“CONNOLLY LEATHER” have ceased trading after more than 125 years of supplying quality finished leather to customers such as the British Royal Family, Rolls Royce & Bentley, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Lotus to name few. Many contracts used their leather over the years such as The House of Commons, The House of Lords, The British Museum, QE2 as well as many prestigious hotels & buildings around the World.

They had an established reputation for supplying quality leather but also after sales products such as “renovation kits” & “Hide Food”. As the colour on most upholstery leather are basically a flexible coloured & clear lacquers on the surface, this would wear or scuff & eventually the porous hide itself would show through. “Connolly Leather” soon realized that these coatings could be reapplied to bring back much of the initial appearance of the leather.
So was born the name “CONNOLLISING”.

Stephen Merrett & Stephen Nash worked for their renovation department for many years, restoring leather upholstery to the contracts mentioned above among many others. In 1988, these two experienced leather restorers decided to start up their own leather renovation business, far away from “Connolly Leather’s” main customer base around the South of England & moved to Cheshire. Two of “Connolly’s” main renovation department members leaving together did not go unnoticed; a meeting was arranged & an exclusive license to use the “Connolly” name & products as a renovation service was offered. The only condition was that we would agree not to resell the lacquer in “kit” form as “Connolly Leather” already had an established market & customer base for leather renovation kits. These conditions we were happy & proud to accept. It was an arrangement that worked well for nearly 14 years when to everyone’s shock, “Connolly Leather Ltd.” were no more!

Fortunately for ourselves, the chemical company, which supplied “Connolly Leather” with their lacquers for renovation, found us & offered to supply direct. People who have purchased their preservation & renovation products over the years are only now realizing they are not there anymore & have been asking & searching via the internet to find anyone who may have taken over this area.

Due to persistent requests from “Connolly” customers “LEATHERCARE RENOVATIONS” have now made available a very comprehensive leather renovation kit containing all the products used in our professional renovation service.Many have previously never been available to the general public!
Detailed instructions for use are on our main site www.leathercare-renovations.co.uk/extra.html

We hope this will fill the void left from “Connolly’s” departure & go some way to keeping their memory alive. We have even found a replacement for their “Hide Food” & “Leather Cleaner”, which we would be surprised if you can tell the difference!