Manufacturing
Among these raw materials, which aim for greater safety and comfort for the feet of the brand's footwear users, is leather, extremely soft, light, and more resistant than normal leather.
Below is a text about leather treatment.
Couro Floater
It is a type of genuine leather treated to become softer, more flexible, and more resistant, featuring a characteristic grainy texture. It differs from relax or smooth leather by offering immediate comfort and superior durability, being widely used in footwear, bags, and accessories.
Benefits
MANUFACTURING
Among these raw materials, which aim to provide greater safety and comfort to the feet of the brand's footwear users, is leather that is extremely soft, lightweight, and more resistant than standard leather.
LEATHER TREATMENT
To achieve such levels of softness, lightness, and resistance, this type of material receives a large volume of special oils during its tanning process. While standard leather receives 12% to 14%, floater leather receives 16% to 20% of active matter in its treatment.
FLOATER FULL-GRAIN LEATHER
It is a type of genuine leather treated to become softer, more flexible, and more resistant, featuring a characteristic pebbled texture. It differs from embossed (relax) or smooth leather by offering immediate comfort and superior durability, making it widely used in footwear, bags, and accessories.
APPLICATION
Due to its premium qualities, floater leather carries a higher cost, which often limits its large-scale use. However, it is especially recommended for products that demand high performance and extra comfort. In the safety footwear segment, for example, it is used by Safetline in special customized models designed for workers with disabilities (PwD), precisely because it offers greater comfort, ergonomic adaptation, and resistance to meet the specific needs of these professionals.
Leather treatment
To achieve such levels of softness, lightness, and resistance, this type of material receives a large volume of special oils in its tanning process.
While normal leather receives 12% to 14%, floater leather receives 16% to 20% of active matter in its treatment.
Couro Floater
Another important step in floater tanning is what is called “beating the leather”, so that it presents a uniform appearance in its grain.
Below is an explanation of the process for treating the grain; today we have our own tannery to guarantee quality.
Process
This process occurs in stainless steel drums, which have the capacity to control humidity, temperature, and product injection in pre-established quantities, leaving the leather as desired.
Check our products to see which footwear can be made with this type of material.
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