How to clean leatherette

The sofa in the apartment is a common favorite, for this reason it often gets dirty, stains. What to do if your pet from artificial skin is dirty, how to clean leatherette, how to care, so that the interior subject remains clean and beautiful? Our experts will tell you all the secrets of taking care of such material.

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What is leatherette?

This is in other words artificial leather, vinylskin, a high-quality polymer material that mimics the natural skin. It is durable and easy to handle, but despite this, the surface of leatherette can damage anything: high temperature, direct sunlight, and especially household pollution.

Is your sofa light? Unfortunately, the problem arises in the fact that he is prone to coloring from clothing, jeans, bed linen. How to cope with this? On this and other questions on cleaning kozhzam in this article we will give you some effective advice.

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What are the types of leatherette?

Before you start cleaning, be sure to specify what type of leatherette you have in your everyday life - apathek, viniliskozha, ekozha. Each of them is suitable for certain detergents, and for each there are some restrictions as to what to use when cleaning is not worth it. So, for example:

• Apathetic products are cleaned with soap solution or with means that do not contain chlorine and solvent.
• Viniliskozha - allows funds that contain ammonia, but does not tolerate solvents.
• Ecoskin - cleansed with 40% water-alcohol solution, a means for removing varnish. But after cleaning, always wipe the surface dry.

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How to clean the sofa from leatherette?

1. Before you start cleaning the sofa, stock up on the cleaning tools so that they are at your fingertips.
2. The place where you will clean the sofa, cover with a film or remove the carpets from the floor.
3. Make sure that the light gets evenly on the entire surface being treated.
4. Do not use batteries or direct sunlight for extreme drying.
5. Do not use chemicals, acetone, chlorine-containing products, 100% alcohol.
6. To avoid damaging the fabric, do not use sharp objects and brushes with rough bristles

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What to clean leatherette?

To properly choose the right cleaning agent, consider not only the type of artificial leather, but also its color.

The full list of possible means for cleaning leatherette includes:

• soft and melamine sponge, tissue napkins;
• wet wipes for skin care and leatherette;
• hydrogen peroxide;
• nail polish remover;
• ammonia;
• hairspray;
• lemon juice;
• liquid for washing glasses;
• vodka;
• dry cleaner "Vinet";
• colorless cream;
• special stain removers for leatherette;

Than wash the sofa from leatherette white?

Even light furniture can be brought to a proper appearance quickly using several ways. Take this into account and choose the option with which you do not have to spend a lot of money and time.

Method 1

If there are stains on the surface of the sofa from contact with clothing or bedding:

1. Make a soapy solution of detergent, which is intended for delicate washing of silk and synthetic products.
2. Apply with a soft cloth to the darkened area.
3. Thinly rub.
4. Wash off any excess material with a damp cloth.
5. Dry thoroughly.

Method 2

If a stain from the blood forms on the surface:

1. Option 1:
   • Take 1 tablespoon of ammonia, half a teaspoon of dish soap for 1 glass of cold water.
   • Wet the dirt solution.
   • Use a toothbrush to walk on the spot.
   • Wet a rag in the water, wipe the remnants of the solution.
   • Repeat the procedure depending on the degree of contamination.
2. Option 2:
   • Dip the cotton swab into hydrogen peroxide.
   • Apply for a few seconds to the spot.
   • Actively rub.
   • If the stain does not remove, add a few drops of ammonia to the tampon, repeat the procedure.
   • Wipe with a damp cloth.
   • Dry thoroughly.

Method 3

A delicate cleanser for your skin is shaving foam:

1. Squeeze a small amount of foam on the stain.
2. Gently rub in the skin.
3. Leave it for a while.
4. Wet a rag in water.
5. Wash off the product.

Method 4

To clean a thing or furniture from dirt and yellowness, use wet wipes to care for the skin and leatherette:

1. Gently rub the stain.
2. Apply a colorless shoe polish to the cleaned area. He will cover the skin with leatherette and protect against the negative influence of external factors.

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How to clean leatherette from household contamination?

Remove traces of coffee and tea with diluted 10% ammonia:

1. Dilute ammonia in water.
2. Wet a sponge in the solution.
3. Clean the stain.

Traces of the ballpoint pen should be wiped with a hair spray or window cleaner:

1. Spray the lacquer on a rag or directly onto the dirt.
2. Wipe clean.
3. If the stain does not immediately disappear, repeat the process.

To remove traces of oil paint, use refined turpentine as follows:

1. Wet a rag in the substance.
2. Wipe the stain until it disappears completely.
3. Make a soapy solution, soak the sponge in it.
4. Wash the cleared area with soap and foam.
5. Rinse with water.
6. Dry.

Please note! The stains on the furniture can be of a very different origin, so for each of them use suitable substances that will give the desired result much faster:

• The chocolate stains are easily and quickly rubbed off with glycerin soap.
• Traces of bitumen and resin on leatherette should be cleaned with a sponge soaked in 90% ethyl alcohol or turpentine oil.
• Spots from beverages and red wine should be cleaned with a sponge soaked in diluted vinegar or soapy foam.
• If there is an "artist" in the house, and the marks from the marker have reached the furniture, use a melamine sponge - just rub it with dirt until it comes down.
• A greasy stain and stain from the grass you remove with the help of natural lemon juice. He not only fights pollution, but also gives leatherette shine.

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What else and how to properly clean leatherette?

For all types of leatherette from stains of different origin, resort to the help of household chemicals of universal action - liquid L.O.C.(bleach from the firm Amway).This environmentally friendly product does not destroy color and material, it can not even be washed off.

Use a dry cleaner to clean away stubborn stains. Carefully read the instructions for use.

1. Dilute the concentrate with water 1:10, if the pollution is strong, use less water, and means more.
2. Apply the solution with a rag or pulverizer.
3. Leave it for a few minutes.
4. Wipe with a washcloth or suede.

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Useful advices

• Fresh stains are always easier to remove than old ones.
• Avoid excessive friction over the surface of the artificial leather.
• Do not use abrasive cleaners.
• Regularly clean furniture from leatherette.
• To effortlessly make the product shine, use a sponge with silicone impregnation - they create a protective film.
• Always check the selected products on an inconspicuous area of ​​the skin before processing the entire surface.
• If there is an opportunity to use the services of specialists, do not risk once again.

As you have already seen, all methods of cleaning kozhzam are not difficult, and the variety of tools allows you to be sure that exactly one of them is at hand at the right time. As soon as you have to test their effectiveness in practice, be sure to follow the recommendations of our experts - otherwise, you can get the opposite effect!