Reputation
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Leather Cleaning
Leather should be professionally maintained. It needs a skilled
technician to properly care for it. If you improperly care for your
leather upholstery, finish problems such as pigment cracking may
result.
Reasons to clean and condition your leather pieces...
• Helps prolong the life of your leather, keeps leather soft and
supple.
• Replaces many of the natural oils that leather loses as it ages.
• Safely and effectively cleans soil trapped in the pores of the
leather.
Understanding the different types of leather is essential to leather care.
Check the Tag
The former American Furniture Manufacturers Association (AFMA), now the American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA), in a joint industry venture with the IICRC, and other entities, is currently working on a cleaning and identification deck tag that allows the consumer and the professional cleaner to more easily assess what types of leather they are maintaining, for example:
Protected: also known as finished, semi-aniline, everyday, pigmented, and painted; these leathers have combined the best aspects of a natural product and have utilized tannery technology to create a product that is more uniform in appearance and color.
Aniline: also known as natural, pure, naked, and
unprotected; these are leathers that are colored with transparent
dyestuff; this means you can see the actual surface grain markings;
these leathers have very little or no protective treatments applied
to them.
Nubuck: also known as chaps, distressed, bomber, and suede;
nubuck is an aniline leather that has been brushed, sanded, or
scratched to create a velvet or pile feel or look to the grain side
of leather; suede is the flesh side of the hide and is of lower
quality.
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