--- title: "Expiry Date: How long is the shelf-life for Leather edge paint?" description: "Water based leather edge paint normally has a shorter shelf-life, but read some simple tips to have always a \"fresh\" paint." image: https://blog.leatheredgepaint.com/hubfs/g4252b.png --- [![Giardini Group Logo](https://blog.leatheredgepaint.com/hs-fs/hubfs/WEBSITE%20Sep2017/giardini-logo271x40.png?width=271&name=giardini-logo271x40.png "Giardini Group Logo")](https://www.leatheredgepaint.com) [![Get Started!](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1828330/63061a13-0cd5-4dd0-96df-68abf3782211.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1828330/63061a13-0cd5-4dd0-96df-68abf3782211) [![Whatsapp](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/1828330/9cc7a30a-8984-4f27-a59e-a7f0352d688d.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/1828330/9cc7a30a-8984-4f27-a59e-a7f0352d688d) # Expiry Date: How long is the shelf-life for Leather edge paint? Posted: May 11. 2017 | Tags: [LEATHER EDGE PAINT](https://blog.leatheredgepaint.com/topic/leather-edge-paint) author: [Rachele Micucci](https://blog.leatheredgepaint.com/author/rachele-micucci) | Comments: 3 Today, with this blog post we decided to answer all of your questions about the** shelf-life** of our paints and clarify, once for all your doubts. As you know our products are water-based and do not contain solvents inside, this is definitely a benefit for health and environment, but at the same time reduces the shelf-life of the product, due to bacteria that can easily contaminate the product. **So, how can you avoid bacteria contamination?** Unfortunately, bacteria are everywhere so it's a mission impossible! We're just joking... For example we can find them in the **water**, especially non-distilled water, so our advice, if you need to add water to the product, is to use purified water. Bacteria are also found in the **air**, so be careful. We suggest not to leave the bottle opened for too long time, because it might expose the product to a larger contamination. Obviously, to enlarge the shelf-life, we added anti-bacteria aid into the paints to help preserve them. Back to your questions: **What is the expiry date of Leather edge paint?** Our response is: **12 months** from the date of your purchase, if well conserved in original package and respecting the stocking temperature. **How can I see that a product is contaminated?** Usually when a product is contaminated it starts a slow process of physical status modification. 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