cracked leather sofa

[blossomhill]

Can anyone help me. My leather sofa is starting to crack and I really want to prevent it getting any worse as it will look really shabby. Any advice gratefully received.

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Our leather settee was really badly cracked and the colouring started to come away. I was advised to oil it until it stopped "drinking". Well, I used a bottle and a half of olive oil and it soaked it up like a sponge. I was really surprised at how the leather absorbed all the oil without leaving the slightest trace of grease. Then I switched to sunflower oil and I used half a litre of this and if I'd put on more, it would have been happy to soak up more. Then I applied leather cream to it and it looks miles better. It still needs a couple more applications of the leather cream. This was really tedious work and we weren't been able to sit on the settee for a while but it was well worth the effort. HTH

Thanx twiglett and choccox, that advice was very helpful. I just knew someone would have useful info. for me

hi sorry this is late but hope you get it , one of the best things i can recomend is just a normal moisturiser for leather settees cleans and and keeps it soft! also great for shoes, trainers etc!