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Stains

Getting a stain out of leather and suede

What changes on leather and suede. Water is itself a stain on leather and suede, so every step of the usual method makes a second mark around the first.

The method for leather and suede

  1. 1Do nothing wet. On grease, cover the mark with cornflour or talc and leave it overnight to draw the oil out.
  2. 2Brush the powder away with a soft brush, following the nap on suede.
  3. 3For a mark on suede, a suede eraser and a brass-bristle brush do more than any liquid will.
  4. 4For smooth leather, a dedicated leather cleaner on a cloth, worked over the WHOLE panel so there is no clean patch next to a dirty one.
  5. 5Recondition afterwards. Cleaning removes oils the hide needs, and a dry panel cracks at the flex points within a season.

What ruins it

No water, no washing machine, no household detergent, no heat to dry it. Each leaves a permanent tide line or cracks the finish.

The general case, and what it costs you

The general method, the detection notes and what this does to a garment's resale value are on the stains page.

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