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What the Heck is Vegan LeatherViews : 3435 Replies : 28Users Viewing This Thread : |
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Jun 15th, 2019, 10:30 | #21 |
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Just for the record, Italian Alcantara microfibre fabric (used on many Volvo seatcovers) which looks like suede and is often called Alcantara leather, was designed for many reasons, none of them to do with being a vegan animal alternative whatsoever! Ditto the US Tapis ultraleather.
Some of it's design advantages: Alcantara weighs only half as much as real leather. Alcantara is a fully synthetic material that weighs only half as much as sueded leather. It is very breathable. It's also much tougher in terms of scratching or ripping as well as being highly resistant to sun fade. Dirt and moisture repellant. It also takes longer to heat up or get cold than the usual materials used in interiors. As an added bonus it’s also extremely grippy - hence its popularity for steering wheel covers and shift knobs, particularly in sports and race cars. It can be washed with neutral detergent in the washing machine at 30 to 40 degrees Celsius. Alcantara can be ironed at low temperatures. It can be cut in several layers one above the other and the structure of Alcantara is completely uniform so, unlike real leather, there is less wastage. Pilling in later life can easily be removed with a lint shaver.
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Jun 15th, 2019, 11:22 | #22 | |
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Jun 24th, 2019, 23:21 | #23 | |
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A bit like the term naugahide, the US euphemism for vinyl. Or Volvos "leatherette" implying that perhaps there are smaller leathers |
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Jun 25th, 2019, 09:25 | #24 | |
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https://www.drmartens.com/uk/en_gb/c/vegan |
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Jun 27th, 2019, 19:47 | #25 |
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Triumph (cars) had Leatherette interiors in the 1960s, it is still to this day mistaken for leather.
As for Vegan leather..... its not leather, just call it whatever it is. Todays snowflakes and hipsters wanting leather but not the bad karma they'll get from that one person who claims to care. |
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Jul 1st, 2019, 00:12 | #28 |
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Jul 1st, 2019, 06:25 | #29 | |
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If Nandos chickens truly are vegetarians they live in controlled conditions which means caged, even barned chickens have dirt floors on the chicken farms I've seen, though they could conceivably be concrete floors. They may be vegetarian but prehaps the welfare needs investigation. I eat chicken, but only free range chickens and eggs. Paul. |
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