The diagram details the process of making leather products. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram depicts how leather products are made for retail use. It has a total of eight to ten steps. Looking from an

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perspective, it is apparent that the process starts from the drying step which is a man-made process, and finished with the production of consumer products.

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animal skin is dried under the heat of the sun by hanging it on a rope. After that, they are brought to a plant by truck. The animal’s skin is cleaned with water and lime. The skins are

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dipped into more lime for some time. Afterwards, animal skin is smoothed by a flattened machine

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big roller. In the next step, the flattened skins are again soaked in tannin, which is composed of water and vegetable matter.

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, a small roller serves to polish the leather. The material is transferred to another factory by trucks where leather goods

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as bags, shoes and balls are manufactured.