7 steps to clean a leather sofa properly

With its rich color and supple feel, leather furniture invites an element of luxury into your room decor.
Fortunately, despite its opulence, leather doesn’t require the kind of painstaking maintenance you might
associate with other refinements.

Moreover, harsh cleaners can easily ruin your expensive sofa. Even bleach and ammonia-based cleaners should
be avoided. Although leather is a durable material, it is porous in nature.

The 7 steps:

1. Vacuum clean the sofa with a soft brush attachment. Make sure it sucks the dirt out of all the crevices
otherwise the dust and grime could be rubbed into the sofa when you wipe it with the cleaning solution.

2. Dust particles are abrasive in nature. Hence, they can damage the material when they come in contact with
moisture.
Create a cleaning solution by mixing equal parts of water and white vinegar. Alternatively, you can mix a few
drops of commercial leather cleaner in water.

3. Dip a soft cloth (preferably a microfiber cloth) in this solution and wring it out so that the cloth is damp, not
completely wet.

4. Wipe the entire sofa with this cloth while rinsing the cloth in the cleaning solution when necessary. It is best
to start cleaning from the top and work your way down.

5. Dry the sofa with a clean towel. Do not use a blow dryer for this purpose as it is likely to dehydrate the
leather.

6. For conditioning, mix one part of white vinegar and two parts of linseed oil or flax seed oil. Using a soft,
clean cloth, apply this mixture on the sofa in broad, circular motions. Leave on overnight.

7. Next day, buff the sofa with a clean rag to restore its shine.