Please help me to first to determine if my sofa is nubuck or aniline.
Nubuck is aniline leathers, that have its smooth grains buff off to produce a “finger writing effect”; easily detected on an unused area or when crushed nap is re-surfaced with leather Eraser-4.
The un-abused areas of the couch showing the color slightly changes when I "brush" the couch with my hand in one direction then the other.
Nubuck produces a luster as what you described.
Secondly, help me to purchase the proper cleaning, conditioning, and protecting products.
This is the recommended Nubuck Care Kit-N3
Leather Doctor® Nubuck Leather Care Kit-N3
Contents:
Prep-4.4 - 60ml
Degreaser-2.2 - 60ml
Cleaner-3.8 - 250ml
Rinse-3.0 - 250ml
Hydrator-3.3 - 250ml
Fatliquor-5.0 - 250ml
Leather Scent-S - 120ml
Leather Eraser-4 - 1pc
Nubuck Eraser-5 - 1pc
Nubuck (nylon) Brush-2 - 1pc
3” Poly-Brush® - 1pc
Washable Rags - 6pcs
I have children and have abused the sofa set for years (Ie- spit up, milk, H2O, etc).
Refer to this Problem Solving Guide, you will see that milk stain require specialty products like d’Protein-11.0 and Acidifier-2.0.
Roger Koh
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