silicone Leather
Silicone leather is a silicone coated fabric recycle leather, referred to as silicone skin, is a kind of innovative synthetic leather. Silicone leather can redefine high-performance fabrics through the best combination of leather textures and the superior advantages of silicone.
Z.S.R work with the different industry owner,product development manager, product designer, product manager together designs and make the silicone leather in an assortment of tear strength, hydrolysis resistance, waterproof and stain resistant ,Wear resistant and scratch resistant ,Heat/Cold temperature resistance, base layer, colors and texture to empower their product’s project success.
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The surface layer of Z.S.R Leather is 100% silicone material, and the middle layer is bonded with a 100% silicone bonding layer to bond the silicone material and the base fabric. The base fabric and surface leather texture and thickness can be freely selected to achieve different uses and application scenarios of leather.
Our existing color silicone leather is white, green, orange, grey and milk white ect. You can choice our existing color silicone leather directly and contact our expert to get the free samples.
Our existing fabric base and texture silicone leather is Microfiber cloth/imitation lint cloth/flannelette cloth base and Lychee/plain/carbon fiber/crocodile/star/kid skin.
Silicone leather is widely used in Auto Upholstery, Medical and Healthcare, Sports, 3C Electronic, Upholstery, Baby, Marine, handbag,Furniture etc industry. Contact Z.S.R to custom your own silicone Faux leather.
Specification
| PROPERTIES | VALUES |
|---|---|
| Material | silicone vegan leather |
| Wide | 1370mm+100mm fabric margin |
| Thickness | fabric thickess+coating thickness |
| 0.4mm leather=0.2mm Silicone±0.02mm+fabric 0.2mm±0.05mm | |
| 0.6mm=leather=0.2mm Silicone±0.02mm+fabric 0.4mm±0.05mm | |
| 0.8mm leather=0.2mm Silicone±0.02mm+fabric 0.6mm±0.05mm | |
| 1.0mm leather=0.2mm Silicone±0.02mm+fabric 0.8mm±0.05mm | |
| 1.2mm leather=0.2mm Silicone±0.02mm+fabric 1.0mm±0.05mm | |
| Color | PMS color or follow sample color |
| Surface layer | 100% baby pacifier material |
| Texture | Lychee/plain/carbon fiber/crocodile/star/kid skin |
| Base fabric | Micro Fibric, Cotton, Lycra, Pique, micro suede, stretchy fabric, Knitted fabric, Non-woven fabric, flannelette, PET, PC, TPU, PI FILM 3M adhesive tape etc |
| Pattern | Lichi Grain, Plain grain, Lambskin Grain, Pigskin Grain, Pin Grain, Crocodile Grain, Giant Pebble, Hami melon Grain, Bark Grainetc |
| Application | Marine, Furniture, Automotive, Healthcare and Medical, Sports, 3C Electronic, Handbag, Interior Upholstery, Baby product. |
| Production Capacity | 1000m-24000m |
Key Features
Custom Silicone Leather Service
Composition of silicone leather
The raw material of silicone leather is liquid silicone, the same material as baby pacifiers. It is taken from natural sand. Its production process is low in VOC, with no wastewater, waste gas, or waste emissions, and the product is highly environmentally friendly and recyclable.
Silicone leather is mainly composed of four parts:
- Silicone feel layer,
- Silicone coating,
- Silicone bonding layer,
- Base fabric layer.
Related information: It is a kind of silicone material based on green environmental protection, which is made of special coating process. it does not contain DMF, phthalates, lead. The silicone leather can pass Reach, ROHS(Phthalate Free), EN-71-3 Free, Azo Dyes Free, Formaldehyde Free, DMFU&DFMA Free.
100% Silicone Leather is eco-friendly, sustainable, easy to clean, weatherproof, and highly durable performance fabrics that can be applied in various applications, even in extreme environment. Silicone coated fabrics are for use as a textile in the manufacture of furniture upholstery, furnishings, trim, decorative features.
Contact Z.S.R to custom your own silicone leather.
