How To Clean Your Leather Sofa

Leather sofas are the ultimate proof that your home is designed and decorated with style and elegance. They are in a league of their own when it comes to lavishness and luxury. When you place one of them in your living room, it easily becomes the focal point and attracts glances from right and left. However, all these benefits don't come cheap. Quite on the contrary! Genuine leather furniture is extremely expensive. Therefore, before you attempt to clean it yourself learn more.

First, you need to confirm whether your couch is made of finished or unfinished material. Second, check with manufacturer's manual if there are any recommended leather cleaning products and methods. In case you lost it or forgot where you put it, you can always contact the store you bought it from and ask them for more information. Internet is a good source, too. But avoid adhering to tips and tricks from everywhere. Read only trusted, high PR blogs and cleaning websites.

You can find below a short guide how to take proper care for your leather sofa.

Step 1

More likely than not, most cleaning methods start with a kind of vacuum cleaning. It holds true for leather, too. However, you have to be very cautious and gentle when vacuuming. Adjust your cleaner to low/middle suction power and use a soft brush attachment. Thus you will prevent scratching the leather finish. Surprisingly, this type of couches also harbour lots of dust. So, run your vacuum carefully in crevices and folds, remove cushions, unfold seats.

Step 2

Your manufacturer's guide or recommendations from furniture store will give you instructions about a leather shampoo you can use. In most instances manufacturers and sellers alike have a particular brand for leather care. In case there isn't you can use foam made from a hair shampoo. Play on the safe side and test how the leather will react to it. Apply on small, inconspicuous area before you try to clean the front of your couch.

Use slightly sponge to apply foam on the surface. Use almost to no water. Otherwise you might over saturate leather with water which can cause permanent damage.

Step 3

Use slightly damp clean cloth to remove foam. Avoid leaving watermarks on the leather by wringing the cloth thoroughly.

Step 4

Pick a clean dry cloth to wipe down your couch. Repeat this step as many times as needed in order to dry it properly.

Step 5

Finally, apply high-quality leather conditioner to prevent leather from cracking and add a nice shine.

Cleaning a leather sofa by yourself is a little bit risky because you might use harmful to the material products or incidentally apply too much water. To avoid such unpleasant situations consider the idea of hiring an expert leather cleaning technicians.