Do conventional leather working tools work with vegan leather as well? There’s been an ongoing shift to this new material over the past few years, and even my car seats are now made of it. Functionally it seems equal or better, and cleaning/maintenance is much easier. The biggest downside is that it doesn’t have that real leather smell…but maybe the folks at Beyond Meat can come up with a high tech solution for that, too. :-)
Thanks, Cliff. My 2018 VW has vegan leather seats too, and I like them as well! I don't know about the workability of fake leather (nor the overall environmental benefit - most is petroleum-based stuff, after all). FYI: an option is to get certified sustainable real leather. Similar to the Forest Stewardship Council that signs off on sustainable lumber, the Leather Working Group verifies sustainable operations in the leather industry. This doesn't address all that methane produced, though.
Do conventional leather working tools work with vegan leather as well? There’s been an ongoing shift to this new material over the past few years, and even my car seats are now made of it. Functionally it seems equal or better, and cleaning/maintenance is much easier. The biggest downside is that it doesn’t have that real leather smell…but maybe the folks at Beyond Meat can come up with a high tech solution for that, too. :-)
Thanks, Cliff. My 2018 VW has vegan leather seats too, and I like them as well! I don't know about the workability of fake leather (nor the overall environmental benefit - most is petroleum-based stuff, after all). FYI: an option is to get certified sustainable real leather. Similar to the Forest Stewardship Council that signs off on sustainable lumber, the Leather Working Group verifies sustainable operations in the leather industry. This doesn't address all that methane produced, though.