The most popular options for outerwear are warm coats, down jackets with fur. Everyone wants to get the warmest thing possible, but this is not always possible. It happens that sellers offer faux fur at inflated prices, which also does not warm in the cold and frost. In order not to fall for such tricks and to get really warm outerwear, you need to know how to distinguish faux fur from natural fur. For this, every professional in stock should have several simple methods that do not require the use of special equipment.
How to distinguish faux fur from natural?
The first step in determining product quality is to examine the tag. It is attached to all things. But just learning a shortcut may not always help. Unfortunately, unscrupulous manufacturers can provide false information on the tag and mislead the buyer. Therefore, it is worth learning how to distinguish faux fur from natural.
The next step is to use tactile sensations. Touch the product. If the fur is natural, then running a hand over it, you will feel how it slips through your fingers without hindrance and it feels very soft to the touch. Close your eyes and imagine stroking the back of an animal. Seem to be? In a situation with artificial material, you will feel a rough pile breaking, not slipping, not alive. In wet weather, such a fur sticks, looks messy and not aesthetically pleasing.
Fire test
If you have not yet determined what the fur coat is made of, an experiment should be conducted. How to distinguish faux fur from natural with fire? Naturally, no one is going to burn the product, it is enough to cut off a piece of fur in an inconspicuous place. Then you should find a refractory surface, over which it is worth conducting an experiment. Take a lighter, light a fire and hold it to the material. If the fur does not curl, does not melt and exudes a smell, like from a burnt hair, then this is a natural pile. In the case of faux fur, things are different. If you bring fire to such a material, it will begin to melt, twist into balls, emit a pungent smell of molten plastic. This 100% means that the fur is artificial.
It is worth noting that the skin is the basis for natural fur, it can also be checked for authenticity by fire. Real leather does not burn, does not melt, unlike leatherette. Just bring the fire to a small area or a single piece. If it begins to melt, burn, then it is neither natural nor skin, nor fur.
Safe method
Not everyone can test their purchase with fire; the store will definitely not let it be done. But it is possible to check products from natural fur in a different way, using a safer method. For example, spread the villi and look at the base. You can see one of two things: either uniform, dense skin, or stretching weaving.
Natural fur has a thick pile, so it is very difficult to spread it so that you can see the base. In the case of faux fur, everything will be simpler: it will easily disperse and may even fall out of the fabric in places.
Not a single experiment helped
But even such methods may not work. The problem is that today they make artificial fur as natural - they use modern technology and achieve the perfect result.
It also shines, has a soft structure, and genuine leather can even be the basis, but at the price the artificial mink will be an order of magnitude lower than genuine. Synthetic material alone is cheap, so faux fur is so common. The price per meter of such products from Chinese manufacturers varies between 300-700 rubles. Such products can already afford people not only high and medium incomes, but also those who do not have a lot of money. Moreover, such things attract animal proponents. This is good and faux fur. The price per meter of the product will delight fans of fox fur coats, and everyone can have beautiful outerwear in the wardrobe.
Which fur is better to choose?
If we talk about the availability of materials, then not everyone can afford natural fur. The price of it depends on the rarity of the animal, the quality of the dressing, the length of the product. The average cost per 1 square meter of such material can reach 200 thousand rubles. Such high prices are too tough for the majority, which is why the presence of a natural fur coat is an indicator of luxury and prosperity.
If you are still inclined to buy a fur coat made of natural fur, then remember that it must be regularly cleaned, as caring for such material is difficult. Faux fur coats do not require such a reverent attitude.
Many fundamentally do not want to wear the skins of killed animals and urge others to end the barbaric attitude towards wildlife.
Of course, natural fur is not comparable with artificial fur in beauty and chic. The color is bright, saturated, uniform shine along the entire length, radiance, it is very pleasant to the touch. During rain, such material does not stick together, but remains soft and falling.
Faux fur looks coarser, but if you are a conservationist, appreciate the life of furry animals, then this option is worth choosing. For the price you can find both cheap and expensive products. In addition, colors will please, because synthetic materials are easily painted, and you can find fur of any shade.
Timely care - a guarantee of a long service life
Regardless of what has become the subject of purchase, it should be looked after: regularly cleaned, washed, dried, avoided insects and especially their resettlement inside fur products. Even faux fur can look perfect if it is properly looked after, carefully put on and so on.
In any case, fur products always look very stylish, they do not go out of fashion and serve much longer than down jackets, jackets. When choosing outerwear for many years, you should carefully consider such products, especially if the price is high for it and amounts to several average monthly salaries.