Genuine leather buttons are made of natural cowhide, pigskin, sheepskin and other raw materials, with the texture of natural leather on the surface. They are suitable for high-end leather garments, suits and casual wear due to their rich colors and luxurious sense.
However, there are many kinds of buttons with different qualities in the market, which will puzzle us when selecting suitable leather buttons for clothing. Therefore, improve our awareness of the characteristics of genuine leather buttons can help to choose satisfying genuine leather buttons or quickly distinguish them from imitation leather ones.
Genuine Leather Buttons
The adopted size of genuine leather buttons are the same as that of resin buttons. The main types of genuine leather buttons are visible hole button, hidden hole button, leather double buckle and leather belt button.
The price of genuine leather buttons is higher due to their natural leather materials. In addition, some leather buttons are woven by hand, resulting in the low production efficiency and high cost.
As the raw material of genuine leather buttons is natural leather, the same batch of buttons will have slight different in aspects like color, thickness, hardness and luminosity.
In the process of washing, the surface coating of woven leather buttons is easy to fall off because genuine leather will absorb water and expand. Hence, clothes with genuine leather buttons should be dry-cleaned.
Compared with ordinary buttons, genuine leather buttons have stronger acidity, requiring the metal accessories on clothes to be protected by acid-proof coating, otherwise the surface of metal accessories will be easily oxidized during storage.
Imitation Leather Buttons
The production cycle of imitation leather buttons is longer due to their additional layer on the surface.
As the main material of imitation leather button is synthetic resin, its heat resistance, abrasion resistance and organic solvent resistance are inferior to genuine leather button’s. Imitation leather buttons cannot be ironed, immersed in organic solvent or put into washing machine for a long time.
Imitation leather buttons are rich in color. Besides, the surface smoothness of the buttons can be made into bright, semi-matte, matte and other effects according to customer’s requirements.