Tips To Clean Leather Chair and Sofa's At home

Chairs and sofas are the decors and comfort generators of a household. These add a touch of class and elegance to your home. Like everything else man-made existing on our mother earth, they also need maintenance or cleansing at regular intervals.

Steps and useful tips for cleaning chairs & sofa’s regularly

#1 Checkout the type of leather:

Before you start cleaning your chair you’ve to check what type of leather does the chair have.  Generally you may find a manufacturer tag attached to the furniture that describes well the cleaning methods. If there is not you must be very cautious while cleaning the chairs as it may spoil it’s leather.  If there are no instructions then please keep in mind that most of leather chairs have a top coat protective leather where you must be pretty careful while cleaning it. Generally, to clean such chairs you can rely on soap and water, but this technique comes with a disclaimer where this soap you use must not be very strong. You may use baby soap for that purpose.

#2 Try Vaccuming Them:

Before cleaning your chair with anything else do try to do it once with a vacuum cleaner. It could prove to be a sweet steal technique to ease out and speed up this process. For catching up with the best results you may use a soft brush attachment to drive out the dirt from your chair of sofa. Keep an eye out for problem areas when vacuuming and dusting. Later on, you can treat any stains you find with soap or other cleaning products.

#3 Make a cleaner using water and soap:

Make a cleaner using water and soap. Once you've vacuumed and dusted, prepare your cleaner. You can clean leather with basic household supplies. Use a mild liquid soap. Soaps you would use in the shower work well as long as they're of a mild variety. If possible, use distilled water over tap water. Tap water may contain trace amounts of contaminants such as chlorine, which can cause damage to leather. Mix the water and soap together until suds form at the surface.

#4 Wipe down the chair:

Test a small area of the chair first. If you don't notice any damage, dip a clean rag in the liquid and wring it out thoroughly. From there, wipe the chair down with the wet rag. Once you finish applying the water and soap mixture, get another rag. Soak it with only distilled water and then ring it out. Repeat the process with this rag.