The advantage of silicone leather
Low-temperature resistance
Leather maintains its original softness in the harsh climate of -40℃
Waterproof and anti-fouling
pen stains juice, sauce oil easy to clean
UV resistance
UV resistance fusion of excellent weather and light resistance
Anti-flaming
Silicone has strong flame-resistantgrade testing
High-temperature resistance
Not deformation, shrink, or burn athigh temperatures of +200℃
ECO-friendly
baby nipple material non-toxic no smell and anti-allergic
Custom Silicone leather service
Z.S.R Silicone leather products are non-toxic and more durable than other materials like vegan PU leather or vegan faux leather due to the features of silicone, including weather resistance, temperature resistance, waterproofing, UV/Ozone resistance, durability, and easy to clean.
Z.S.R aims to provide the designers with more flexibility in design and respond to customers’ requirements by offering a wide range of customized options, including color and surface textures. What’s more, we support the roll-to-roll (R2R) process. The lamination of our Silicone Vegan Leather with other textiles is easily achieved by using existing R2R processes without changing the current production lines or supply chain.
ZSR Group Also offer the Custom silicone leather service with the custom silicone leather Base fabric layer, custom silicone leather color, custom silicone leather texture, custom silicone leather application, custom silicone leather sizes, custom silicone leather logo, custom silicone leather printing, custom silicone leather pattern, brand, package and other silicone products technical support to the baby, Marine, Furniture, Automotive, Healthcare, Sports, 3C Electronic, Upholstery industry.
Our Factory is certified by SA8000(SGS), ISO9001, ISO14001, BSCI, SEDEX, BRC, FCCA, and Disney.
All the materials that we used have the certification: FDA, LFGB, and ROSH. REACH, PAHS, and Phthalate all tested by SGS., etc.
All the silicone leather can pass: GRS,FDA,LFGB,CA-65,ROHS,REACH or Others your needed.
Custom Silicone leathers Making Process
1. Prepared Material: Mixed the Liquid silicone rubber material color according to the confirmed samples ‘color. Prepare the confirmed base fabric layer.
2. Set up and coating:Put mixed LSR on the machine, then coating the liquid silicone rubber. lt is the First coating with the liquid silicone rubber on the surface. Embossed for the silicone leather texture in this process.
3. Heat the first coating silicone leather in the oven to dry.
4. Second coating: Second coating the liquid silicone rubber in bottom and then sticker with the base fabric layer
5. Lamination: Collection the half-finished silicone leather with plastic film in order to keep the surface clean
6. Painting Dusty Free oil: Painting the different oil to get different surface (gloss or matt) and different touch feeling silicone leather. (Skin, dry, smooth) and let the silicone leather keep dusty free and easy to clean.
Contact Z.S.R to custom your own Silicone Synthetic leather.
The Application of Silicone Leather
Silicone leather is becoming popular for all upholstery projects as it is a recycle leather. They are widely used in Marine upholstery, Furnishing and Furniture, Automotive upholstery, Healthcare, Sports, 3C Electronics, Handbags, Baby products, Commercial Upholstery etc.
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Silicone leather VS other leathers
Silicone leather is different with traditional PU leather or PVC leather. Silicone leather does not use plasticizers, which are often found in PVC products.
