How to Remove Stains from Leather

This is a QUICK reference guide to removing stains from pigmented leather. All the products referred below are branded: Leather Master.

To make removing a stain as easy as possible, you need the right cleaning product. Using the right cleaning product makes it easier to remove the stain and saves you time and money. Stains can be grouped into two broad categories: Common stains and Special cases. Common stains can usually be removed using standard stain removal products. Special cases are stains that are difficult to remove and require specialised stain removal products.

COMMON STAINS

* Heavy Soiling: areas of heavy build up of dirt and grime.
* Tannin stains: coffee, juice, tea, wine, beer etc.
* Protein stains: milk, blood, eggs, ice cream, vomit, urine, and faeces.
* Combination stains: stains that contain a combination of the stain types above. For example: wax furniture polish, make up, lipstick, shoe polish, tomato sauce, or chocolate.

To remove common stains we recommend a two step process.

STEP 1 Leather Strong Cleaner: Leather Strong Cleaner is a gentle, water-based cleaner. It is similar to Leather Soft Cleaner, but has twice the active ingredients. Leather Strong Cleaner will remove most heavy soiling and water-based stains.

STEP 2 Universal Cleaner: Universal Cleaner is a powerful cleaner designed to tackle really difficult stains. If you can’t remove a stain using Leather Strong Cleaner, we recommend you try Universal Cleaner.

SPECIAL CASES: Ink Stains, Dye Transfer, Greasy Stains

Ball point ink .Ink Away will remove most fresh ink marks from leather. Ink Away works best if your furniture has been protected with Leather Protection Cream.

Dye transfer: colour transfer from clothing, fabric or newsprint. Dyes are designed to be permanent, so dye transfer can be particularly difficult to remove. You may be able to remove dye transfer using Universal Cleaner, particularly if the transfer is fresh.

If your furniture has been protected with Leather Barrier. you should be able to remove the dye transfer with Colour Transfer Remover.

Greasy stains: oil, body lotions, butter, pizza, salad dressing, accumulated body oils How you go about removing greasy stains depends on whether or not they have soaked into the leather.

Surface stains can often be removed using Universal Cleaner. To remove deep greasy stains that have penetrated the surface of the leather you will need to use Leather Degreaser.

Mould Mould can be removed using Mould Killer. But, before you try to remove mould it’s a good idea to make sure it actually is mould. Mould is often confused with fat spew. You can differentiate between the two by performing a simple test.

Fat melts when heated, so does fat spew. Use a hair dryer to heat the leather. If it is fat spew, the milky film will disappear as the fat spew melts and is reabsorbed by the leather. If the discolouration is caused by mould, heat will have no effect.

* Sources cited from Multimaster