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Leather has its own elegance when it exhibits its texture, even more is the color tone and shade which brings in its richness and beauty. Though leather dying is done pretty much at a latter stage a lot of importance is given to it.Its not just that all dyes are leather dyes, these have a special affinity to leather and also possess definite properties. Lets have a brief of all the processes involved before and after dyeing .   1. Curing - A process to stop deterioration of hide as a recently skinned animal hide starts decomposing in just 5 hrs. Sun drying, freezing, salting, wet salting or use of chemicals are few of the methods curing is done. 2. Soaking - The hides are immersed in water for long hours or even days so as to make it pliable as they are mostly stiff after curing. 3. Painting - A term that indicates the process of removing hair from the skin using sulphide. 4. Liming - Removal of hair from the hide using alkali is the aim of liming though there are other purposes...