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Inexpensive and Effective Homemade Leather Cleaner Recipe

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Inexpensive and Effective Homemade Leather Cleaner Recipe

If you have leather furniture you probably already know how difficult it can be to keep it clean and shining. While there are many leather cleaners and wipes on the market to help you, these can get pretty expensive, particularly if you have a lot of leather to clean.

There is a great homemade recipe for leather cleaner that not only cleans but also conditions your leather to keep it healthier. This is a great recipe for those of you who use wood heat or have forced heat air in your homes and it works really well on leather car seats and even those great leather jackets that you have hanging in the closet.

The recipe is simple. You just need:

  • ¼ cup of olive oil
  • ½ cup of regular vinegar
  • A spray bottle

Just mix the two ingredients together in your spray bottle and shake it well. Now you just have to spray the leather down and wipe it clean with a cotton cloth. Note that you can add a few drops of eucalyptus oil or your favorite essential oil if you want to give it a better smell than vinegar although the vinegar smell really doesn’t last long.

Please note that this recipe is perfectly safe for regular leather but is it not designed to be used on suede.

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  1. eorks very well. Added eucalyptus oil and made the house smell awesome. I also used this on my wood floors and it worked well for that too!
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  3. I'm so happy I landed on your website! I like making my own cleaning products! But there is something I like more... I like my homemade products to be effective as well as commercial products are!!! And thanks to you I brought a life to my old leather coach! Thank you so much for sharing! Keep the great work!
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  5. I really appreciate knowinjackets of You have saved my Leather jackets of which I have spent a colossal amount with the dry clear outlets. GOD BLESS YOU.
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  6. I really appreciate knowing You for you have saved my Leather jackets of which I have spent a colossal amount with the dry clear outlets. GOD BLESS YOU.
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  7. A word of caution; The self-proclaimed leather-restoration experts over at Fibrenew argue that you're headed for disaster if you do. Sir Fibrenew, the Fibrenew mascot, explains: Although leather does indeed become a little suppler after applying olive oil, this instant gratification comes with a price. Olive oil, and every oily substance for that matter, will not "nourish" your leather, but actually accelerate its deterioration. Leather is extremely permeable, and will soak up any oils you put on it. When oil first saturates leather, it seeps to the back-to the part you can't see. Eventually, the oil ends up spreading throughout the leather and naturally resurfaces. Once this happens, your leather will have unsightly oil spots.
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  12. My new blue jeans bled onto my beige leather car seats. This worked a charm on the seats. It removed the blue better than I expected. I hope it's not true about eventually ruining and staining the leather.
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  13. i use petroleum jelly to condition my leather but i've got a purse made of crocodile skin which has become very dirty it's ingrained. Does anyone know what i can use to clean ingrained dirt? thank you, Sue
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