How To Identify Pu Leather?

There are few ways to distinguish between PU leather and real leather.

Basically, looking at the product label will tell you if it’s real leather or PU leather. But if you want to double-check, you can easily identify this type of leather by its smell.

Real leather has an animal hide smell (obviously because it is made from the animal hide) whereas this leather will have a plastic-y smell. Also, you can tell apart between real leather and this leather by careful examination of the texture.

This type of leather has regular and perfect patterns whereas real leather consists of irregular patterns and full- grain. When you press on to the leather sofa or chair you are purchasing and if it depresses and returns to its original shape and maintains its robustness, then it is PU leather. Real leather will wrinkle under pressure.

So, this would also help you identify this type of leather. Although it is not advisable to perform a water test on products that you don't own, it will discriminate between real and PU leather.

This leather is waterproof, therefore upon spraying water, it will not absorb water. Real leather will absorb water. Another easy method to identify PU leather is it's perfectly even edges which real leather will lack thereof. Besides, real leather is expensive. So, if you find a bag or a jacket that is “unbelievably cheap” then it has to be this leather.