Fatliquors India | Cationic Fat Liquors for Leather

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Fatliquors

Leather softening and lubrication

Ionic type: Anionic / nonionic
Typical HLB: Emulsion range
Foam: Low
Key industries: Leather

Biodegradability: Fatliquor emulsions soften leather; COD and fat content in tannery effluent are the usual constraints.

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Fatliquor Leather Chemicals

Esteem is one of the few manufacturers providing a full range of solutions required in the Leather Industry. Our leather processing chemicals and tanning chemicals are essential for producing high-quality leather. The following Fatliquor Leather Chemicals (leather auxiliaries) are offered.

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Solutions for leather softness

Venol Liquor ASN

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Lightfast synthetic fatliquor	Appearance: Brown coloured clear liquid of medium viscosity% Solid content: 60% Solubility in Water: Forms whitish translucent emulsion pH of 10% solution: 7 ± 0.5 Ionic Nature: Anionic — Due to the formation of micro emulsion in aqueous solution, it penetrates deeply and uniformly throughout the entire cross-section of leather giving uniform internal softness.It's excellent light fastness makes it suitable for white, pastel coloured and aniline leather.It is compatible with other oils such as fish oil, vegetable oils etc. and owing to its high emulsifying power, it helps in emulsification of other oils when used in combination. — Acid:Good, Salt:Good, Hard Water:Good, Chrome:Fair in 10% chrome solution. — Softy side leather:3-6% on shaved weight,Cow Nappa:5% on shaved weight.,White goat/sheep skin:6-8% on shaved weight, Buff Upholstery:8-10% on shaved weight — Product is stable for 6 months from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

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Lightfast synthetic fatliquor

Appearance: Brown coloured clear liquid of medium viscosity% Solid content: 60% Solubility in Water: Forms whitish translucent emulsion pH of 10% solution: 7 ± 0.5 Ionic Nature: Anionic — Due to the formation of micro emulsion in aqueous solution, it penetrates deeply and uniformly throughout the entire cross-section of leather giving uniform internal softness.It's excellent light fastness makes it suitable for white, pastel coloured and aniline leather.It is compatible with other oils such as fish oil, vegetable oils etc. and owing to its high emulsifying power, it helps in emulsification of other oils when used in combination. — Acid:Good, Salt:Good, Hard Water:Good, Chrome:Fair in 10% chrome solution. — Softy side leather:3-6% on shaved weight,Cow Nappa:5% on shaved weight.,White goat/sheep skin:6-8% on shaved weight, Buff Upholstery:8-10% on shaved weight — Product is stable for 6 months from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

Venol Liquor SFGM

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Fatliquor based on blend of suIfited fish oil & other oils	Appearance: Yellowish brown to amber coloured liquid Total Solids (%): 60 ± 1 Solubility in Water: Forms translucent emulsion pH of 10% solution: 8.0±l — When used in re-chroming, it helps in improving chrome exhaustion & softness.It opens up fiber texture when used in installments in various stages, during retanning resulting in fluffy & soft leather.It imparts excellent run making it suitable for fluffy garment and gloving leather.Due to its ability to form micro emulsion with water, it is highly penetrative and exhausts very well, giving excellent inner softness.It helps in improving tensile/tear strength of leather.It can be used in all stages of dye house operations. — Acid:Good, Alkali:Good,SaltHard:Good,WaterChromeGood — Goat Garment:12-15 % on shaved weight, Cow GarmentSheep:5-6 % on shaved weight, GarmentCow:5- 7 % on shaved weight, Gloving:6- 8 % on shaved weight — Product is stable for 6 months from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

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Fatliquor based on blend of suIfited fish oil & other oils

Appearance: Yellowish brown to amber coloured liquid Total Solids (%): 60 ± 1 Solubility in Water: Forms translucent emulsion pH of 10% solution: 8.0±l — When used in re-chroming, it helps in improving chrome exhaustion & softness.It opens up fiber texture when used in installments in various stages, during retanning resulting in fluffy & soft leather.It imparts excellent run making it suitable for fluffy garment and gloving leather.Due to its ability to form micro emulsion with water, it is highly penetrative and exhausts very well, giving excellent inner softness.It helps in improving tensile/tear strength of leather.It can be used in all stages of dye house operations. — Acid:Good, Alkali:Good,SaltHard:Good,WaterChromeGood — Goat Garment:12-15 % on shaved weight, Cow GarmentSheep:5-6 % on shaved weight, GarmentCow:5- 7 % on shaved weight, Gloving:6- 8 % on shaved weight — Product is stable for 6 months from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

