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desperately needing to clean our leather couch

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kiwibella · 25/07/2008 17:02

we stupidly brought an off-white colour leather couch a few years ago and it needs a really good clean. I wipe it down regularly but need to know what I can (safely) use to get it looking pristine-ish again? Thanks

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JackieNo · 25/07/2008 17:04

YOu can get specific leather cleaner and protector - probably with the shoe polish/household cleaning bits in the supermarket.

Dropdeadfred · 25/07/2008 17:13

Pampers baby wipes...they work at treat and have essential oils in them that help the leather too

WilfSell · 25/07/2008 17:15

Method sell a leather cleaner but dunno about white sofa: think it might be a brown colour...

girlandboy · 25/07/2008 20:23

I got a special leather cleaning kit from Lakeland. This has got a cleaning spray, leather conditioning cream and ink remover in it.
My sofa's are cream colour and come up fine after using this.

Mawma · 25/07/2008 20:27

If you have a Harveys furniture store near you then they sell a good cleaning pack of wipes and moisturiser also ink remover think its about £30 but well worth the money otherwise i use a watered down solution of cream cleaner i.e cif cream works a treat, i have used it on a cream leathr sofa and dark brown leather sofa and its has not affected the leather

kiwibella · 26/07/2008 10:38

thanks so much for your suggestions. I might try lakeland... I have used their leather wipes before. I often use baby wipes ddf ... but I think it would still be grim after a whole packet atm.

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elmoandella · 26/07/2008 10:47

i use the capsules for washing clothes. you know the ones that you put in amonst the clothes.

disolve in a basin of water and attack with a sponge. washing in circles. worked wonder for my cream one everytime. leave it nice and soft. make sure it's the non bio ones so it doesn't damage the leather.

kiwibella · 26/07/2008 16:32

it's looking better already!! I used the solution from dfs that came with the couch... but instead of diluting it, I used it straight - on a wet cloth. Pampers dealt to the necessary touch up spots and I'm wondering whether a packet of those might do the job better than anything???

I can't believe that we were sold on this colour because of the display model. Never, ever again .

Thanks so much for your suggestions and advice.

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Dropdeadfred · 26/07/2008 20:06

Kiwibella...Pampers wipes are great foe leather sofas..we've had ours 5 years now and they still look great!!

shannonl · 10/08/2008 17:53

www.bakingsodabook.co.uk/Clean_your_leather_couch_with_baking_soda.shtml

this works a treat as well for a really good clean, but i agree that the baby wipes are an excellent quick clean!

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