Show arne 71 iGi I Ic r UPHOLSTERY CARE CAREBy L By Barney ins 9 by T gin i S rte the Inc J 1 have ha called caned attention in a previous pre article to tho huge hUJe sums of or money mony I that ignorance of or storage battery maintenance costs the motorist of or I America There is another item of I the thc cars car's equipment which h is similarly similar similar- I ly honored b by the tho car owner with a n I bl bland nd and complete ignorance and here again the tho lack lICk of understanding costs th the motoring fraternity a lot of ot mone money in the the he course coure of ot the year oar This time it is 3 tho the upholstery that Is neglected ct IJ through ignorance an and 1 consequently goes to pieces lon long before its time with serious monetary loss Joss for the tho car i owner who might have ha saved It b by a n. I little time timely I care I Upholster Upholstery at the present time Is di divided di- di vided Into two distinct classes leather and imitations of oC various sorts Either I kind Is good in its place and will wm give JI I admirable service ser if proper properly handled Of Ot course there Is nothing better belter for tor UPholster upholstery than the grade of leather As a matter maller of at fact however fow few cars selling at nt less Jesa than limn J use leather In their upholstery upholster simply be because because be- be cau cause c the material has had been almost unobtainable unobtainable un un- un- un obtainable during th the war period Tho leather that is used in motorcar motorcar motor motorcar I car upholstery ry is made mado from the tile h hide of or a steer The hides come first to to f the tannery In what Is known as the green hreen state that Is 15 with the hair on and The hair hall Is remo removed d I and various other preliminary processes processes pro- pro I ar are ari gone though through and then th the llio 1 j hide goes Into a tank of oC weak tanning I solution From this it goes into a stronger cr solution alid ald an another still stronger r until the tanning proc process l i h completed and nd the hido ha has become j I leath leather c r. r I I Next tho the original sheet I Io t of leather s o tp tho the cutting machines tt l latter r aro are extraordinarily ingenious machines equipped with knives which mt may be bo set to an any depth whereby from I the orl original sheet of ot leather loather various oth other r sli h sheets ets h may a be bo cut down to a a. thickness about equal to that of oC a shoot sheet of Of tI tissue uc paper Now obviously ob the thicker er the cut the stronger the thaI len is lit going to o be Also it will be ho observed ob oh- served 1 tho term leather means little without some somo qualification A paper wafer waler cut from tho thia original hide i is b just as 38 much leather n an nit a sheet n a I quarter o of an inch thick but the car In it tt would h bo be practically nil Th The n. n f q t t- t u. u H v u. u II nit ir cut CUL from the tho hide is buffing The very cry b best beet leather lc io Is tim tha cut that comes next after th buffing and this in j what wh i is used In tho best beet automobile upholstery Att After r the leather ha has been cut cut ut UI Into the various it hOC goes through h a a. number of other processes It receives some extra tannins tanning and I in III treated with oils to mako malo It pliable Finally it is 18 I given various treatment treatments which give he it a. a gloss and finish Then It ii 11 is treated with Ith colors mixed oils to give gl it Il the tho shade desired de In th the thinner an and 1 ch cheaper aper cuts of leather heather the thc is usually with a film tUm of flexible material to she give the whole holo substance an and strength Now thin is hs exactly what is 18 done donI In the imitation leathers now so much used I so that tho the only difference between the cheap grades o of ot leather and tho the Imitations imi Imi- l Is that one one has a a. real leather base so while tho the other has ono one of cot cot- I ton And that brings brinG's us to leather sub sub- These materials consist as we noted of ot a cotton base basc some form fonn of or cellulose compound to mace mako the surface Not very different In basic In ingredients are nrc those leather substitutes from the high high explosives cI 1 that th blasted 1 the tho Huns HUn out of ot their trenches The making of leather substitute simply stated con- con I it of or treating cotton cloth with ni niI ni- ni acid and sulphuric acid which Ive it a gelatinous consistency and finally treating It with oils olla to give Sl it pliancy As a L general rule ruic leather substitute j jIs Is valuable In proportion to its thick thick- ness floss The car buyer buor is justified in bc- bc ing suspicious of or a n substitute leather heather upholstery that is thin and lacking In bo body f I rho Tho production of ot substitute leathers has been brought to such a state of or perfection that iMs difficult sometimes to o tell which is genuine an and 1 which Imitation It has been known that sharp rp salesmen put across an Imitation imitation tion lion job joI as genuine which Is just one more rc rca reason on for buying from a a. reliable reli roli- nub able dealer As As a matter of ol fact there thore Is no reason for tor shunning a a. good grade I of JC substitute leather It will outlast I I several s of or cheap re rc real I leather ther and look better beUer at tho the samo amo time I Now No Notor for tor tho the care nc needed to keep upholstery up up- in good trim First lot let the I motor car owner owner- learn to know lellOw the value of slip covers co and the sooner he ho will wm begin in to get full tun wear out of or hi his upholstery Slip covers cover protect the upholstery whether leather or substitute substitute substitute tute and Jn 1 the they will pay for tor themselves timos tims over O In a comparatively short time By all an means equip your our car with these upholstery protectors and do 10 It now ROW Many Ian cn car owners owners mako the mistake of cleaning upholstery with gasoline Gasoline Is ruinous to upholstery whether v it Il 1 is real leather or tion lion It dries it out and causes cracks to form The Tho pro proper r method o of clean clean- trig iner n the th material i IB If first to give Ive It a brisk bru brushing with a whisk broom I Next ext wash it with s ioa suds tI and ind water and then dr dry Ule thoroughly Lastly go o over the tho surface surface sur sur- ur- ur I face with a no rag rab dampened in sweet oil or nr one of or the standard upholstery I dressings dressing which have ha an anoil oil base hase A weekly brushing will do tin more than almost anything else e. to ke keep p tho the in good Oo shape If U dirt is p permitted to collect an and gather ather damp damp- amp amp- i It rot rots tho the nc ness floss upholstery and no no amount of or brushing will do any good after that thal Leather Leather- upholstery left to take t care of itself cracks ks anti and quickly goes to pieces s. s In the sub substitute the outer coating cracks cracks' and flakes off tim cotton colton base hase i Is pose dampness collects on it it H. rotting It an and 1 b before rore long tho the whole holo think thing disintegrates I |