Tips for choosing leather products

When buying shoes, bags, gloves, belts, bags, jackets, furniture and any other skin products, we very often come across the question: "How can we distinguish the natural skin from leatherette?" And few can give an intelligible answer, for the high achievements in the field of the technology of making substitutes in the modern world, it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between natural and artificial skin.


We all know that any manufacturer will only give positive advertising to their goods, despite the fact that the presented boots and shoes can get unstuck and crack through 2-3 exits. Besides all of the above, you also need to know that modern technologies allow any producers to make any synthetic material very similar to natural skin, besides it will have not only all the external signs, but even the smell! On the advice of consultants, too, you can not always rely on, because the resale of the goods depends on his salary. Therefore, we just need to learn how to distinguish the natural skin from the artificial one.

Previously, to distinguish the skin from the substitute, it was set on fire, but now nobody will come to the head to set fire to the product, in addition, in the store, for reasons you do not get it.

The first thing you need to pay attention to when buying skin products is a label (a label is a special label with graphic signs). If it has a diamond shaped mark on it, then be sure that this is a normal synthesizer, if you notice the label on the label, it means , that the product at one third contains textiles. If you notice on it the words "Natural skin", "Cuir", "Vera pelle", "Genuine Leather", or "Echtes Leder", then we can assume that the skin is natural. But there are cases when such inscriptions fell on the labels of fakes. And this means that you need to look for other distinctive features. Always pay attention to the fact that quality samples are always accompanied by a sample (in other words, a piece of material).

Pay attention to the edges of the slices of the material. The natural skin has an "untreated" appearance, while the substitute is a smooth cut, the main constituents of the artificial skin are textiles or polyamide, therefore, sometimes you can see the sticking threads on the slices.

The natural skin always has an unsharp and unobtrusive slight smell, while the artificial skin has no smell, but as already mentioned above, the smell is not an indicator of naturalness, because some producers can imitate it with the help of high technologies.

On any natural skin there are always uneven pores, but to the touch it can be rough, soft, silky, elastic - it always depends on the quality and the manufacturer, and artificial leather almost always has a uniformly applied pores, and it feels always smoother and firmer.

Never forget that some lesser-known manufacturers can be cunning. Knowing that artificial leather as well as natural has the property of smoldering and charring under fire, they have learned to rationally use industrial waste - to press. Pressed products, as a rule, are very poor-quality, especially footwear, which in the near future starts to fall apart and gets a "worn out" appearance. To distinguish the natural skin from the pressed, just press a little on the product with a finger. If it formed a small wrinkles, then the skin is natural. It is easier to distinguish the pressed from the natural skin on such a product as shoes, just bending the socks on it a little, it necessarily forms a small wrinkle, and on the artificial skin will remain inaccurate creases.

It is worth paying attention to the thermal conductivity. If you apply a warm palm to the product, you can see that the real skin quickly heats up, and the artificial one remains cool, sometimes a misty stain remains on it.

Try to drip water on the skin, it will darken and absorb a drop, artificial at this time will remain without change - a drop of water will simply drain.