How to distinguish the skin from the leatherette

Leather boots are long and during operation acquire the shape of the legs. Thanks to this, the shoes becomes "native", which you will not say about the accessories from the leatherette. Now even professionals are difficult to distinguish leather from genuine leather, since technology does not stand still.

Absolutely useless:

sniff the product;
catch the skin
search for the back side of the product.

Previously, the skin had a characteristic smell that acquired in the process of the sidelines. Now the preparation process has become automated using the minimum amount of chemicals. Therefore, the leather bag may not have a characteristic smell. In the store you may not be allowed to wait for new boots, it does not mean that they are sewn from the leatherette. Almost all the outlets are fire alarm systems.

How to distinguish the skin from the leatherette? Drip on your boots. Some water, it should not drain from the surface. It usually absorbs, leaving a small wet footprint, which soon dries. On cheap boots from eco-tree, there will be no spots, the drop will roll from the surface.

Try bending or wrinkling the product, the skin is formed by characteristic wrinkles, which will soon disappear. It is not formed on the leatherette, or they may not straighten at all. Another way to check is warm. Hold your hand on the bag, the leather accessory will warm up, and you will feel warm. The product from the eco-tree will remain cold, it does not hold heat.

If you have the opportunity, look at the product cut. In the leather bag or shoes on the reverse side there is a smooth suede surface, slightly wet to the touch. The cutting of the product has an uneven edge, thin suede fibers are visible. Do not confuse suede with a substitute, some manufacturers of leatherette make not a fabric substrate, but something similar to suede.

Remember, Chinese boots made by handicraft, well smelted glue and cheap rubber. But there is also expensive leatherette, which is difficult to distinguish from genuine leather, it may not have an unpleasant odor, since it does not use synthetic resins.

Many manufacturers are attached to the product label with a sample material. Compare the tag and the material from which boots are made, some companies can use different materials, a piece of skin on the tag can only be "deceiving."

To consider the texture of the material is not necessary, since the skin of buffalo and calf has a streak and are covered with small embossed spots. In turn, pork leather is thin and smooth to the touch, it can be covered with a layer of varnish. It is from pork skin that she sew the ladies' gloves and beautiful evening clutches. It is suitable for making sandals and boat shoes.

If you get a sheep, try to buy upper clothes from the thickness of the calf, its service life is longer than that of pork products. But the autumn cloak or the demi-season jacket can be sewn from thin skin. It is fine fit and takes the shape of the body. Such products are acquired by young fashionista.