Leather accumulates dirt, sweat, and just plain grunge whenever it contacts the horse's coat and skin. To maintain the leather's reliability, you continue the care that began at the tannery. You'll apply leather care preparations to remove harmful substances. Keeping the surface clean helps preserve leather's body, or its corium (tissue layer below the skin's epidermis).
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