Compared with Genuine Leather, What are the Advantages of Microfiber Leather?

Compared with Genuine Leather, What are the Advantages of Microfiber Leather?

        Many high-end car cushions and leather shoes now use microfiber leather, which is also the physical property index and environmental protection concept of microfiber leather.

The full name of microfiber leather is microfiber PU synthetic leather. In layman's terms, microfiber is made up of a layer of high-performance PU (polyurethane resin) and microfiber base cloth. Its structure is the closest to real leather. The third-generation artificial leather has excellent performance.

　　 Genuine leather is also called natural leather. As the name suggests, leather is made from the skin peeled off from animals. The leathers, sheepskins, pigskins, etc. are usually used. Of course, the precious ones include crocodile skins and ostrich skins.

Microfiber is a relatively good artificial leather made by humans in recent years. Good microfiber combines the advantages of several natural leathers. It is stronger, lighter and more beautiful than cowhide, so the quality and price are slightly higher than that of good. Cowhide. Because the microfiber leather is artificial, its leather surface is bright, it is suitable for processing, and the utilization rate is high. The car leather seats made of beautiful appearance, so it has become the first choice for the car leather seat cover industry.

　　 Nowadays, microfiber leather has been widely used in various fields of life, and it has begun to be gradually accepted by consumers. Although microfiber leather is the best kind of artificial leather, many people will ask: Which is better, microfiber leather or real leather? What is the difference between microfiber leather and real leather? Compared with real leather, what are the advantages of microfiber leather? Next, compare the difference between microfiber leather and leather in several points.

　　First. Appearance: The appearance of microfiber leather is very close to that of dermis. The pores of the leather surface are clearer and the lines are more natural; while the microfiber leather is artificial epidermis and has no pores but the lines are more regular and neat.

　   Second. Weight: The specific gravity of leather is generally 0.6, while the specific gravity of microfiber leather is 0.3-0.5, which means that microfiber leather is much lighter than leather under the same conditions. For example, a bag with the same size and material, to distinguish whether it is real leather or microfiber leather, you can carry it and weigh it. The leather is much heavier.

　   Third. Odor: Because the leather is animal skin, it will have a peculiar smell or even a bit foul smell. If the formaldehyde and heavy metals exceed the standard during the processing, the leather will often have a pungent smell. The taste of microfiber leather is much lighter, and you can’t smell the pungent taste of good microfiber leather.

　   Fourth. Performance: Both microfiber leather and leather have very good and practical performance. The flame retardant, abrasion resistance, light resistance and aging resistance of microfiber leather are not available in leather. Of course, microfiber leather and leather can achieve a certain balance in overall performance.

　   Sixth. Price: Under normal circumstances, leather (of course, the first layer of leather) will be more expensive than microfiber leather, and the price of leather will fluctuate due to changes in supply and demand. However, some top-level microfiber leathers are highly technological and will be more expensive than real leather, and are used in a range of fields such as automotive furniture.