Why carry out chemical testing on wet blue?
While most testing is often carried out on finished products, many brands and retailers often carry out testing on materials during manufacture. By conducting chemical testing on wet blue, the hide is tested at a much earlier stage in the production process. Therefore, any potential contaminants or additives can be identified earlier and a solution created before the finished hide reaches the product manufacturing stage.
When producing wet blue, it is also important that the quality and consistency of the product is maintained.
In our wet blue testing, we combine quality and chemical testing together in a unique testing offering.
Eurofins | BLC wet blue testing measures key elements such as:
- Grease content
- Chrome content
- pH
- Shrinkage
The above fluctuations identified in wet blue testing can cause variations in post tanning and dyeing processes, impacting on any finished products produced with the leather.
Many buyers of wet blue now require the product to meet stringent chemical content requirements (RSL) to satisfy their brand and retail customers, ensuring the finished product is of a safe and suitable quality standard.
What is smart wet blue testing?
At Eurofins | BLC, our unique smart wet blue testing service saves tanneries thousands of dollars and significantly reduces the testing burden.
Eurofins | BLC reviews the wet blue specifications of all the tannery's customers, then conduct a series of wet blue tests that satisfy all the requirements across the individual customer specifications. The tannery will then receive a group of test reports, each one relating to each individual customer's specification.
Eurofins | BLC Leather Testing & Verification Services
As experts within the leather industry, Eurofins | BLC provides a wide range of leather tests for leather products, samples, and wet blue. Eurofins | BLC can also help your business solve leather production and product problems.
Eurofins | BLC’s leather testing and problem-solving services, include:
Please read our testing terms and conditions.