As automotive interior leather, it must possess the following properties: lightfastness, moisture and heat resistance, colorfastness to rubbing, resistance to abrasion damage, flame retardancy, tensile strength, tear strength, and stitch strength. Since car owners also have expectations for leather, factors such as feel, durability, softness, stain resistance, and ease of cleaning must be considered. At the same time, the VOC odor, which can cause harm to the human body, also needs to be considered.
Common Seat Covering Leather Materials
1. PVC Leather
PVC artificial leather was the earliest invented and applied seat covering material. Also called PVC coated fabric, it is a material formed by mixing PVC powder, plasticizers, and additives and coating them onto a base fabric. Currently, the commonly used production processes for PVC artificial leather are calendering and coating.
2. Microfiber Leather
Microfiber leather is a new material that emerged with the development of textile technology. The surface layer of microfiber leather is a thin layer of polyurethane, and the bottom layer is a substrate made of microfiber nonwoven fabric impregnated with polyurethane.
3. Genuine Leather
Genuine leather is made from the hide of animals that has undergone a series of physical, mechanical, and chemical treatments. Obviously, its cost is far higher than that of synthetic leather. The most commonly used leather in cars is top-grain or split leather. A single genuine leather seat can cost at least several thousand to tens of thousands of yuan RMB just for the leather material alone.
4. Silicone Leather
Food-grade silicone material is coated onto a precision release material and then laminated onto various substrates such as a base fabric or microfiber. The surface layer is coated with 100% silicone material, and the bottom layer is various base fabrics. Silicone material is an environmentally friendly, odorless, and non-toxic material with excellent weather resistance, abrasion resistance, oxidation and hydrolysis resistance, aging resistance, high temperature and UV resistance, strong compatibility, and chemical thermosetting stability.
Silicone leather not only has a similar appearance and feel to natural leather, but also possesses superior physical properties compared to genuine leather. Therefore, silicone leather is currently often used to replace genuine leather in car seats.
Post time: Dec-18-2025
