Techniques that will help to accurately distinguish natural skin from artificial

What modern manufacturers do not come up with in order to attract the attention of consumers to their product. For example, if you don’t know how to distinguish genuine leather from artificial, you can easily purchase a fake, even in a trusted store with a big name. People who do not want to be deceived have long learned to distinguish eco-leather, ordinary leatherette and its pressed analogue from natural raw materials.

In practice, everything is quite simple, you only need to know what moments in which cases to pay attention to. Do not forget about quality certificates - sellers are required to provide them upon request. In case of suspicion of acquiring a fake, you don’t need to hesitate to demand money back, you need to insist on an examination.

Pressed and eco-leather - how are they different from natural?

First of all, people who are far from understanding the specifics of creating leather products need to clarify one important point - no matter what the name of the substitute is called or produced, in quality it will never be compared with natural material. Today, many people think that eco-leather or pressed leather products are made from a natural product, special technologies are simply applied. In fact, everything is completely wrong!

To know how to distinguish pressed skin from genuine, you need to understand the technology of its production. The material is based on the most common leatherette, to which in very limited quantities they add not even the skin, but its residual fibers (trimmings, including fibers and dust). The raw materials are pressed to obtain a smooth product that looks like genuine leather. You can distinguish it from a high-quality and expensive analogue by the following characteristics:

1. First, just consider the drawing on the material. If it is symmetrical, and the pores are arranged in a strict order, this indicates the artificial origin of the raw material. The pores on the natural skin are arranged arbitrarily, guaranteeing a unique pattern.
2. Now bend the subject a bit and allow it to return to its original position. If wrinkles and folds are quickly restored, the material is most likely natural.
3. Pressed skin is distinguished by unusual roughness, creases. It very quickly wears out and bursts, which can be found when inspecting even completely new things.

Tip: Unfortunately, even a professional will not tell you exactly how to distinguish artificial patent leather from genuine leather without ruining the product. Here you have to trust the manufacturer and believe that the label of a complex shape (and not a rhombus) really symbolizes the natural origin of the raw material.

Products made of eco-leather are a separate issue, because modern fashionistas love the prefix “eco” so much, arriving in the belief that it can only be found in natural materials. But here everything is not so rosy, because even in this case the product is based on the most ordinary leatherette. The only difference is the use of polyurethane film as a coating.

Due to this, eco-leather breathes and lets moisture out. As a result, the material does not release harmful components during socks, because they were not used in production. How to distinguish eco-leather from genuine leather? Exactly the same as the pressed counterpart. The manufacturing process in all cases is approximately the same, therefore, the properties of the raw materials are similar.

Simple and effective tricks to help identify fake

If the seller actively and confidently offers "skin", you must quickly and quietly verify the naturalness of the material in order to avoid fake. The following manipulations will help in this:

• Material needs to be sniffed. If it was created artificially, it will give off a sharp chemical smell. Natural leather has a specific, but not repulsive, aroma. Although, today some manufacturers add certain flavorings to the raw materials, due to which leatherette begins to smell more naturally.
• You just need to hold the material in your hand for several minutes. If it heats up and remains warm for some time, then it is skin. Artificial analogues do not even heat up.
• Even if you just touch the skin, you can find that it is much softer and more elastic than substitutes, has a more uniform texture. In addition, it is especially filled. If you click on the material, you will feel a pleasant softness, and the print will quickly straighten out.

Tip: Some "specialists", answering the question of how to distinguish leatherette from genuine leather, suggest setting fire to the edge of the material. Allegedly, the skin does not burn and there will be nothing with it. They do not take into account that today paints and coatings are used more and more, giving the skin a unique look, but they can catch fire, which will lead to damage to quality things.

• Natural skin is difficult to stretch, and after such attempts, it quickly returns to its original state.
• If the natural product is bent, its color at the fold will not change. If so affect the leatherette, it will be possible to detect several shades at once.
• Quality stuff is always accompanied by a sample of material. If it is made in the form of a rhombus, then in the manufacture of the product one of the leather substitute variants was used. The figured pattern with the corresponding inscription indicates the naturalness of the raw materials.
• On a section of the skin, you can see numerous interweaving of fibers. If they are absent or fabric is used as the basis, then this is definitely not a natural product.
• Finally, the wrong side of genuine high-quality leather is covered with a short soft pile. If you hold it with your hand, then due to a change in the position of the villi, the surface color will change.

It is worth considering that modern products made of eco-leather, leatherette and its pressed analogue are of rather high quality. Sometimes they even surpass the natural product in something, so you should not completely refuse to include such things in your wardrobe.