Vegan Leather and dog drool

[TomServo]

Wondering what "vegan leather" is made from. I made a huge mistake when I bought a sectional sofa for my man cave and bought "bonded leather". Turns out dog drool permanently stained this stuff.

So how's the M3 vegan leather with regards to dog drool?

 

[03DSG]

Our friends Mazda 6 was permanently ruined by her border collie. Leather or pleather is not going to make a huge difference. Dog drool is like liquid acidic epoxy. It dries hard and eats away at the substrate. Your best bet might be protecting both the seat, seatback and door panels. Lots available out there:

Seat Protector for Pets - Vehicle Seat Covers | WeatherTech

 

[PoitNarf]

I would highly recommend a dog hammock (I got the windowed one from Orvis) and some door protectors for the rear passenger doors. It’s kept the back or my Model 3 protected from my two dogs.

However even with that protection you’re gonna get slobber on some things. I haven’t had dog slobber on my seats or other parts of the rear passenger area do any permanent damage. The seats actually are very easy to clean. When the dog hair is fully vacuumed out of the car (a constant battle...) you can’t tell I ever let dogs in my car.

 

[jrs_66]

My white interior has proven to be quite dog proof so far... 10K miles, most with my 60 pound dog crawling around and still perfect!

 

[CyberShy]

Vegan leather is polyurethane.

Plastic. Like vinyl.

And it’s not very environmentally friendly. It’s basically made from oil, although I couldn’t really find much information about that.

 

[Mollybday]

I made a doggie bib for my Tesla Y. I was alarmed at the inability to get the drool off. I used a beach towel. I cut it to slip over the headrests ... more for the front than back so not exactly half/half. What an invention!