Thread: Beware of Blockers / Beware of " leather "
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Old 08-04-2017, 07:17 PM
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Default Beware of Blockers / Beware of " leather "
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Originally Posted by suesiegel View Post
It seems from your post, you were aware that you were buying bonded leather. Perhaps, they offered real leather upholstery but that would have been far more expensive.



Bonded leather is basically ground up leather waste that is glued, bonded, together and then it is spray painted over.



RE: Naugahyde

I don't think it is even made any more. It became popular for car interiors about 1963. There are some good looking vinyl materials used to cover chairs but they do not breathe as real leather does.



RE: getting your seats recovered

Sadly, if they were inexpensive quality pieces it is probably not worth the cost to recover them.



Beware-a lot of what is sold as leather upholstered is as you found bonded leather or if it is real leather the sides and bottoms are matching bonded leather or vinyl.


The Nauga beast has been extinct since 1969. Too many GTO's were equipped with this rare natural upholstery.


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