Fabulous Freddy's Blog: automotive

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Various finishes applied to automotive leather - Blogs - Autopia.org

a) Finished leather -
unless a Premium Leather option was purchased the type of leather upholstery used by 95% of OEM is a multi stratum covering over the leather hide; the top strata is the surface pigmentation (colour) and an abrasion resistant urethane.
b) Covered leather –
see (a) above
c) Pigmented leather –
a spray-on colouring applied to a leather surface. More often pigmentation is applied to a urethane, which provides an even colour to the upholstery as well as abrasion resistance
d) Aniline (more correctly Micro Pigment) –

Automotive (Finished) Leather Upholstery - Blogs - Autopia.org

There is a great deal of conflicting information on leather care being put out by leather experts themselves who use baffling pseudo scientific techno speak as another marketing ploy, which makes it difficult to find a definitive, unbiased answer. Here is one definitive truth –you are dealing with the leathers finish, not the hide itself.