What are the Shoe Materials?

What are the Shoe Materials?

Jun 12, 2023

1. Fabric: mainly leather, synthetic leather, textile, rubber and plastic. Leather shoe fabrics are mostly tanned cow, pig, sheepskin grained soft leather or suede soft leather, as well as synthetic leather; high-end shoes are also made of crocodile skin, snake skin, and chicken paw skin. Cloth shoes and rubber shoes are mostly made of strong, wear-resistant, heat-retaining, and hygroscopic cotton cloth and woolen cloth, such as tribute cloth, velveteen, thread wool, corduroy, canvas, gabardine, tweed, navy wool, coat wool, etc. Various synthetic resins and natural rubber are the main materials for plastic shoes and rubber shoes.

2. Lining materials: mainly cotton cloth, mountain (sheep) sheepskin, cotton wool, felt, artificial hair, elastic velvet, etc. The second half of leather shoes is mostly made of soft mountain and sheep leather, and the front half is mostly made of canvas; most of the shoes of cloth shoes are made of natural white or bleached cloth; rubber shoes are made of fine canvas as the lining. Leather shoes for cold protection in winter use felt or tanned fur as the lining; cloth cotton boots (shoes) are usually filled with cotton and then lined with a layer of cotton cloth, or felt or elastic fleece can also be used as the lining. Some shoes also use resin foam composite material or artificial fur as the lining of the shoe.

3. Bottom material: mainly hard leather, soft leather, imitation leather, cloth, rubber, plastic, rubber-plastic and rubber-plastic foam materials, etc. Hard leather is processed from cow and pigskin. It is mostly used for leather shoes, and a small amount is used to make leather-soled cloth shoes. In addition, imitation leather soles are widely used in leather shoes. Cloth is the main material of traditional cloth soles. The old cloth is used as the raw material to be processed into shackles or wadding to form a bottom blank, and hemp rope is used to make a thousand-ply bottom or wool bottom by hand or machine. The plastic is mainly polyvinyl chloride resin, which is mostly used in plastic shoes and cloth shoes. Rubber has natural rubber and synthetic rubber, used in rubber shoes and cloth shoes. There are two types of soft leather, artificial leather and natural leather, and they are mostly used in cloth slippers and soft-soled cloth shoes. Rubber and plastic and rubber and plastic foam materials are mostly used in leather shoes and cloth shoes.

4. Accessories: mainly eyelets (rings, drills), shoelaces, elastic cloth, Velcro, zippers, silk, cotton, hemp sutures (rope), nails, rivets, non-woven fabrics, cardboard, inner Leather for toe caps and main heels, various decorations, supports, adhesives, pastes, etc.
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