Besides genuine leather, more choices of sofa materials .
There are many types of artificial leather, which is similar to natural leather and has the characteristics of softness, wear resistance and certain water resistance. It can be used in almost any situation where leather is used, and is used to make styles of homes furniture and industrial products. In furniture, artificial leather is mainly used for the surface of sofas.
Super-fine leather, whose full name is "super-fine fiber PU synthetic leather", is a type of artificial leather. Super-fine leather has a history of several decades, but it only became popular in China in the 21st century. It is a new type of high-end synthetic leather.
Its advantages are as follows:
(1) Its folding endurance can be compared with that of natural leather. It can be bent at room temperature for 200,000 times without cracking, and at low temperature (-20°C) for 30,000 times without cracking.
(2) Its elongation is moderate and similar to that of genuine leather. Its tear strength and peel strength are better than those of leather. More importantly, the utilization rate of the leather surface of microfiber leather is higher than that of genuine leather.
(3) Its density is smaller than that of genuine leather.
2. Natural fabrics
Natural fabrics refer to textiles mainly made from natural materials such as animal and plant fibers. The raw materials include cotton, linen, fruit fibers, wool, rabbit hair, silk, etc. Common natural textiles used in fabric sofas include cotton fabric, linen fabric, and velvet fabric.
Cotton fabric is a medium-quality plain weave fabric, characterized by breathability, moisture absorption, resistance to insect damage, and a smooth touch. The woven cotton has an embossed effect, with raised patterns usually in a different color or texture from the base.
Linen fabric is made from the fibers of various types of plants such as flax, ramie, jute, sisal and abaca. It is a coarse-fibered and high-strength fabric with a thick feel and a crumpled texture.
Velvet is a short, thick, and curly pile fabric made of cotton, rayon, linen or silk. Long pile velvet is a pile fabric made of Angora goat wool or silk, with longer pile than that of velvet. Composite velvet is made by adhering different materials to solve the density difference in the warp and weft directions.
3. Artificial fabrics
Artificial fabrics are textiles made from high-molecular compounds and raw materials.
Flocked fabric is made by taking advantage of the physical property that like charges repel and opposite charges attract. The flocking fibers are given a negative charge and are accelerated to fly vertically onto the surface of the object to be flocked, which is at a different electrical potential. Flocked fabric has a strong three-dimensional effect, bright colors, a soft touch, is non-toxic and odorless, moisture-proof and heat-insulating, does not shed flocking fibers, and is resistant to friction. It is widely used in home style furniture, curtains, etc.
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