scscomp
01-10-2013, 09:34 AM
Here are some pics of my 20+ year old Wax Pull-up Sofa. There are stains of some type on the seat and back cushions and a nasty head oil stain on the arm rest cushion.
Pic #1 is the full sofa.
Pic #2 shows a close up of the stains.
Pic #3 shows the head rest cushion with the
http://www.leathercleaningrestorationforum.com/forum/images/attach/jpg.gifhttp://www.leathercleaningrestorationforum.com/forum/images/attach/jpg.gifhttp://www.leathercleaningrestorationforum.com/forum/images/attach/jpg.gif
Most of the cleaning I've attempted has been on the arm rest cushion. Steps taken are as follows:
1. Using a 50:50 mix of water and dish washing liquid, I saturated the front and back sides of the cushion and massaged the mixture into the leather. I followed this with clean water to remove as much of the detergent as possible.
2. Next, I made multiple applications (3 or 4) of leather degreaser to the front and back sides of the cushion. I vacuumed the dried white residue off and, each time, it left a very fine coating of the white residue. It didn't seem to matter how strong the vacuum was or how many times drew the wand over the leather, the very fine coating remained. To remove it, I used Mothers VLT (Vinyl, Leather, Rubber) Cleaner to remove the fine coating. Each time I removed the coating with the cleaner. I rubbed really hard with a cotton cleaning rag. I think the rubbing may have caused degradation of the leather.
Area 1 and 2 in Pic #3 is now very rough and degraded. Using a loupe, I can see the individual cells of the hide are very black. The recesses between the cells is white. I am assuming the white color in the recesses is the remaining white residue the leather cleaner could not remove.
Area 3 in Pic #3 is smooth to the touch and does not seem degraded.
3. Using the leather cleaner, I made multiple applications (5 or 6) to seat and back cushions. A LOT of brown dirt and perhaps surface grease came off each time I made an application with the cleaner. Next, I made one application to the top side of each of the 2 seat cushions with the leather degreaser. You can see the areas where I applied the degreaser on the seat cushions as, these areas have the same white cast as the arm rest cushion.
Pic #1 is the full sofa.
Pic #2 shows a close up of the stains.
Pic #3 shows the head rest cushion with the
http://www.leathercleaningrestorationforum.com/forum/images/attach/jpg.gifhttp://www.leathercleaningrestorationforum.com/forum/images/attach/jpg.gifhttp://www.leathercleaningrestorationforum.com/forum/images/attach/jpg.gif
Most of the cleaning I've attempted has been on the arm rest cushion. Steps taken are as follows:
1. Using a 50:50 mix of water and dish washing liquid, I saturated the front and back sides of the cushion and massaged the mixture into the leather. I followed this with clean water to remove as much of the detergent as possible.
2. Next, I made multiple applications (3 or 4) of leather degreaser to the front and back sides of the cushion. I vacuumed the dried white residue off and, each time, it left a very fine coating of the white residue. It didn't seem to matter how strong the vacuum was or how many times drew the wand over the leather, the very fine coating remained. To remove it, I used Mothers VLT (Vinyl, Leather, Rubber) Cleaner to remove the fine coating. Each time I removed the coating with the cleaner. I rubbed really hard with a cotton cleaning rag. I think the rubbing may have caused degradation of the leather.
Area 1 and 2 in Pic #3 is now very rough and degraded. Using a loupe, I can see the individual cells of the hide are very black. The recesses between the cells is white. I am assuming the white color in the recesses is the remaining white residue the leather cleaner could not remove.
Area 3 in Pic #3 is smooth to the touch and does not seem degraded.
3. Using the leather cleaner, I made multiple applications (5 or 6) to seat and back cushions. A LOT of brown dirt and perhaps surface grease came off each time I made an application with the cleaner. Next, I made one application to the top side of each of the 2 seat cushions with the leather degreaser. You can see the areas where I applied the degreaser on the seat cushions as, these areas have the same white cast as the arm rest cushion.