Most leather furniture is quite expensive. Even if you purchased your furniture secondhand from somebody who had run an ad in the local paper or online, you probably spent several hundred dollars or even several thousand on these new furniture items for your home.
Once you get it home, it’s important to remember that leather furniture requires regular care and maintenance. Doing the wrong things can shorten the life and comfort of your leather furniture. It can lead to cracking, peeling, and that can lead to discomfort when you sit on it.
Below are a few important tidbits of information that should help you keep your leather furniture looking and feeling great for many years to come.
Don’t ignore the furniture.
The life expectancy of your leather furniture will decrease dramatically if you simply ignore it. You might have gotten into the habit of ignoring your vinyl or cloth furniture in the past, but that’s not going to work well with leather furniture. It’s important to keep the leather clean and moisturized as much is necessary, depending on the type of leather it is.
Clean spills up as quickly as possible.
You might assume that just because it’s leather the staining material isn’t going to get into the leather as well as it would for cloth, but this is a fallacy. Water, wine, grape juice, and even food can actually stain leather furniture. If grease or oil of any kind gets spilled on this furniture, you should contact a professional cleaning service as soon as possible.
You can use a mild, water-based cleaning solution to help get up certain stains, but you should avoid these as much is possible.
Dust the furniture regularly.
It may seem odd to dust your furniture, but this is one of the most important things you can do to help maintain your leather for as long as possible. If you don’t dust, those fine particles can become embedded in the furniture and stain it over time. It doesn’t matter whether it is black, dark red, or other dark-colored materials, that dust staining will show up in time.
Moisturize.
Leather comes from animal hide and as such, it needs to be moisturized on a regular basis.
If you’re not sure exactly what to do or how to do it, contact Royal Interior Cleaning and have these professional cleaners come to your home, inspect your brand new leather furniture, and provide a plan to keep it looking great for many years to come.
