When buying a new car, everyone hopes that the interior of their car is beautiful and has a good texture. Many car owners want to use leather materials when choosing the interior, or use leather materials to renovate the vehicle. It looks grand and classy, and it's also quite comfortable. But whether it is genuine leather or not, many riders don't know how to distinguish it. Let's play with the car as follows to teach you how to distinguish the authenticity of car leather and the maintenance precautions. Welcome to join us in playing with the car.

The so-called "genuine leather" is not a standard professional term. With reference to the management regulations of China Leather Association on voluntary certification of "genuine leather mark", the main fabrics used for leather products with "genuine leather mark" signs should be natural top leather and natural fur - that is, if "genuine leather" is used for cars, it can only be real animal skins, It must be the first floor.

First, let's talk about the most common car seats. Secondly, the steering wheel, armrest case cover and door lining are the places where leather is used. Many car owners choose to buy cars equipped with leather seats when buying cars. First of all, the leather seats are easy to take care of. If they are dirty, they can be wiped. Secondly, we all think that a car equipped with leather seats will make us feel that it is of a higher grade. Because leather seats are very popular with motorists, many manufacturers have also taken advantage of the loopholes to produce low-quality fabrics. What's more shameful is to use fake "real" leather. So is the "leather seat" of the original car made of leather? Presumably, this is a problem that many car owners are concerned about. After a small consultation, the answer given to me by the insiders is: leather seats delivered with cars are generally leather, but the quality of leather on cars of different brands and prices will be different. High quality leather seats have fine skin lines, bright color and small pores. Good leather feels soft, smooth and elastic. If the leather surface has many particles, hard or sticky, it is inferior.

The following methods can be used to identify whether it is genuine leather:

Volume labeling method: For genuine leather, the manufacturing date, name and area of the leather factory will be marked on the back. (The manufacturing date should not be too long. If the leather has been manufactured for more than 3 years, attention should be paid to whether there is mildew.)

Smell method: good leather should not have pungent smell after treatment, so too much solvent smell and paint smell are not good.

Heat resistance method: it is better to ask the manufacturer for a small piece of leather, and use the cigarette tip to burn the sample for 2-3 seconds to avoid buying PU products The time of burning with a lighter needs to be prolonged because of the large contact area.

Viewing method: under a 30x magnifying glass, you can see that the leather looks like the surface of the moon, with holes and pits, and its air permeability is good. When the leather is cut transversely with a blade, it can be seen that the color of the leather from the outer layer to the inner layer must be the same (it is normal if the outer surface is black and the inner layer is dark gray). Pay attention to whether there is abnormal color under the outer layer to avoid buying second-hand leather dyed or color changed.

Wiping method: wipe the surface of the leather with the stain removal oil, pay attention to whether there is fading and falling off, and avoid buying the leather with two color changes.

Certificate method: The leather of the factory has a clear source, and the basic information such as the place of production, the leather factory logo, the leather test table, and the leather use authorization are indispensable. How to buy genuine products should be visited and compared by many companies.

For our new car, if you are not sure whether it is the genuine leather that the 4S store corrected itself or the genuine leather, you can first query the configuration table of the same version of the car from the Internet, and then we can try to determine the authenticity of the material by smelling, magnifying and wiping.

If the car owner wants to upgrade the leather interior, how should he choose the materials? (I think few people change leather seats to flannelette ones.)

Generally, the leather coverage used in the car is mainly divided into these types: artificial leather, microfiber leather, nappa, Nevada, Alcantara.

First of all, the name of artificial leather has already told everyone that it is not genuine leather, but made of PVC resin. The plastic water pipe and this thing at home come from the same womb. Apart from the cheap price, it has no other advantages. It is not durable, airtight, poor in texture, and has a strong taste.

The microfiber leather is also called "microfiber reinforced leather". In fact, it is also a kind of synthetic leather and a kind of regenerated leather, which is also called the third generation artificial leather. The feel of microfiber leather is almost the same as that of real leather (it is similar to the feel of my leather coat after practice). This kind of leather has "excellent abrasion resistance, excellent breathability, aging resistance, softness and comfort, strong flexibility, etc." to overcome various shortcomings of real leather, which is simply a magic weapon in the material industry. You must be careful when choosing this kind of material. If it's not good, you can't buy good ones.

NAPPA leather, nappa leather, is widely used in fur, vamp, luggage and other industries. It is spread from South Korea. At that time, China's leather technology was still very backward, and nappa leather was just like an imported product. Over time, the name of nappa leather has remained. Nappa is actually not a kind of leather, but rather a method of making leather. This kind of leather adopts a new process in the vegetable tanning process to avoid the pollution of "6-valent chromium". (Chromium (VI) is a strong carcinogen, which is not a joke. It can cause cancer after a short time of contact, which belongs to the biochemical crisis.) Nappa has become the synonym of the head skin since then. Due to the various inherent advantages of the leather, it has become the choice of the car manufacturer's leather seats. It has the advantages of good hand feel, moderate price and breathability. Moreover, this material is delicate and expensive. It needs regular maintenance.

Alcantara was invented by the Japanese in the 1970s. It consists of 68% polyester and 32% polyurethane. The actual feel is similar to suede. Alcantara is not genuine leather. Compared with leather, Alcantara has the advantages of easy care and high friction coefficient. It is mostly used for steering wheel, but its price is the most expensive among these, so it usually only covers the steering wheel.

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