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Clean a leather sofa with baby wipes

Submitted by Heather

Use baby wipes to clean your leather suite - the ones with lanolin work especially well. They clean brilliantly but are gentle and moisturising.

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i discovered this aswell! Comments By: anon on 2006-08-05

i have always used this method usually on a daily basis as i have a scruffy 6 yr old and a staffy that thinks she can sleep on the sofas when im not looking.also many of my friends use baby wipes but i find the johnsons skin care wipes the best or any other shop brand with baby lotion in.

PLEASE DO NOT DO THIS Comments By: Leather Agony Aunt - Consultant to the industry on 2007-10-20

Baby wipes are just about the worst thing you can use to clean leather. They are an alkiline product designed to neutralise the acid in urine and will destroy the finish on your leather (even if you can't see it happening).

We send technicians out all the time to rectify this problem.

Use water based cleaners and protectors and do not use anything containing oils, waxes or silicones

hmmm! Comments By: sam on 2009-04-28

this all depends on what type of sofa you have x

cleaning my leather sofa. Comments By: Denny on 2010-11-25

please can you help me ,i have recently bought a leather corner sofa and i find it hard to clean every day marks. i'v used the protective wipes on it,but i am worried as this removes some of the dye.The reason we bought leather was so we could wipe it down on a regular bases to keep it clean.