Venol Liquor K-2

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Concentrated vegetable oil based fatliquor	Appearance: Amber coloured viscous liquid Ionic nature: Anionic Active content: Min. 98% pH of 10%solution: 7 ± 0.5 Watercontent: Max.2% — The product may be diluted easily with water to required concentration levels based on required cost effectiveness and desired degree of softness.The product may be suitably blended with other synthetic fatliquors or oils to make tailor made products. — Product is stable for one year from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

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Concentrated vegetable oil based fatliquor

Appearance: Amber coloured viscous liquid Ionic nature: Anionic Active content: Min. 98% pH of 10%solution: 7 ± 0.5 Watercontent: Max.2% — The product may be diluted easily with water to required concentration levels based on required cost effectiveness and desired degree of softness.The product may be suitably blended with other synthetic fatliquors or oils to make tailor made products. — Product is stable for one year from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

Venol Liquor WWL Paste

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Weakly anionic dispersingfatliquor	Appearance: White to slightly yellowish pourable paste Solid content: 48+ 2% Solubility in Water: Product is diluted with 5-10 times amount of water at 60°C to form fairly stable emulsion pH of 10% solution: 7 ± 0.5 — It is used in fatliquoring of almost all types of leather.It is used as dispersing agent and dyeing oil.Outstanding stability, particularly to electrolytes.High capacity for stabilizing sulphate fatliquors against electrolytes.Good dispersing effect on anionic dyes, titanium white and other pigment preparations.Good levelling effect on the dyeing without lightening it excessively.Good combining capacity for semi chrome and combination tanned leathers. — Acid:Good in weak acids, Salt:Good, Hard Water:Good, Veg. Tannin:Good — For fatliquoring chrome, semi-chrome suede, nubuck and grain leathers: 1 - 2% before the dye (based on shaved wt.}.For sheep skin clothing, Nappa: 2-3% (on shaved wt.) Suede : 2-3% (on shaved wt.)Chrome tanned gloving leather: 3-4% (on shaved wt.}For white grain leather: 2-3% TiO2dispersed with 2-3% Venol Liquor WWL paste — Product is stable for 6 months from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

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Weakly anionic dispersingfatliquor

Appearance: White to slightly yellowish pourable paste Solid content: 48+ 2% Solubility in Water: Product is diluted with 5-10 times amount of water at 60°C to form fairly stable emulsion pH of 10% solution: 7 ± 0.5 — It is used in fatliquoring of almost all types of leather.It is used as dispersing agent and dyeing oil.Outstanding stability, particularly to electrolytes.High capacity for stabilizing sulphate fatliquors against electrolytes.Good dispersing effect on anionic dyes, titanium white and other pigment preparations.Good levelling effect on the dyeing without lightening it excessively.Good combining capacity for semi chrome and combination tanned leathers. — Acid:Good in weak acids, Salt:Good, Hard Water:Good, Veg. Tannin:Good — For fatliquoring chrome, semi-chrome suede, nubuck and grain leathers: 1 - 2% before the dye (based on shaved wt.}.For sheep skin clothing, Nappa: 2-3% (on shaved wt.) Suede : 2-3% (on shaved wt.)Chrome tanned gloving leather: 3-4% (on shaved wt.}For white grain leather: 2-3% TiO2dispersed with 2-3% Venol Liquor WWL paste — Product is stable for 6 months from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

Vensoft CWS

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Cationic fat liquor based on fatty acid condensation products. Of high light fastness and stability to electrolytes.	Appearance: Creamish white pourable paste Compatible with: Cationic, noniconic.Solubility: Dilutable with water pH of 10% solution: 4 ± 0.5 Solid content: 20 ± 1% Stable to: Acids, salts, hard water, chrome — Used in chrome tanning to give rapid, uniform thorough tanning and for its lubricating properties.Used as the main fatliquor forthe chrome tanned suede leather.Used as a top fatliquor for grain leathers.Used to enhance both softness and fullness and to provide the leather, especially when used as a topfatliquor, a smooth & pleasing handle. — Used asa main fatliquor in chrometanning, asatopfatliquor in suede leather.Examples of application:In chrome tannage: 0.2-0.5% for grain leather (on peltwt.) 0.5-1.5% for suede leather (on pelt wt.), In main fatliquoring of suede leather:2-4% (on shaved weight) 0.3% neutral oil (on shaved wt.), In top fatliquoring:0.3 - 0.5% (on shaved weight), Handle modifier:10% solution with 100 gpl isopropanol, Upgrading defective leathers:Corrected grain leather given pad coat with 10% solution of the product. — Product is stable for 6 months from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

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Cationic fat liquor based on fatty acid condensation products. Of high light fastness and stability to electrolytes.

