Help keep your leather furniture looking luxurious with these top tips.
- Never use wet wipes to clean your leather furniture – always use leather wipes or a damp cloth.
- Clean the leather at least three times a year to keep it in good condition.
- All leathers react differently to cleaning, so keep a careful eye on colour changes on the leather while you clean.
- Check the cloth you're using to clean your leather to make sure that colour isn't bleeding out of the leather.
- Most cleaning products for leather come in concentrate form – always dilute the mixture before you apply it as the concentrated liquid can cause damage.
- Be gentle – two or three gentle wipes will do the job, whereas rubbing will do more harm than good.
Cleaning aniline and nubuck leathers
Aniline or Nubuck leathers require intensive care to keep their look and feel:
- Use a vacuum cleaner to gently remove dust and dirt from the leather's surface.
- Add a small amount of special cleaning fluid to a damp sponge, producing a light foam, then apply gently.
- Beware of letting the leather get too moist while you clean.
- Allow the cleaned leather to dry naturally, or dry it gently with a hairdryer on low heat.