How to distinguish between genuine leather furniture and imitation leather furniture

How to distinguish between genuine leather furniture and imitation leather furniture
Leather sofa is a kind of sofa that is loved by the majority of consumers. However, the high price of leather sofa also makes many people stay away. As the saying goes, where there is demand, there is a market. Consumer demand for leather sofas has also given rise to the production of imitation leather furniture. But slowly, many businesses are selling imitation leather furniture as genuine leather furniture. Many consumers do not understand the difference between genuine leather and leather sofas. Being fooled by the differences between imitation leathers, some well-made imitation leathers have almost no difference in appearance. In order to help you choose real leather furniture, Sharing Sofa will introduce you to several effective methods and techniques to distinguish genuine leather from imitation leather.
Visual identification method: The first step when buying genuine leather is to look at it from the aspects of pattern, pores, etc. The surface of genuine leather has clear but scattered pore patterns, and the back of the leather is animal fiber with obvious layers. There are no animal fibers on the back of imitation leather, and there are no pores on the surface or pores with unclear patterns. Some high-end imitation leathers have patterned pores, which are distributed in a regular shape and the pores are the same size.
Tactile identification method: The dermis is very elastic to the touch and has a rich hand feel. If you press it with your hand, different folds will appear around the depressions of the dermis. The folds are of different sizes. This is caused by the fibrous tissue structure of the dermis. decided differently. The surface of artificial leather is astringent and feels hard and cool, just like touching plastic. The size of the folds when pressed are also similar, and the wrinkles disappear and recover slowly.
Olfaction identification method: It can also be called the combustion identification method, which is to tear off a little fiber, smell the burning smell after lighting it, and look at the ashes. Genuine leather has a strong smell of fur when it burns, and its ashes are in the form of powder. Imitation leather burns more vigorously and shrinks faster. The smell is similar to that of burning plastic. After burning, the ashes will turn into a piece of sticky material. Hard knots.
Summary of Sharing Pillow: Needless to say, the difference in value between genuine leather and imitation leather is well known, so you still need to go through a lot of trouble to distinguish it when purchasing.