How to get rid of the smell of leather from furniture, shoes, clothes, accessories?

Skin products, for example, samples of leather furniture, are hygienic and practical, they look good, they serve a long time, keeping a pleasant appearance, demonstrate the thoroughness and consistency of their owner, who can afford leather things. Natural leather is a rather expensive and attractive material, which has high wear resistance, flexibility and air permeability. But she has one drawback, because of which many do not like to use leather products - she absorbs all sorts of smells, not always pleasant: sweat, tobacco smoke.

The unpleasant ambreem comes from new things from the skin. Some people think that the skin smells like this, but it's not. A hideous "fragrance" it owes to tannic substances, which were used for its manufacture. They really do not smell really good, because the producers treat them with chrome, but buyers have to get rid of the smell coming from the leather jacket, shoes, handbag or even the sofa themselves. Fortunately, there are ways to do this on their own.

How to eliminate the "scent" of the skin?

Prescription remedies for removing odor of the skin somewhat, here are a few basic ones.

1. Old newspapers. This method is well suited for small items that have an internal space: shoes, handbags, purse. It will take a lot of old newspapers, which need to stuff a leather object. They should be wrapped up. After the subject is placed in a box filled with crumpled newspapers, at least 48 hours. The smell must "move" into the newspapers.
2. Weathering. As already mentioned, the skin itself has no unpleasant ambre, so if two weeks to hold a leather thing in the fresh air, for example on the balcony, the smell will evaporate. This method is suitable for shoes, bags, jackets and other wardrobe items, but not for furniture.
3. Soda or coffee. These products are good absorbents. They can sprinkle a leather thing, and after a while shake it off and a little air. The unpleasant smell should disappear. This method is suitable even for large items, for example a sofa.
   

   Advice

   Do not use coffee to handle furniture, shoes or light-skinned clothing - it may color them.

4. Vinegar or ammonia. All of the above means of getting rid of the "fragrance" of the skin can be called sparing. If he did not help, he would have to start chemistry. In a glass of water add a tablespoon of colorless liquid soap and ammonia or two tablespoons of vinegar. This solution is treated with the product. A softer option is to wipe with a piece of orange and lemon peel.

Advice

Before processing the product with acid, check its effect on an inconspicuous area.

If the home remedies did not help, you will have to resort to the help of household chemistry - cleaning products and leather conditioners.

How to remove the smell of leather from interior items?

New armchairs and leather sofas fill the whole room with an unpleasant smell, which makes it uncomfortable for the first time. If the "fragrance" comes from new furniture, then you can fight it in the following ways.

1. Airing. In the first two days after buying furniture, the window pane should not be closed at all. In the next two weeks, ventilate the room as often as possible.
2. From the room intended for the installation of new furniture, remove for a time all objects absorbing odors, such as carpets, curtains. Otherwise, you will have to fight with the ambre, not only from the new sofa, but also from these items.
3. Sprinkle the surface of the sofa with ordinary baking soda, shake it off in a day, if necessary, vacuum it. If you see that soda is coping with its task, but completely it is not solved yet, repeat the procedure.
4. Spread on the couch and under it bags of flavored tea, tissue( or gauze) bags with fragrant herbs: lavender, mint, thyme. On the newspaper under the sofa sprinkle with natural ground coffee.

All the above measures are better to apply in a complex, then a positive result will be able to get much faster.

However, not only new furniture can smell unpleasant. From office furniture, if the room is smoked, or from the couch in an apartment building where an inveterate smoker lives, the smell can come as from an overcrowded ashtray. To make it even more vigorous will help small children and pets, as well as bottled beer. Practice shows that to eliminate smells in this case, normal cleaning and airing is not enough. More effective means are required.

1. Spots are treated with a soap solution with sal ammoniac( 20 ml of ammonia, 20 ml of liquid soap and 200 ml of water) or soda( 50 g of soda, 20 ml of soap per 200 ml of water).In this case, it is not necessary to rub hard, so as not to damage the leather covering of the sofa. Even more effective is a mixture of ammonia with hydrogen peroxide( a glass of water is added over a tablespoon of ammonia and 3% hydrogen peroxide, a little soap).However, it is necessary to handle this mixture with care, so that no more bright spots remain. The safest way is to treat the upholstery with plenty of olive oil.
2. Next, clean the sofa surface with a special cleanser for leather furniture.
   

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3. Treat furniture with conditioner for the skin, with or without smell.

Then you can apply the same measures as to remove unpleasant odors from new interior items.

How to get rid of unpleasant odors of shoes?

An unpleasant odor from shoes made of genuine leather is a common problem. If it comes from a pair of newly bought shoes, it will be easy to get rid of it. The method of weathering is suitable for new shoes. A good result is the use of newspapers, which enough for a while to wrap shoes.

If you walk in leather shoes all day, the smell of the skin mingles with the smell of sweat. From such a bouquet it will be possible to get rid only of the use of special deodorants for shoes that kill bacteria and thereby eliminate the smell of sweat. In addition, these products can give shoes a pleasant aroma.

How to be with a jacket?

Jacket is one of the most popular leather products. An unpleasant smell usually has new jackets - in the process of wearing it gradually erodes. However, you want to get rid of the unpleasant odor as soon as possible. In this case, you can use one of the following methods.

1. Clean fresh citrus fruits and the inside of their skins wipe the surface of the jacket. The more carefully you do it, the less odor will remain.
2. Fill the tub with hot water, dissolve a glass of acetic essence in it and hang a jacket over the water. After a couple of hours, dry it in the fresh air.
3. It is undesirable to treat the surface of the jacket with a soda solution, as small light stains may remain in the area of ​​the fittings. Sweep dry soda from lightning will also be difficult. However, you can use absorbing properties of soda for a jacket: soda should be poured onto the bottom of the package, pack it in a jacket for a day.
4. A good result is obtained by treating the jacket with a soap solution with ammonia( in this case, it is enough to take only 5 ml of ammonia per glass of water).

Complete the procedure by treating the jacket with glycerin - this will allow to consolidate the result and make the skin softer and more attractive.

If unpleasant smell of leather accessories

A medium of popular accessories, such as bags, belts, bracelets, many leather products. They also have an unpleasant smell.

Bags tend to smell unpleasant when they are new. To eliminate unwanted aroma, you can treat the outer surface of the new bag with a soap solution of ammonia or a weak solution of potassium permanganate( the latter method is not recommended for light products).Also suitable for the bag are all ways to eliminate the smell coming from shoes, jackets. Also in the pocket of the bag you can put a flavored sachet or cotton swab soaked in essential oil( it should be borne in mind that esters can leave yellowish traces).Aromatized sachet will successfully replace a bag of fragrant tea, for example, with Rooibos.

To get rid of the "fragrance" of the leather strap of the watch will be more difficult, because it exudes it at any age. The thing is that the surface of the watch strap is in contact with the skin of the hand that sweats under it. As a result, the bracelet becomes saturated with the smell of sweat. For this reason, the treatment of the watch strap with ammonia or other compositions of the desired effect does not. However, the effect will be if after the treatment with ammonia bracelet sprinkle with a usual antiperspirant, which does not mask the smell, but prevents the reproduction of bacteria.

So, you can get rid of the unpleasant smell of leather products at home. Most often, this does not even require expensive funds.