Bearings are raw materials for the manufacture of leather products. Light clothes and shoes are sewn from it. Bearing is produced from the skins of young calves, kids, piglets. Their age is not more than a year. Such cubs feed exclusively on milk, due to which their skin remains very soft and supple.
Raw materials have a pronounced measure, so products made from it look beautiful and noble. This kind of skin is resistant to deformation. Shoe masters are happy to sew beautiful products from it. Holders are skins that, after processing, are used to make velor and suede.
Skin thickness
In dairy pups, skin thickness varies between 0.5–1.4 mm. The most tender and soft skins of calves that are fed with the mother’s milk. It happens that they lack food. Then milk is diluted with water. The skins of such individuals are a little rougher.
Suede
Holes - this is a material that, when processed, later turns into suede. The most expensive leather that is used for such purposes is made from the skins of cubs of moose and reindeer. But such raw materials cost a lot and are rare. Most often, in the manufacture of good suede, goatskin skins are used. This material is also elite.
How to make suede
The production of suede is a complex and lengthy process, so the best raw materials here are garment. It is thanks to its incredible elasticity that it can withstand prolonged processing. When tanning this material, expensive tanning fats are used. The process itself takes about a week. Real suede is very porous and stretches well. It is almost impossible to find her equal in these parameters among leather raw materials.
Appearance of suede:
- matte velvety surface;
- the pile is thick but low.
Bearings are leather from which delicate delicate raw materials can be made. The material from the skin of cubs has a high hygroscopicity. Suede is a material for elite leather goods, expensive shoes. In rare cases, jackets are sewn from it. Their cost is quite high, but the quality remains high. Products made of genuine suede, made from a lining, can be passed from generation to generation.
Where else is suede used?
This material is very practical and has a very high wear resistance. It is used in technology. Special filters are made from suede, with the help of which gasoline is separated from the water. Suede is also used for polishing optical glasses in scientific laboratories.
One of the characteristic features of genuine high-quality suede is that it can be washed. This raw material is not afraid of washing, and after a hygienic procedure it acquires even greater softness, but does not turn into a rag. No wonder this type of skin is called washable.
Velor from a raindrop
Another aesthetic and elite type of raw materials for leather goods, made of lining, is velor.
From French, velor translates as velvet. Translated from Latin villosus - hairy, hairy. Velor does not have the same strength as suede. He has a plain, but very thick pile and not very great strength. These are raw materials for delicate products. As a rule, things are not sewn from velor for every day. This is the raw material for holiday products.
How to get velor?
Making velor is also a difficult process. It is obtained by grinding the seamy surface. If there are raw defects, then its thickness is leveled. Shaggy velor should be uniform. Raw materials are obtained by the method of chrome tanning. The process takes significantly less time than in the production of suede - only 12 hours.
There is an elite velor. Such skin has a shallow surface. At the same time, the pile is incredibly thick, full and gentle to the touch. Its coloring has deep tones.
Grinding and painting velor is a separate matter. Special finishes are used here. The fact is that it is quite difficult to color the velor uniformly and qualitatively. If we take the chemical composition for this type of raw material, then the layman is unlikely to distinguish velor from other chrome leathers. That is why this type of skin can often be confused with suede.
If velor and suede are not very different in appearance, then in the process of wearing products, the difference very soon becomes clear. The fact is that washing velor is strictly prohibited! If it is wet and dried, it will completely lose its aesthetic appeal. The material will become coarse, the pile will stick together, the color will fade.
When buying shoes, be sure to check with the seller what is in front of you: a product made of velor or suede. Winter or autumn suede boots are a one-time item. If you ever get into them in the rain, then you have to say goodbye to them. Velor shoes should also not be dried near batteries. She wrinkles from this. The dirt quickly gets into a thick pile of this material, and it is very difficult to get it out of there.
Therefore, from such raw materials they sew mainly home, sports or model shoes for the exit. For such products, it is imperative to use special protective sprays that repel dirt and liquid.