Recently, many of us without fear bought things from the skin, if they had a smell of skin. It is very difficult to describe the smell of the skin, but many of us know it. Previously, the leather finished product had a scent of the skin, despite all its processing, but now the craftsmen have learned to forge it. Therefore, we do not recommend blindly trusting one scent.
How to distinguish the skin from a substitute ?
Several ways that will help distinguish artificial leather from genuine leather:
In order not to be deceived, put your hand, the artificial skin will be cold, and the real skin will instantly warm.
Find the untreated edge of the skin and carefully examine it. Genuine leather does not exfoliate. On the cut of the artificial skin, the film face covering is visible, and on the lower layer the fabric to which this coating is adhered is visible.
You can determine how the skin interacts with moisture. To do this, you need to drop on the natural skin moisture, it absorbs moisture and the skin darkens, synthetics will remain unchanged.
A sample of skin is attached to a quality product.
Artificial leather is thinner than genuine leather.
To check the suede, you need to hold it by hand. If the color has changed a little and the pile has deviated, then the suede is natural.
Ten years ago, in order to check the skin from the surrogate, she was simply set on fire. In our time, this method has lost relevance, now manufacturers have been able to invent special additives, so that artificial leather is charred no worse than natural. It is meaningless to smell a boot or a glove, and any substitute is now supplied with a "leathery" smell.
If you sell a "crocodile" bag not for "crocodile" price, do not give up the goods. The presence of the picture does not say that it's just artificial leather. This can be a bag of a natural goat, which is embossed "under the reptile."
How to distinguish natural skin from a substitute?
The easiest way to find out what shoes are made of is to look at a sticker with graphic signs, they indicate what material is made of top, lining and shoe sole. If the sticker has skin icons, which repeats the outline of the skin, then leather shoes. When a rhombus is indicated in one of the lines of the table, the shoe detail is made of synthetic materials.
But even if there are all stickers and labels, this can not guarantee that it is a genuine leather, because the fake has a label and a sticker, as if it is made of real leather. Therefore, you need to check the skin trim, because it shows the structure of the material. If you see protruding threads or a fabric basis, then this shoe is made of artificial leather.
As a rule, all slices in branded things are hidden inside, but you can try to find an unclosed slice. In natural leather, the edge of the cut is perceived and looks to the touch untreated, as if raw. An important feature of the natural skin is the pores on its surface. In general, the pores of the artificial skin are repainted with a pattern and made evenly.
There is a genuine leather, which is obtained through the rational use of skin waste. It seems to be skin, but right before your eyes it can turn into dust. If one wears such shoes for three days in damp weather, then cracks appear on it. But even in dry weather, if you wear this shoe, in two weeks it will look like it was worn for about three months. To determine the natural or pressed skin on the shoes, you can bend the boot in the toe or press the top of the toe with your finger. If at the moment of pressing fine wrinkles appear and after the material is straightened they will disappear, which means that the skin is natural.
To determine which skin in front of you - natural or artificial, use these tips.