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The advantages of the faux leather over real leather

2021-09-08

1. Appearance(faux leather)
The appearance of faux leather is very close to that of real leather, with clear pores and natural lines; Because the super fiber skin is an artificial skin, it has no pores, but the lines are more regular and neat.

2. Weight(faux leather)
The specific gravity of dermis is generally 0.6, while the specific gravity of microfiber skin is 0.3-0.5, that is, under the same conditions, microfiber skin is much lighter than dermis. For example, for a bag with similar shape and size and materials, you can weigh whether it is genuine leather or super fiber leather. Genuine leather is much thicker.

3. Smell(faux leather)
Because the leather is animal skin, it will have a peculiar smell, even a little stench. If formaldehyde and heavy metals exceed the standard during processing, the leather will often have a pungent smell. The taste of microfiber skin is much lighter. You can't smell the pungent taste of good microfiber skin

4. Performance(faux leather)
Both super fiber leather and leather have very good and practical properties. Super fiber leather has flame retardancy, wear resistance, light resistance and aging resistance, which leather does not have. Of course, super fiber leather and leather can achieve a certain balance in comprehensive performance.

5. Price(faux leather)

Under normal circumstances, leather (of course, refers to the head skin) will be more expensive than super fiber skin, and the price of leather will fluctuate due to changes in supply and demand