How to Maintain a Leather Sofa?

With the wear of years, our leather sofa inevitably abated a little. Our tips to give him a facelift.

A leather sofa, it is certainly solid, but paradoxically, it is also very fragile. By dint of sitting down and lying on it, our sofa is damaged. To keep it healthy, fight against its drying out and give it back its shine, it is also necessary to ensure a regular maintenance. Some tips that help us make our leather sofa almost more beautiful than before.

How to revive the glow of his leather sofa?

Make your leather sofa less dull, even after several years, it is possible. Once a month, with a soft sponge slightly moistened and impregnated with the soap, it is rubbed with circular movements. Without rinsing, it is then dried by dabbing with a soft cloth. Instead of the common soap, one can also use a glycerine soap normally used to maintain the saddle of horses. Glycerine has this virtue of protecting the leather. There are now commercial versions to clean and maintain this kind of modern living room furniture.

The task hunt

Even on the leather of our sofa, some tasks are repairable. You just have to know how to do it ... We first moisten a cotton of cleansing milk ( a beauty ally for our sneakers too ) and a few drops of white vinegar or a drop of ammonia. The task of the leather sofa is then worked by circular motions. Attention, to avoid enlarging the task, we change cotton as soon as it is dirty. As a precaution, if possible, try a cotton swab in a non-visible place on the sofa. Then let it dry.

To repair the little sores of my leather sofa

Very gently, we pass a pumice stone on the scratch of this modern living room furniture, then we massage it with a little Vaseline. Let it dry. Finally, wax with the wax of the same color as that of leather. Another possible option: hide the hitch with an indelible marker of the same shade or with India ink if the leather is black. You can also give your leather sofa to a professional for a complete renovation but for that, you have to pay several hundred (see thousands) of euros.

Hydrate = care for my leather sofa

The leather is skin. So, finally no need to spend thousands and cents in various products. The moisturizer or baby milk, it could also very well be the case that mass generously provided his leather sofa with a washcloth terry.