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Ways To Clean Leather Sofas At Home

By Sowmiya

Having a leather sofa at home adds to elegance and gives a soothing look. However, maintaining and cleaning those high-priced sofas at home can prove to be tricky. Keeping in mind its cost and luxury, you can adopt the way of wiping the dust off with a wet cloth. You can't go for cleaners too. A harsh cleaner on the sofa may ruin it. Cleaners with ammonia should be avoided at all costs, since it may harm your luxurious furniture.

It is imperative to be cautious while you clean leather sofa. You may consider leather as a durable material, but keep in mind it is porous. Hence the only way you can clean leather furniture is by using a mild cleaner that is made at home or by purchasing a good leather cleaner preferred by the manufacturer itself.

Clean Leather Sofas At Home

Apart from all this, you should take care of how frequently you clean leather furniture. It is advisable to clean your furniture frequently.

If you don't take adequate care to clean it off regularly there is a risk of dust accumulating on your elegant furniture and getting it destroyed? Here are a few tips to clean leather sofa, which may help you to protect your furniture well. Read and relish.

The primary step to clean leather sofa is to vacuum clean it with a soft brush. Take note that the cleaner sucks out all the dirt accumulated on the furniture.

Water and vinegar may offer an effective solution to clean leather sofa. Mix equal parts of water and vinegar and clean it with the solution.

Use a damp cloth to wipe the dust on the sofa. Wipe the entire sofa with the same cloth, dipping it in the cleaning solution whenever necessary.

Finally take care to dry the sofa with a clean cloth. Take care not to use a blow dryer as it carries with it the risk of drying the leather.

Next step, in the process to clean leather furniture is conditioning.

For this, make use of vinegar and linseed oil. Mix them in the ratio 2:1. Apply the mixture on the sofa and allow it to dry.

Finally, the following day clean the sofa with a neat cloth and see it shine.

Are you worried about cleaning the stains on your leather sofa?
If your sofa carries the stain of a permanent marker, then try spraying aerosol on the stain. Also, try a natural remedy to clean the stain by rubbing it with eucalyptus oil. Thirdly, you can also rub your sofa with alcohol to remove stains.

What will you do for grease stains on sofa?
To clean leather sofa affected by grease stains, you can sprinkle a bit of baking soda on the stain. Dust off the leather sofa after a few hours and you see a clean leather furniture in your living room.

Is your sofa affected by dark coloured stains?
If you are worried about the dark stain on your leather sofa and wondering how to clean leather sofa, just don't worry. Here is a solution. Make use of tartar and lemon juice. Leave it for some time and rub the area a with paste. Finally, make sure you wipe it with a damp cloth.

What are the other things you can make use of?
There are also certain other things you can use to clean leather sofa. They are nail polish removers, tooth pastes, baby wipes and more. Try using the ideas on a hidden area so that you can test if the colour fades away.

Story first published: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 12:37 [IST]
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