can anyone please tell me how I can remove ink off my cream leather sofa (2 yr old been having fun with biro) thanks............................
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can anyone please tell me how I can remove ink off my cream leather sofa (2 yr old been having fun with biro) thanks............................
Meths
Failing meths, "Stain Devils" (available from supermarkets last time I looked) offer a stain remover specifically for ballpoint ink. Caveat: try it out on a practice stain on a non-visible part of the sofa first! Chances are, it may remove the leather colouring at the same time if you are unlucky.
BTW, are you glad you chose leather? I am thinking of buying a suite and am undecided whether to buy leather or cotton or synthetic.
Frank
In message , Frank W writes
They're good as long as you don't lie on them in the summer with very little on - they stick
Meguiar's Gold Class Leather Cleaner and Conditioner took the oil marks off the cream leather seats in my car, didn't make them slippery or shiny either, got to be worth a try. You can probably get it from most decent car accessory shops, I bought mine here:
£6.99 inc. P&P, no connection except a satisfied customer etc.Just one thing - if you do try it - the directions say to use cotton terry towels to apply and wipe. Do what it says, I knew better and tried soft paper towels but they can't clean into the grain of the leather like the pile on a cotton towel can.
Baby wipes work very well also...
...and for mopping the 2 yr old up off the carpet after you discovered him/her drawing on your leather suite ;-)
suite
synthetic.
My friend has leather. The suite looks good but I wouldn't want to live with it.
I tend to sprawl instead of sit properly, and I involunatily slide to different positions on his sofa. I also sit around in my underwear at home, and leather isn't at all comfortable for that, especially on first contact.
Nope, I wouldn't have leather unless I wanted to discourage vegetarians from visiting.
W.
It's OK, I've stopped chewing the furniture.
Oxiclean or Vanish oxygen cleaner.
It's a powder that you make into a paste that will oxidise stains. Managed to get a red wine stain out of our carpet that has been there for 2 years and nothing else would shift.
Don't know what it would do to the leather tho.
There's a warning on the packet that you shouldn't leave the made-up solution in a sealed container as it will continue to give off oxygen (I assume the container would explode?)
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