| Item | silicone Leather | Nature Leather | PVC | Microfiber |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| “Raw Materials ECO* | No pollution | The pollution of ingredients is serious | Some pollution | Medium |
| Production Pollution | No pollution | Larger | Medium | Benzene reduction process is polluted |
| Product Safety | Safe | Medium | Some harm | |
| “Product ECO-Friendly’ | Recyclable | Degradable | Hard to degrade | Degradable |
| Waste disposal | Medium | Difficult | Difficult | Medium |
| “Energy Consumption Analysis | Very Low | Medium | Medium | Very high |
| Item | Silicone Leather | Nature Leather | PVC | PU | Microfiber |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raw material | Silicon coating +fabric | “Pigskin, cowhide, Lambskin, etc.” | PVC resin, fabric. | PUresin, fabric | PU resin, fabric |
| Touch feel | Excellent | Excellent | Bad | Medium | Excellent |
| Elasticity | Excellent | Excellent | Bad | Bad | Good |
| Color, Pattern, Thickness | Good | Medium | Medium | Good | Medium |
| Production Process | Dry process | Tanning and nitration | Dry process | Wet and dry process | Microfiber weaving Wet reduction, dry proc |
| Service life | 5-10years | 5-10years | 2-5years | 2-5years | 2-10years |
| Price | 14-23USD/m | 15-50USD/m | 1-3USD/m | 1.5-5USD/m | 8-16USD/m |
Silicone has many advantages over PU and PVC as it does not break down under UV light, deteriorate in cold temperatures, has no odors, and maintains consistency and shape over time. Silicone leather is a pioneer in performance leather made of 100% silicone.
| Item | Silicone Leather | Nature Leather | PVC | PU | Microfiber |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breathability | Excellent | Good | Bad | Medium | Good |
| Fire Resistance | Excellent | Good | Good | Bad | Medium |
| Solvent/chemical resistance | Excellent | Bad | Good | Medium | Medium |
| Acid resistant | Excellent | Bad | Good | Medium | Good |
| Alkali resistance | Excellent | Bad | Good | Medium | Good |
| Hydrolysis resistance | Excellent | Medium | Good | Medium | Good |
| Durability | Excellent | Good | Medium | Bad | Good |
| Color fastness | Excellent | Bad | Medium | Better than PVC | Medium |
| Antibacterial and mildew resistance | Excellent | Bad | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| Normal Fixture | Excellent | Good | Bad | Medium | Medium |
| Low temperature Fixture | Excellent | Medium | Bad | Medium | Good |
| Tear intensity | Excellent | Good | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| Peel intensity | Excellent | Excellent | Medium | Medium | Good |
| break intensity | Excellent | Good | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| Stitch intensity | Excellent | Excellent | Bad | Medium | Good |
| High temperature resistance | Excellent | Good | Medium | Good | Good |
| Abrasion resistance | Excellent | Medium | Good | Medium | Medium |
| Anti-Wrinkle | Excellent | Good | Bad | Medium | Medium |
| Quality uniform | Excellent | Bad | Medium | Excellent | Medium |
| Tailorability | Excellent | Bad | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
| Post Processing | Easy | Bad | Easy | Easy | Easy |
Z.S.R Silicone leather products are non-toxic and more durable than other materials like vegan PU leather or vegan faux leather due to the features of silicone, including weather resistance, temperature resistance, waterproofing, UV/Ozone resistance, durability, and easy to clean.
Z.S.R aims to provide the designers with more flexibility in design and respond to customers’ requirements by offering a wide range of customized options, including color and surface textures. What’s more, we support the roll-to-roll (R2R) process. The lamination of our Silicone Vegan Leather with other textiles is easily achieved by using existing R2R processes without changing the current production lines or supply chain.
Contact Z.S.R to custom your own silicone leather.
10 Problems that silicone leather can be a solution
- Solve the problems of PU hydrolyzing, peeling, peeling, cracking, and can not stand temperature.
- Solve the hidden danger that PVC cannot be degraded and recycled, and harmful substances will be released under high temperatures.
- Natural material, no allergies when in contact with the body, and can pass medical biocompatibility testing.
- Cold-resistant to minus 40℃ without cracking, heat-resistant and hot-resistant to 220℃ above zero without coking or shrinking.
- Silicone leather items can be washed and dried at high temperatures than other leather.
- It can avoid the problem of chemical solvent treatment and heavy metal problems in dermal slaughter of animals and post-processing.
- Common stains in life such as coffee, juice, snacks, oil stains, handwriting, etc. are easy to clean
- No skin peeling, no fading, no yellowing, and excellent anti-aging properties when exposed to the sun for a long time.
- The natural flame retardancy of silicone makes it not flammable and will self-extinguish after being removed from the fire for 10 seconds.
- Permanent and excellent skin smoothness and natural cooling feeling.
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