Top ways to keep your embroidered dog leads and collars looking their best
- Look after your embroidered dog leads in the first place. Embroidery is not meant to be durable, if you want durable it’s probably best you choose another technique, but despite saying this my dogs collars have never needed replacing because there was something wrong with the embroidery and they’ve had embroidered collars for years.
- Do not under any circumstances put embroidered leads or collars in a washing machine. I have never done it so can’t testify the outcome.
- The best way to keep personalised products like this looking nice when they get dirty is to use a wipe and very carefully dab the areas.
- In all honesty, when embroidered dog leads or collars get grubby, it’s probably time to get new ones – in some circumstances I might be able to replace just the embroidered section for you and keep the existing lead.
Materials used in my embroidery technique
I embroider on to faux leather. But, a bit more about that: the thread is Isacord polyester, one of the best you can buy, and the faux leather is the same material used in the automotive industry, so that says how good it is.
The nature of the beast however is it is being used in a different way than intended, so in time dependant upon use, your embroidery will get grubby and need replacing.
The leatherette is stitched onto your webbing lead or collar as you can see in the images below and makes for a really nice finish. The leatherette makes the colours stand out nice and the overall finish is neater than stitching directly onto webbing.
Summary
So just to summarise, look after your embroidered kit initially and it will stay nicer for longer. Wipe it carefully if it gets dirty. At the end of the day, replace it when it gets grubby. Unless you have had a big job done by me, then this is a reasonably low cost replacement.
As always, you can message me to ask any questions.
