Talk:Bonded leather

What does the last sentence of this sentence refer to? Is it referring to the scraps used to make bonded leather? In which case they are not difficult to eliminate at all, but rather a useful by-product of the leather industry.

I'm removing the sentence about smell. Bonded leather products have always had a "leather" smell when I've bought them. RavenWriter 18:54, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

I've personally had the experience of a chair made of this stuff basically disintegrating after about three years of use. Obviously that's not good enough to put into the article, but I've noticed the entry under "leather" has a subtopic for "bonded leather" that mentions its reduced strength. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.236.24.214 (talk) 05:15, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

"Bonded Leather" is a marketing term - it's identical to vinyl faux-leather, with the only difference is instead of using textile as the backing material, they use glued and pressed leather scraps. The outside is still plastic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.70.28.243 (talk) 04:47, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Is this sometimes called "PU Leather"? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.210.216.19 (talk) 01:05, 18 January 2011 (UTC)

Someone on purpose adds the misguided word "plastic" to this article. I'm in the furniture industry for many years, there is huge difference between bonded leather (reconstituted leather) and PU or as was called in the 60s vinyl. Most of the people, including in the industry will not feel any difference between bonded leather and top grain. I suspect that someone with deep personal interest in "genuine hides" keeps on adding the word "plastic" every couple of months. I would ask you: Which of the "genuine hides" does not use synthetic material to make it thicker? The "Top Grain" is 1~1.5 mm of leather (after fillings and corrections) on top of fully synthetic backing. What are you trying to prove with the word "plastic"? Split leathers also have synthetic materials on both sides to make them thicker. Most of the samples of bonded leather that I'm familiar with are much nicer than some of the "top grains". And actually last much longer. The middle ages of "pure genuine leather" are long time over. Ended about 150 years ago. Deal with it.

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