What Does Silicone Leather Feel Like
What is silicone leather?
Silicone leather is a high-end and fashionable revolutionary Artificial leather material. Silicone synthetic leather fabric that is environmentally friendly and extremely durable with a soft and supple feel, sustainable, easy to clean, weatherproof, and highly durable performance fabric that can be applied in various applications, even in extreme environments.
The surface layer of silicone leather is made from 100% silicone, it has a superior soft skin feel touch and handle which makes it fantastic to work with but still remains ultra-tough even for the most demanding high-traffic environments. Silicone leather has the softness, wear resistance, durability and waterproof characteristics of silicone, and also has the texture and beauty of leather. It is characterized by excellent hand feel and extremely high elasticity, and is wear-resistant, waterproof, anti-corrosive, anti-pollution, and has a long service life.
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In addition, silicone leather has a uniform and delicate texture, is soft and comfortable, and is not easy to oxidize, discolor, or deform. Silicone is also inherently flame retardant, UV & weather resistant, stain & ink resistant, anti-bacterial/anti-microbial resistant, hydrolysis & tear resistant without the need of any extra chemicals or substances.
Silicone leather has the characteristics of soft texture, comfortable feel, abrasion resistance, easy to clean, waterproof and anti-fouling, so it has been widely used in the fields of furniture, car seats, bags, shoes and so on.
What does silicone leather feel like?
Silica gel feels soft, smooth, delicate and elastic. High quality silicone leather feels similar to real leather, full of flesh, high comfort, delicate and natural touch, has a good skin feeling and human affinity; It feels smooth to the touch and feels soft, smooth and elastic to the touch. The high quality silicone leather feels soft and smooth when touched, and can bounce back quickly after pressing without leaving obvious marks.
Some silica gel is dry, hard to touch, not as soft as ordinary leather. The unquality Silicone leather that feels hard and dry, which is different from the softness and elasticity of ordinary leather. In addition, the permeability of silicone leather is poor, which may affect its feel.
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How to get the different silicone leather feeling?
Apply dust-free oil: Apply different oils to get different surfaces (gloss or matte) and different touch silicone leather. (skin, dry, smooth) and keeps the silicone leather dust-free and easy to clean.
Change the surface structure: Improve the feel by changing the surface structure of silicone products. For example, textured fabrics covering the surface of silicone products can increase friction and feel; Processing suspended particles on the surface of silicone products can create a textured, granular feel.
Use a silicone surface treatment solution: Applying a specially formulated silicone surface treatment solution can change the microstructure of the surface of the silicone product, making it feel more delicate, smooth or with specific friction. (The additives in the treatment liquid react chemically with the surface of the silicone to form a uniform and dense film, which not only improves touch, but also enhances wear and weather resistance.)
Adding material: By adding some additives that can improve the performance of silicone material, the feel of the product can be effectively improved. For example, adding hardness modifier can make silicone products softer and feel more comfortable; Adding friction coefficient regulator can increase the friction coefficient of silicone products, so that it has a “matte feeling”.
The application for different feel like silicone leather?
Silicone leather because of its diverse feel and wide range of properties, is used in many fields, the following is the specific application of different feel silicone leather:
I. Soft, elastic silicone leather
Fashion field: This handfeel silicone leather is ideal for making fashion accessories such as clothing, footwear and handbags, and its flexibility makes the clothing more fit while maintaining comfort.
Home decoration: Soft and elastic silicone leather can be used to make tablecloths, chair covers, sofa covers, etc., not only beautiful and generous, but also long service life.
Car interior: Used in seats, steering wheel, door interior and other parts to improve the grade of the car interior and the driver’s comfort.
II. Wear-resistant, stain-resistant silicone leather
Children’s products: Since silicone leather meets food-grade standards, and is wear-resistant and stain-resistant, it is widely used in children’s toys, children’s furniture and other product lines.
Medical equipment: The anti-fungal, anti-bacterial, wear-resistant and anti-fouling properties of silicone leather make it the first choice for medical equipment such as medical beds and seats.
Outdoor furniture: Silicone leather with salt spray resistance, anti-fouling, weather resistance and other properties, is the ideal choice for outdoor furniture such as yachts and open-air sofas.
Sports equipment: Silicone leather hydrolysis resistance, wear resistance and other characteristics make it widely used in sports equipment, such as Nike, Under Armour and other well-known sports brands on the use of silicone leather.
III. Waterproof and easy to clean silicone leather
Automotive interior: The waterproof and easy cleaning properties of silicone leather make it widely used in automotive interior, especially in seats and steering wheels.
Home decor: The water resistance of silicone leather makes it an ideal material for protecting furniture in home decor.
IV. Anti-bacterial, anti-mildew feel silicone leather
Medical field: The low sensitivity and cleanability of silicone leather, as well as the antibacterial and mildew resistant properties, make it widely used in medical devices and medical auxiliary equipment, such as gloves, infusion tubes and so on.
V. Other special feel silicone leather
Industrial use: The characteristics of high temperature resistance, weather resistance and chemical resistance of silicone leather make it widely used in the industrial industry, such as making seals, pipes and so on.
Conclusion
The silicone leather feels soft and delicate, warm, smooth, elastic and full, and other unique feel. These characteristics make silicone leather widely used in many fields such as clothing, footwear, luggage and so on. For users to bring excellent touch and comfort.
Z.S.R work with the different industry product fabric selection designers, product developer, R&D engineer, product manager together designs and make the Silicone leather fabric offers customized silicone leather services, including customization of silicone leather base fabric layer, color, texture, application, size, logo, printing, pattern, brand, packaging, and technical support related silicone leather products.
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Z.S.R work with product development manager, product designer, product manager together designs and make the custom silicone leather in an assortment of performance,colors and patterns to empower their product’s success.
Z.S.R Group offers customized silicone leather services, including customization of silicone leather base fabric layer, color, texture, application, size, logo, printing, pattern, brand, packaging, and technical support related silicone products. These silicone leather are suitable for industries such as baby products, marine, furniture, automotive, medical and healthcare, sports, 3C electronics, interior decoration, industrial manufacturing, and vegan fashion.
