Leather-Like vinyl or other plastic?

[MGDriver]

I'm trying to find a material that has a leather like appearance that I can use for vacuum forming. I am wanting to make some interior pieces for a car and need it to match the material the dash is cover with. I used to work at a place that made automotive dashboards and they used to get rolls of some type of plastic that was textured like leather on one side, but I have no idea what it was.

Any insight on this?

[SCRAPWOTSCRAP]

Might have been ABS with "haircell" one side. ABS is often used in VacForming. Inexpensive and easy to form for your application. Kydex
can also be obtained with "haircell" texture, it's a bit more expensive
as I recall.

[MGDriver]

No, it wasn't a haircell texture. It was definitely a leather-like texture.

[MGDriver]

Anyone else have any insight? It came on a roll and was pretty flexible. Got it in Red, turquoise and black.

[kayaker43]

I believe that was just ordinary sheet vinyl, sometimes called naugahyde? If you find a manufacturer, you can buy it in different thicknesses and with or without the fabric backing.

I believe its quite thermoformable without the fabric backing..

[MGDriver]

I believe that was just ordinary sheet vinyl, sometimes called naugahyde? If you find a manufacturer, you can buy it in different thicknesses and with or without the fabric backing.

I believe its quite thermoformable without the fabric backing..

Any idea on a manufacturer/supplier? I couldn't find anything.

I did buy some really nice cloth backed vinyl, then pealed the cloth off and used just the vinyl. It was too thin though and once vacuum formed, it lost most of it's texture. Just wasn't the right consistency.

[kayaker43]

Naugahyde is one trade name..

http://www.naugahyde.com/productline.asp?pctg=8&id=37