It could simply be suede with a metallic coating.
What is laminated leather.
Patent leather is usually coated with films.
It can also be called bicast leather.
Metallic leather is very pretty and has a lovely shine but it is a little lacking in the durability department.
With a laminated motorcycle jacket the outer fabric can t wet out to the point of complete saturation as it does in normal jackets where you ll find yourself discovering pools of water between the outer and the inner removable liner.
Leather experts designate all leathers coated with a film as laminated or coated leather.
Laminated leather is a composite of two or more layers of leather or a layer of leather and one or more layers of another sheet or film of plastics or some other material.
It is made by putting a laminate coating over a piece of leather that could or could not be full grain leather.
Laminated leather is a split leather with a polyurethane coating bonded to it.
The former is a tad more expensive while the latter is practically maintenance free.
Coated leather also includes film coated split leather.
Pigmentation in the spray process.
The main features of laminated leathers are that they are a composite of two or more layers where the laminate has been affixed to the flesh side.
Especially in the lower price segment.
In order to give a laminated look to the hides specific machines are needed able to reach high temperatures to guarantee a perfect anchoring of the metal foil to the leather.
The term is applied to products that are excluded from the definitions of leather and coated leather.
As it has a vinyl coating on the surface it cannot be sold as real leather so that is why it is called laminated.
And for this reason if you re going to be riding in wet weather laminated is the way to go.
Leather which is coloured by spraying is called pigmented leather.
In order to achieve an easy to clean and care surface and or to let it look like a more valuable top grain leather split leather is sometimes coated with a plastic film layer.
Foil coating on split leather and pu split leather.
Lamination is the technique process of manufacturing a material in multiple layers so that the composite material achieves improved strength stability sound insulation appearance or other properties from the use of the differing materials such as plastic a laminate is a permanently assembled object created using heat pressure welding or gluing.
Laminate sheets with anti bacterial and flame resistant properties are highly suitable for kitchens.
It could be top grain leather.
Laminated leather is particularly apt for the production of shoes and bags.
Coated split leather laminated split leather.
A textured laminate sheet on the other hand is less prone to scratches but not as easy to clean.