialised.

Minimum Economic Unit Size: 250 sq m/day

Indicative investment: Rs.40 lakhs.

Equipment and Machinery: Splitting machine and usual tannery equipment.

Raw Materials: Buffalo hides, lime, chrome syntans, fatliquor, resins.

Milled grain side leather: Product/Process

For further information please contact:

The Director,
Central Leather Research
Institute (CLRI), Adyar,
Chennai-600020