Browse Forums Interior Decorating Lounge Re: Some tips and advice!! 2Jan 16, 2009 4:08 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Some tips and advice!! 5Jan 16, 2009 7:20 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Some tips and advice!! 6Jan 17, 2009 6:37 am Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Some tips and advice!! 9Jan 17, 2009 12:39 pm Internal and External Building and Colour Consultant Online - Worldwide http://www.denovoconcepts.com Re: Some tips and advice!! 10Jan 19, 2009 7:18 am cascre Thanks so much Michelle!! Purest White it is then!! I did option the larger trims and cornices etc... I think though your right about the wallpaper and furnishings standing out against the white though. I'll keep it as I first chose. Thanks so much for looking at the colours for me : ) I'm with you with the white leather. Sometimes I think my kids are animals at the dinner table. Food flys around like theres no tomorrow!! Has anyone had white leather? Can it absorb stains? does it clean well? Decisions Decisions!! It's so much fun though!! That can depend on the finish on the leather. A buffed and corrected grain, pigmented and protected leather with the urethane finish, is the most stain resistant and easiest to care for. The corrected grains are used for hides that have a few blemishes. They sand off the original grain and stamp a new grain into the surface. This fills up most of the imperfections and is less likely to collect soils in the imperfections. The pigment is like a layer of flexible paint that gives the leather the colour. The paint is easily marked and softens with body contact. The chemicals in the sweat and soiling can damage the pigment, so they generally put a layer of clear polyurethane over the pigment to protect the pigment. This type of finish will resist spills of normal beverages, providing they are cleaned up quickly. It wont resist inks and the like. Even hot coffee can stain it permanently if it is not cleaned up immediately. Hair dye is another thing that I have had to contend with when professionally cleaning leather lounges. The 17 year old daughter was left at home with the parents's new white leather lounge and decided that was as good a time as any to dye her hair purple. I have had to deal with a similar one for a budding rock star who dyed his hair orange. In both these cases we had to get through the urethane and lift off the very top layer of pigment and then re-apply the protection creme treatment. The moral of this story is that even a protected leather can still stain and it is very expensive to fix. But, it is the most durable of all the leather finishes. When you first get it, buy a Fenice or Leathermaster starter kit and apply some protection creme treatment youself. The kit comes with some cleaner and some more protection creme to help you maintain it. Wipe it over with a soft damp cloth at least once a month and about every three to six months use the cleaning kit on all the body contact areas and then about every eighteen months have it professionally cleaned. If you let it go too long the urethane gets worn through and it starts to crack. Once this happens the soils get into the pigment layer and start to damage it. Once that happens, that is the beginning of the end of your lovely leather lounge. You can get unprotected leathers but these are a disaster waiting to happen. Aniline, Nubuck to name just two, are unprotected leathers and are very absorbent. They feel lovely to touch and sit on, but that is because they lack the urethane coating. Any little spill with any type of fluid, even plain water can cause the dyes to move and you will have water spots that look like dark rings where the dyes have disolved in the water and moved sideways with the water. I have seen some pigmented leatthers that do not have the urethane layer. The paint itself gets dirty and when you clean it, the paint is removed. I came across one like thi sa few months ago. It was less than two years old and was ruined. It was not abused, they didn't have kids, they hadn't even spilled anything on it. It was just getting soiled and they wanted it cleaned. the paint was cleanig off so tey rang the manufacturer who said "yes that particular leather doesn't have a urethane finish so that it retaiins a more natural feel" When asked how do we clean it they simply said "Oh you don't get it professionally cleaned you just wipe it" Unfortunately, wiping with a damp cloth did nothing for it. The manufacturer just walked away from it and said they shouldn't have got it dirty. ?????? Leather or fabric lounges will get dirty. They will all need to be cleaned at some stage. So be careful when buying leather or fabric. Ask the questions on maintenance and get the answers in writing. cheers Col Nation For information on caring for wool and other carpet and upholstery go to www.woolsafe.com.au Thank you so much for the effort. We will use it to talk with builder. We also had idea of building duplex instead and seeking suggest ions. viewtopic.php?f=31&t=106744 11 13833 Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 17613 Just be careful with building stability during construction, that is when the structure may be weakened, refer to your engineering drawings for stability methodology. 1 7223 |