Appearance: Creamish white pourable paste Compatible with: Cationic, noniconic.Solubility: Dilutable with water pH of 10% solution: 4 ± 0.5 Solid content: 20 ± 1% Stable to: Acids, salts, hard water, chrome — Used in chrome tanning to give rapid, uniform thorough tanning and for its lubricating properties.Used as the main fatliquor forthe chrome tanned suede leather.Used as a top fatliquor for grain leathers.Used to enhance both softness and fullness and to provide the leather, especially when used as a topfatliquor, a smooth & pleasing handle. — Used asa main fatliquor in chrometanning, asatopfatliquor in suede leather.Examples of application:In chrome tannage: 0.2-0.5% for grain leather (on peltwt.) 0.5-1.5% for suede leather (on pelt wt.), In main fatliquoring of suede leather:2-4% (on shaved weight) 0.3% neutral oil (on shaved wt.), In top fatliquoring:0.3 - 0.5% (on shaved weight), Handle modifier:10% solution with 100 gpl isopropanol, Upgrading defective leathers:Corrected grain leather given pad coat with 10% solution of the product. — Product is stable for 6 months from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

Vensoft SFC

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Non-ionicfatliquor and excellent handle modifier	Appearance: Creamish white pourable paste pH of 10% solution: 8 ± 1.5 Solubility: Dilutable with hot water at 50°-60’C Drycontent: 15 ± 1% lonic Nature: Non.lonlc Stability: Very good stability to electrolytes — It imparts extremely soft and elegant handle to suede, nubucks &full grain leathers.It has very good light fastness and thus is suitable for white and pastel shade leathers.It can be added to main fatliquoring bath. — For suede, nubuck&full grain leathers : 1 - 3% (on shaved wt.) to be added to acidified, exhausted dye bath orfinal wash bath. In the main fatliquoring 3-6% (on shaved wt.) — Product is stable for 6 months from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

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Non-ionicfatliquor and excellent handle modifier

Appearance: Creamish white pourable paste pH of 10% solution: 8 ± 1.5 Solubility: Dilutable with hot water at 50°-60’C Drycontent: 15 ± 1% lonic Nature: Non.lonlc Stability: Very good stability to electrolytes — It imparts extremely soft and elegant handle to suede, nubucks &full grain leathers.It has very good light fastness and thus is suitable for white and pastel shade leathers.It can be added to main fatliquoring bath. — For suede, nubuck&full grain leathers : 1 - 3% (on shaved wt.) to be added to acidified, exhausted dye bath orfinal wash bath. In the main fatliquoring 3-6% (on shaved wt.) — Product is stable for 6 months from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

Venol Liquor GLH

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Multipurpose fatliquor	Appearance: Whitish thickemulsion Solubility: Forms stable emulsion in water, pH of 10% solution: 7 ± 1 Ionic Nature: Anionic Active content: Approx. 50% — It can be used at various stages of leather making.It has excellent wetting back properties and dyeability.It produces excellent glossy sheen on suede. It improves softness and also helps penetration of other fatliquors. — In pickling and tanning :1-2%, Rechrome:5%, Garments:6-8%, Upper & Upholstery : 4% — Product is stable for 6 months from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

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Multipurpose fatliquor

Appearance: Whitish thickemulsion Solubility: Forms stable emulsion in water, pH of 10% solution: 7 ± 1 Ionic Nature: Anionic Active content: Approx. 50% — It can be used at various stages of leather making.It has excellent wetting back properties and dyeability.It produces excellent glossy sheen on suede. It improves softness and also helps penetration of other fatliquors. — In pickling and tanning :1-2%, Rechrome:5%, Garments:6-8%, Upper & Upholstery : 4% — Product is stable for 6 months from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

Venol Liquor VK

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Fatliquor based on synthetic oil and specialty softener.	Appearance: Creamish white pourable paste Solubility: Dilutable with hot water at 60°C.pH of 10% solution: Approx. 8.0, Ionic Nature: Non-ionic, Active content: Approx. 50% — It exhibits good light fastness and heat resistance.It is most suitable for furniture, garments and shoe nappa leathers.It can be used alone or as major component in fatliquor combinations. — Uphostery nappa : 8.0-10%, Garment nappa (bovine) : 8.0-10%, Softboote nappa : 8% — Product is stable for 6 months from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

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Fatliquor based on synthetic oil and specialty softener.

