It looks like the right side has a layer of some sort of balm/conditioner applied if you ask me ...🤔My patina friends this is not a pic for heart attackers ...
I used my detailing car products to regenerate my leather cover ...
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Leather Cases - Patina Proud Photos
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The truth is that the right side has been treated with the products so it is matte.
The leather when is clean is matte, when it is dirty or worn is polished
The case has more grip. I would attribute this to the oils from my skin and whatever else the leather picks up as it sits on various surfaces. I also lotion after washing my hands so that’s probably part of it too.
The overall texture of my case is still similar to the beginning though.
I appreciate your reply! I was wondering because I've had the Saddle Brown since launch and I really like the texture of it now. I've tried the Forest Green in the past and wasn't a huge fan of the texture but I'm thinking of giving it another shot and really using it for a few months. If it gets more grip, then that sounds pretty great. I wash my hands frequently so I think it takes longer for my cases to patina from my hand oil haha
You’re welcome! The way you felt about the green is the way I felt about the saddle brown. I returned it because of the texture and went with green...I haven’t looked back. To each it’s own though. We like what we like LoL
Absolutely lol different strokes for different folks!
At this point, I'm hoping and praying that
1. The rumors of a 5.4inch iPhone this September are true
and
2. That Apple returns to the full-wrap style from the 5s days for the leather cases.
Or if Apple could buy Nomad and make them produce full-wrap leather cases, that would be cool with me.
That's exactly what I'm afraid of. The 5.4 would be the new cheap one, so no leather case. I'm hoping Apple gets it together this year and offers leather cases for all sizes. They made a couple silicone ones for the 11, now give us the leather ones.
sooo i bought a new one and its saddle brown, because patina on taupe just looks dirty as hell
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I think all leather cases prior to the 11 pro/max age much better than the current lineup. One of my saddle brown cases for my 11 pro looked dirty and nasty too after it started to develop it’s patina. My current saddle brown case looks a little better since I artificially aged it. @bobsamm shows a perfect example of how real leather ages with the folio case from nomad.
Saddle Brown. 4 days old. 3 coats of Macadamia Oil and dried in the sun between coats.
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Well it got rid of the baby poo colour and wasn’t like a bar of soap anymore, felt much better to hold, not greasy and no smell.
I returned them to Apple I had 2, not a brown fan anyway.
XS Saddle Brown 2 months, I'm really disliking how many different colors are happening at once on the case right now. I really liked the out-of-the-box look and I wish it would've stayed that way but I knew it would inevitably turn poop brown but I kinda wished it would be more uniform.
Would you recommend I try to make the rest of the case match the sides at least (purposely using oils on it) or should I just wait it out? I ended up picking a silicon case and using that because of how much I dislike this at it's current stage.
Would you recommend I try to make the rest of the case match the sides at least (purposely using oils on it) or should I just wait it out? I ended up picking a silicon case and using that because of how much I dislike this at it's current stage.
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My patina friends this is not a pic for heart attackers ...
I used my detailing car products to regenerate my leather cover ...
See the differences
Lol, I did this with two previous Apple leather cases and it lowkey ruined them. The feel was never the same after and part of the case would be matte and the other shiny where my fingers would rest when using the phone. The color slightly shifted too into a more of a green/blue hue. This was using leather conditioner stuff too.
From now on I'm just going to use it until I get a new phone without cleaning the case with anything. I wanna see what it looks like with a natural patina.
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This lol. Once I used coconut oil and after a few weeks, the case started smelling kind of weird and not pleasant.
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That’s what I’m trying to do now with my red leather case. I’ve already sanded it down though when I first purchased it several weeks back and never used it. It just got lighter in color and it’s still super slippery so maybe I didn’t ruin it much.