WE have various tips and these are:-
1. use a premium and high quality leather to keep leather clean.
2. clean leather regularly to keep it from drying out.
3. protect the leather from harmful UV rays.
4. avoid using cleaning fluid and polish or oil.
5. keep away the leather from radiators and heating items.
Suede is made from the inner hide of various animals such as goats, lambs and calves. It is a much thinner and softer material than leather and requires special treatment to avoid
Read the label & cleaning instructions on the piece of furniture. Some can be cleaned with an extractor but some say to dry clean only!
Most upholstery cleaners won't touch a piece without seeing a label first. Use water with caution. You may end up with a water stain that is worse than the original stain.
I highly, HIGHLY, recommend leathermaster products. Suede can be a little difficult to deal with, if it isnt too soiled I recommend a tack cloth. Otherwise it can be more of a restoration as opposed to a cleaning. If you have white stuff on it (spew, basically fats and oils) you need spew remover.
Good Lord... Don't use soap and water to clean leather.:thumbdown:
If you are going to add leather cleaning to your services and you don't know what you're doing, attend a leather cleaning course and get educated before you ruin someone's leather.
Use following tips:
Rub the surface with a soft towel, Use pencil eraser to remove small stains, you can also use damp towel and some white vinegar, If there are lumps, then try to rasping them off with a fingernail file, brush them gently with a wire suede brush.
you can use the soap to clean the leather at home like I do. It actually works. Besides, you can also use a vapor steamer to eliminate the oil from the leather in case.
One trick I use with suede or synthetic suede, like alcantara, is finish by dry brushing lightly with soft bristles to help pick up the fibers, then go over it with a crevice tool on the vacuum to give it a very even look. Keeping the crevice tool an 1/8" or so above the fibers prevents matting the fibers again. I've also been know to use compressed air to blow them back up to achieve an even look.
I believe, simply using your aged classic way of soap in addition to hot water is the best, most of the clean-up merchandise are very tough these days.
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