NAPA VS MULAN

[OttawaKev]

Thoughts please on the differences between the 2? If there is any....

Cheers,

Kevin

 

[2MCHFUN]

Mulan leather is the equivalent of SPAM. They grind up leather scraps and reform it into "leather". It is a bonded leather. Bonded leather is made by shredding leather scraps and leather fiber, then mixing it with bonding materials. The mixture is next extruded onto a fiber cloth, or paper backing, and the surface is usually embossed with a leather-like texture or grain. Color and patterning, if any, are a surface treatment that does not penetrate like a dyeing process would. The natural leather fiber content of bonded leather varies. The manufacturing process is somewhat similar to the production of paper.
Napa leather is a particular grade of natural leather. It has a finer grain than Mulan leather and is softer to the touch. It also has more of a leather smell. Like most automotive leather these days it has a protective coating to increase it's durability.

 

[OttawaKev]

Mulan leather is the equivalent of SPAM. They grind up leather scraps and reform it into "leather". It is a bonded leather. Bonded leather is made by shredding leather scraps and leather fiber, then mixing it with bonding materials. The mixture is next extruded onto a fiber cloth, or paper backing, and the surface is usually embossed with a leather-like texture or grain. Color and patterning, if any, are a surface treatment that does not penetrate like a dyeing process would. The natural leather fiber content of bonded leather varies. The manufacturing process is somewhat similar to the production of paper.
Napa leather is a particular grade of natural leather. It has a finer grain than Mulan leather and is softer to the touch. It also has more of a leather smell. Like most automotive leather these days it has a protective coating to increase it's durability.

Awesome info.... oh i bet the Mulan was like in a X-GF BMW seats.... she had marked it somehow and well it looked like leather till I tried to clean it with a cloth and it was a light grey and well lets just say it was like I peeled the colouring off the spot I was trying to clean....OOOPSY!!!!

 

[NOSOUPFORU]

Mulan leather is the equivalent of SPAM. They grind up leather scraps and reform it into "leather". It is a bonded leather. Bonded leather is made by shredding leather scraps and leather fiber, then mixing it with bonding materials. The mixture is next extruded onto a fiber cloth, or paper backing, and the surface is usually embossed with a leather-like texture or grain. Color and patterning, if any, are a surface treatment that does not penetrate like a dyeing process would. The natural leather fiber content of bonded leather varies. The manufacturing process is somewhat similar to the production of paper.
Napa leather is a particular grade of natural leather. It has a finer grain than Mulan leather and is softer to the touch. It also has more of a leather smell. Like most automotive leather these days it has a protective coating to increase it's durability.

Love the SPAM comparison. You hit the nail on the head with this post reply!

 

[Sparro]

Ahhh.... it's all leather to me. lol

 

[Rruuff Day]

Bonded leather is much like K board .. Sawdust and glue

 

[OttawaKev]

Okay and the difference between Natural Napa and Natural Dipped is that just for the whole cabin colour of is it a different kind of leather ?

Cheers,

Kevin

 

[Sparro]

In a 3LT you get Napa leather instead of Mulan leather. So natural dipped gives you full cabin colour natural. If you just select natural you get the natural/black. If you then select the two-tone option you will get the black inserts you want.

 

[OttawaKev]

In a 3LT you get Napa leather instead of Mulan leather. So natural dipped gives you full cabin colour natural. If you just select natural you get the natural/black. If you then select the two-tone option you will get the black inserts you want.

RIGHT ON!!!!!!!!!!!