Leather Care & maintenance

Leather is a substance, which keeps his properties unchanged for many years, but it must be looked after with care. All leather products need regular maintenance to ensure their lasting appeal and durability. Leather is a skin; it is just like human skin, which needs cleaning and nourishing, continual contact with moisture (rain, sweat and urine etc.) can cause rigidity.


TIPS
Following are some of problems that might occurs with your leather and tips to solve it.

PROBLEMS	TIPS
Dust	Remove gently with a clean soft cloth.
Dried on dirt	Use damped soft cloth, wipe away gently without rubbing the stain rigorously, then allow it to dry then apply special care agent.
Liquids	Dap immediately with a dry absorbent cloth, do not rub, follow the tips for dried on dirt.
Foods and grease	Remove immediately just like dried on dirt, in most cases grease marks will disappear in time.
Wax (polish)	Placing blotting paper on the leather and applying a cool/moderate iron. Keep applying the iron on clean blotting paper to the wax spot until the paper is no longer absorbing the wax.
Scratch marks	Applying a shoe renovating polish or marker pen.

DAMAGE PREVENTION

• Do not place your leather furniture right next to a heating element.
• Avoid exposing your leather furniture to direct sunshine.
• Do not rub the stain, only dabbed it with dry clean absorbent cloth.
• Never use aggressive agent (e.g. detergent, stain remover, turpentine, etc.) on leather.
• Vacuum clean the leather regularly with clean brush.
• Protected from water.

Leather comes from many parts of the world and at time is treated with various methods, so it is wise to carry out preliminary test. Always test the leather dressing before use on an area such as an inside seam or cuff.