A method for making a coated fabric includes the steps of: applying a coating solution of a resin in an organic solvent to a roller-conveyed non-stretchable and releasable substrate web to form a coating layer; laminating a roller-conveyed base fabric to the coating layer to form a laminate; guiding the laminate to pass through at least one tank containing water to immerse the laminate in water such that the coating layer is solidified and the organic solvent contained in the coating layer is replaced by water; and removing water from the coating layer by drying to leave micropores in the coating layer.

Provided is a method for producing a fabric substrate molded product coated with silicone rubber, wherein the adherence of dust, flashes during molding, and foreign matter is prevented because the obtained cured coating film has surface lubricity, and breaking and cracking do not occur when the fabric substrate is deformed because the obtained cured coating film has elongation. This method for producing a fabric substrate molded product coated with silicone rubber, in which method the surface of the fabric substrate is coated with a first coating layer and a second coating layer by forming a first coating layer, which comprises a cured product of a liquid silicone rubber composition, on at least one surface of the fabric substrate, and then forming a second coating layer, which comprises a cured product of a silicone rubber composition, on the outer surface of the first coating layer, is characterized in that the first coating layer is a cured product of a liquid silicone rubber composition that contains an adhesiveness-conferring component, and the second coating layer is a cured product of a silicone rubber composition that contains a silicone resin.

An imitation leather including a three-dimensional textile supporting material and a PVC-based covering that is applied to one side of the supporting material and includes three successively applied layers. The first layer of which is applied directly to the supporting material without an adhesion-promoting glue layer, the second layer of which is embodied as an intermediate layer and applied directly to the first layer and the third layer of which serves as a top layer and is applied directly to the second layer. This invention also discloses a method for producing such an imitation leather and an interior component of a motor vehicle having a visible surface that is composed of such an imitation leather.

The present invention relates to a process for production of artificial leather comprising top coat, polyurethane layer and optional substrate layer, said process comprising i) providing a release layer, ii) applying one or more than one layer of a top coat to the release layer to an overall top coat layer thickness in the range from 1 to 500 m, iii) applying first polyurethane system components comprising an isocyanate component (A) and a polyol component (B) to the top coat to form a first polyurethane layer, wherein the isocyanate index of the first polyurethane system components is in the range from 101 to 140, iv) optionally applying further polyurethane system components to the first polyurethane layer to form further polyurethane layers, v) optionally applying a substrate layer to the polyurethane system components, vi) curing the polyurethane system components to form a polyurethane layer, and vii) separating the release layer from the top coat, wherein the overall thickness of the first and optionally further polyurethane layers is in the range from 0.01 to 20 mm and the polyurethane system components are solvent-free. The present invention further relates to an artificial leather obtainable by such a process and to the use of the artificial leather as upper materials for footwear.

The present disclosure relates to a silicone elastomeric coating composition for synthetic leather, particularly silicone-based synthetic leather, a silicone elastomeric coating (e.g., a topcoat) formed as a reaction product of the cure of the coating composition, methods of making the topcoat and synthetic leather utilizing the same and uses of synthetic leather products. The topcoat is designed to provide synthetic leather with an improved abrasion and scratch resistant topcoat.

[Problems] Provided is a discoloring body which is discolored by application of water and has high glossiness and is excellent in applicability to various fields such as a toy field, a decoration field, and a design field. [Solution] A discoloring body including a supporting body, a porous layer in which a low refractive index pigment is fixed in a dispersed state by way of a binder resin, and a glossy resin layer, in which an occupancy area ratio of the glossy resin layer is 1% to 95% with respect to a 1 cm square at any position in the porous layer.

A method for manufacturing a high density artificial leather, may include (a) manufacturing a long fiber-type non-woven fabric having an areal weight of 400 to 500 g/m.sup.2 and an apparent density of 0.3 to 0.6 g/cm.sup.3 by self-twist spinning a sea component polymer fiber and an island component polymer fiber; (b) shrinking the long fiber-type non-woven fabric with hot water; (c) eluting the sea component polymer fiber from the shrunken non-woven fabric by immersing the shrunken non-woven fabric in an aqueous alkaline solution; and (d) impregnating a polymer elastomer in a non-woven fabric from which the sea component polymer fiber is eluted, to manufacture a long fiber-type fine yarn non-woven fabric.

A leather-like fabric has a feel of natural nubuck leather and a napped feel and air permeability of suede leather, as well as high wear resistance. The leather-like fabric includes a fibrous structure including ultrafine fibers having an average monofilament fineness of 0.0001 dtex or more and 0.5 dtex or less, at least one surface of the fibrous structure being napped, the napped surface having resin layers located discontinuously, and each of the resin layers containing two or more layers.

A multicolored silicone synthetic leather includes an A colored silica layer, a B colored silica layer and a substrate sequentially disposed from top to bottom. Colors of the A colored silica layer and the B colored silica layer are different. A preparing method adopts silicone slurries with two colors, respectively are a slurry A and a slurry B; the slurry A is coated on release paper for vulcanization, and a thickness for coating is 0.01-0.1 mm; the slurry B is coated on the vulcanizated slurry A, and times for coating is more than one, and except final coating, the vulcanization is requested for the silicone slurries before next coating in former coating processes; the final coating is attached to a substrate for the vulcanization; the multicolored silicone synthetic leather is obtained after peeling the release paper. The synthetic leather prepared in the disclosure is environmentally friendly and harmless to human.

A scald-resistant synthetic leather includes a silicone layer and a high-temperature resistant substrate disposed in sequence from top to bottom. A preparing method includes coating and vulcanizating a silicone slurry on the high-temperature resistant substrate, after coating the silicone slurry, sending the high-temperature resistant substrate and the silicone slurry to a drying tunnel for vulcanization to allow attachment of the silicone layer and the high-temperature resistant substrate; after the vulcanization, peeling the silicone layer and the high-temperature resistant substrate apart to obtain the scald-resistant synthetic leather; the number of processes of coating and vulcanizating is more than one, and a thickness for a single coating is 0.02-3 mm; a total thickness for coating is 0.2-0.5 mm. The silicone slurry and the high-temperature resistant substrate used in the disclosure both are environmentally friendly and harmless materials. The high-temperature resistant substrate provides a fundamental framework, and the silicone slurry is the cover.