Appearance: Creamish white pourable paste Solubility: Dilutable with hot water at 60°C.pH of 10% solution: Approx. 8.0, Ionic Nature: Non-ionic, Active content: Approx. 50% — It exhibits good light fastness and heat resistance.It is most suitable for furniture, garments and shoe nappa leathers.It can be used alone or as major component in fatliquor combinations. — Uphostery nappa : 8.0-10%, Garment nappa (bovine) : 8.0-10%, Softboote nappa : 8% — Product is stable for 6 months from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

Venol Liquor VA

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Aqueous dispersion of natural phospholipids.	Appearance: yellowish brown viscous pourable paste Solubility: Product to be made paste with hot water at 50°Cand then diluted pH of 10% solution: Approx. 8.0 Ionic Nature: Anionic Active content: Approx. 50%, Stability: Stable to neutral salts, acids and bases in normal concentrations. Compatible with synthetic and veg tanning agents, stable to anionic dyestuffs. Limited stability to chrome and aluminium salts. — An effective fatliquor for clothing, upholstery and other kinds of nappa leather.It gives even softness through the entire cross section of leather.It's use helps in producing firm grains. Leathers made with it have warm, silky feel and can be buffed easily. — For bootnappa:6-8% on shaved weight, Upholstery Nappa:6-8% VA +10-12% 94 V on shaved weight, Clothing Nappa:12-16% on shaved weight, ClothingSuede:6-8% — Product is stable for 6 months from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

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Aqueous dispersion of natural phospholipids.

Appearance: yellowish brown viscous pourable paste Solubility: Product to be made paste with hot water at 50°Cand then diluted pH of 10% solution: Approx. 8.0 Ionic Nature: Anionic Active content: Approx. 50%, Stability: Stable to neutral salts, acids and bases in normal concentrations. Compatible with synthetic and veg tanning agents, stable to anionic dyestuffs. Limited stability to chrome and aluminium salts. — An effective fatliquor for clothing, upholstery and other kinds of nappa leather.It gives even softness through the entire cross section of leather.It's use helps in producing firm grains. Leathers made with it have warm, silky feel and can be buffed easily. — For bootnappa:6-8% on shaved weight, Upholstery Nappa:6-8% VA +10-12% 94 V on shaved weight, Clothing Nappa:12-16% on shaved weight, ClothingSuede:6-8% — Product is stable for 6 months from date of manufacture, if stored at ambient temperature in supplied packing.

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Frequently Asked Questions - Fatliquors

Find answers to common questions about fatliquors

What are fatliquors?

Fatliquors are oil-in-water emulsions used in leather processing to lubricate leather fibers, provide softness, improve flexibility, enhance tensile strength, and give leather a pleasing handle. They are essential for producing soft, supple leather suitable for various applications.

What types of fatliquors does Esteem Industries offer?

We offer a comprehensive range of fatliquors including VENOL LIQUOR ASN (lightfast synthetic fatliquor), VENOL LIQUOR SFGM (sulfited fish oil blend), VENOL LIQUOR K-2 (concentrated vegetable oil), VENOL LIQUOR WWL (weakly anionic dispersing fatliquor), VENSOFT CWS (cationic fatliquor), VENSOFT SFC (non-ionic fatliquor), and various other specialized fatliquors for different leather types.

What are the benefits of using fatliquors?

Fatliquors provide essential softness and flexibility to leather, improve tensile and tear strength, enhance leather handle and feel, prevent fiber adhesion during drying, improve leather workability, provide uniform lubrication throughout leather cross-section, and enhance leather appearance and quality.

When are fatliquors applied in leather processing?

Fatliquors are typically applied during the fatliquoring stage after retanning and dyeing, but can also be used in chrome tanning (for rapid tanning), during re-chroming operations, in main fatliquoring baths, and as top fatliquors for final finishing. The timing and method depend on the desired leather properties and processing requirements.

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