Seat Covers Terms
Ready-made
– Refers to a seat
cover that is imported.
Tailor-made
– Refers to a seat
cover that has been manufactured domestically to fit the seat
in a specific year make and model of vehicle.
Double
Cap
–Refers to an all
sheepskin seat cover where the seat cover caps over the back
rest and around the seat bottom leaving the back of the
seat open for map pockets and handles. The leather side of
the seat cover is typically lined with a protective cotton
blend lining.
Super-fit
– Refers to a sheepskin
seat cover with a man made backing such as woven acrylic or
wool backing and skirt and is typically lined with a protective
cotton blend lining.
Universal-fit
– Refers to products
that have been designed to fit a large variety of applications
in any one category.
Semi
Custom
– Refers to a sheepskin
seat cover with a stretch textile backing such as woven acrylic
or wool, that covers the back and skirt of the seat cover.
This seat cover is commonly available in 2 sizes, low back
and high back. Same as a Universal-fit.
Mosaic
– Refers to a sheepskin
seat cover that is made from the remnants left over from making
other seat covers. Typically, they are cut into to uniformed
shapes and sewn together. Then a stretch textile backing such
as woven acrylic or wool, is added to the back and skirt of
the seat cover
Low
Back
– Refers to a vehicle
seat that has an adjustable headrest. Please note that many
vehicles prior to 1970 were not required to have adjustable
headrests and therefore may not have an adjustable headrest.
High
Back
– Refers to a seat
that has the headrest molded into the top of the back rest.
Split
Bench
– Refers to a bench
seat that has been divided where the one section moves independently
of the other.
Acrylic
– Refers to a man
made textile where acrylic fibers have been stitched into
a stretch net material to simulate the look of sheepskin. |
Tanning Terms
Tanning
– Refers to a method
of preserving the leather.
Vegetable
Tanning
- Refers to a tanning
process that used vegetable extracts such as tan liquors from
bark extracts to preserve the leather.
Chrome
Tanning
– Refers to the
state-of-the-art tanning process used for sheepskin seat covers.
Glutaraldehyde
Tanning
– Refers to a popular
tanning process used for medical grade sheepskin. The tanning
process is dye free and can be washed without any degeneration
to the skin.
General Terms
Merino
– Refers to the
breed of sheep that is typically used for the production of
sheepskin products.
Fleece
Length
– Refers to the
length of the wool fiber on the sheepskin.
Crimp
– Refers to the
natural wave in a wool fiber that offers strength and resiliency
to a sheepskin product.
Density
– Refers to the
number of wool fibers per square inch on a sheepskin pelt.
Density requirements differ depending on the products being
made.
Shearling
– Refers to a high
grade of sheepskin pelt commonly used for garments where the
leather side is clear with out blemishes.
Slink
– Refers to a high
grade lamb skin pelt commonly used in garments. It is light
weight, extremely pliable and rich in feel.
Long
Wool Rug
– Refers to a natural
form sheepskin or lambskin pelt that has not been shorn and
therefore has a wool length that can range from 2 inches to
4 inches.
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