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14:27 Mar 29, 2011
French to English translations [PRO] Furniture / Household Appliances / restoring a leather sofa
French term or phrase:préfond d’accroche
Je vais vous montrer comment préparer un canapé en vue d’une future coloration. Il faut d’abord utiliser un premier produit : le décapant dégraissant. Comme son nom l’indique, il décape, c'est-à-dire qu’il enlève le vernis du cuir, et il dégraisse, c'est-à-dire qu’il enlève toutes les matières grasses que le cuir a pu absorber durant sa vie.
Nous allons utiliser un deuxième produit, le préfond d’accroche, qui permet d’ouvrir les pores du cuir et facilitera la pénétration de la couleur.
Explanation: Not personally familiar with this, but this is what I have found. I thought it might be a trade name, but it seems to be used by lots of different manufacturers. It looks very much like the same thing as préfond d'accroche and seems to serve the same purpose.
Leather prep
The leather prep is used to remove the manufactured finish from leather. It also removes an solvent soluble waxes, oils & silicones, which unless removed could cause adhesion problems when colouring at later stages.
Leather Prep
An extremely necessary part of the system! Leather MUST be prepped properly and sufficiently before beginning any type of repair or refinishing. Leather Prep is specifically formulated to provide you with the appropriate chemicals necessary for a permanent, long lasting repair. Additional Leather Prep may be required on larger projects. Available Sizes:
How it works: First you remove the manufactured finish from the leather with the leather prep. This allows the colourants to adhere and penetrate the leather, giving a sound base covering. You then spray on a coloured coating for uniformity and to get a nice natural finish. The job is then sealed in with a professional leather finish. This finish protects and enhances the leather and stops it from wearing out.
That is certainly what is going on here, but I've never come across the term (it sounds a bit technical and this is the soundtrack to a DIY video, so simplicity is called for!)
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7 mins confidence:
mordant
Explanation: VERY low confidence here, as I have no knowledge whatsoever of this term in this particualr field!
However, in certain other traditional crafts, the term 'mordant' is used to refer to a product used to help the next coating 'bite' and stick properly onto a substarte, which seems to be roughly your situation here?
I think it could be an avenue worth just checking out...
Tony M France Local time: 13:30 Works in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 96
Explanation: Not personally familiar with this, but this is what I have found. I thought it might be a trade name, but it seems to be used by lots of different manufacturers. It looks very much like the same thing as préfond d'accroche and seems to serve the same purpose.
Leather prep
The leather prep is used to remove the manufactured finish from leather. It also removes an solvent soluble waxes, oils & silicones, which unless removed could cause adhesion problems when colouring at later stages.
Leather Prep
An extremely necessary part of the system! Leather MUST be prepped properly and sufficiently before beginning any type of repair or refinishing. Leather Prep is specifically formulated to provide you with the appropriate chemicals necessary for a permanent, long lasting repair. Additional Leather Prep may be required on larger projects. Available Sizes:
How it works: First you remove the manufactured finish from the leather with the leather prep. This allows the colourants to adhere and penetrate the leather, giving a sound base covering. You then spray on a coloured coating for uniformity and to get a nice natural finish. The job is then sealed in with a professional leather finish. This finish protects and enhances the leather and stops it from wearing out.
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