How to get rid of the unpleasant smell of leather products in the home?

Leather products, for example, samples of leather furniture, are hygienic and practical, they look good, serve for a long time, maintaining a pleasant appearance, demonstrate the thoroughness and viability of their owner, who can afford leather things. Genuine leather is a rather expensive and attractive material with high wear resistance, flexibility and breathability. But she has one drawback, because of which many people do not like to use leather products - she absorbs all kinds of smells, which are not always pleasant: sweat, tobacco smoke.

Unpleasant amber comes from new things from the skin. Some people think that the skin itself smells like that, but it’s not. The disgusting “fragrance” she owes to the tannins that were used to make it. Truly, things don’t smell like them, because manufacturers treat them with chrome, but buyers have to get rid of the smell coming from a leather jacket, shoes, handbags or even a sofa on their own. Fortunately, there are ways to do this on our own.

How to eliminate the "aroma" of the skin?

There are several prescriptions for eliminating skin odor; here are a few basic ones.

1. Old newspapers. This method is well suited for small items having an internal space: shoes, handbags, purses. It will take a lot of old newspapers that need to stuff a leather item. They should be wrapped by them. After the item is placed in a box filled with crumpled newspapers for at least 48 hours. The smell should "move" to the newspapers.
2. Weathering. As already mentioned, the skin itself does not have an unpleasant amber, so if you hold the leather thing in the fresh air for two weeks, for example, on the balcony, the smell will disappear. This method is suitable for shoes, bags, jackets and other wardrobe items, but not for furniture.
3. Soda or coffee. These products are good absorbents. They can sprinkle a leather thing, and after a while shake and ventilate a little. The unpleasant odor should disappear. This method is suitable even for large items, such as a sofa.
   

   Tip

   Do not use coffee for furniture, shoes or light-skinned clothing — it may stain them.

4. Vinegar or ammonia. All of the above means of getting rid of the "flavor" of the skin can be called sparing. If he did not help, chemistry would have to be used. In a glass of water add a tablespoon of colorless liquid soap and ammonia or two tablespoons of vinegar. This product is treated with this solution. A milder option is to wipe the skin of orange and lemon.

Tip

Before treating the product with acid, check its effect on an inconspicuous area.

If home remedies do not help, you will have to resort to the help of store household chemicals - cleaning products and leather conditioners.

How to eliminate the smell of leather from interior items?

New armchairs and sofas made of leather fill the entire room with an unpleasant odor, which is why it is uncomfortable to be in it for the first time. If the "fragrance" comes from new furniture, then you can deal with it in the following ways.

1. Ventilation. In the first two days after buying furniture, the windows should not be closed at all. In the next two weeks, you need to ventilate the room as often as possible.
2. Remove from the room designed to install new furniture for a while all objects that absorb odors, such as carpets, curtains.Otherwise, you will have to fight with the amber that comes not only from the new sofa, but also from these items.
3. Sprinkle the surface of the sofa with ordinary baking soda, shake it off after a day, vacuum if necessary. If you see that soda is coping with its task, but it has not yet been completely resolved, repeat the procedure.
4. Lay on the sofa and underneath bags of flavored tea, fabric (or gauze) bags with fragrant herbs: lavender, mint, thyme. Sprinkle natural ground coffee on the newspaper under the sofa.

All of these measures are best applied in combination, then a positive result can be obtained much faster.

However, not only new furniture can smell unpleasant. From office furniture, if you smoke in the room, or from a sofa in a residential building where a heavy smoker lives, the smell can come from a crowded ashtray. Small children and pets, as well as spilled beer, will help make it even more vigorous. Practice shows that to eliminate odors in this case, normal cleaning and ventilation is not enough. More effective means are required.

1. Spots are treated with soapy water with ammonia (20 ml of ammonia, 20 ml of liquid soap and 200 ml of water) or soda (50 g of soda, 20 ml of soap in 200 ml of water). At the same time, you should not rub heavily so as not to damage the leather upholstery of the sofa. A mixture of ammonia and hydrogen peroxide is even more effective (add a tablespoon of ammonia and 3% hydrogen peroxide to a glass of water, a little soap). However, this mixture must be handled with extreme care so that no brighter spots remain. The safest way is to cover the upholstery with plenty of olive oil.
2. Then clean the surface of the sofa with a special leather furniture cleaner.
   

   Tip

   The most effective professional tools designed to clean the inside of a car.

3. Treat the furniture with leather conditioner, with or without smell.

Then you can apply the same measures as for eliminating unpleasant odors from new home decoration.

How to get rid of bad shoes?

The unpleasant smell of genuine leather shoes is a common problem. If he comes from a pair of shoes just bought, getting rid of him will not be difficult. For new shoes, the weathering method is suitable. A good result is the use of newspapers, which is enough for a while to wrap the shoes.

If you walk in leather shoes all day, the smell of the skin will mix with the smell of sweat. Such a bouquet can be eliminated only by the use of special deodorants for shoes, which kill bacteria and thereby eliminate the smell of sweat. In addition, these products can give the shoe a pleasant aroma.

What to do with a jacket?

Jacket is one of the most popular leather goods. New jackets usually have an unpleasant smell - in the process of wearing, it gradually disappears. However, I want to get rid of the unpleasant smell as soon as possible. In this case, you can use one of the following methods.

1. Peel fresh citrus fruits and wipe the surface of the jacket with the inside of their skins. The more carefully you do this, the less odor will remain.
2. Fill the bathtub with hot water, dissolve a glass of vinegar essence in it and hang a jacket over the water. Dry in a fresh air after a couple of hours.
3. It is undesirable to treat the surface of the jacket with a soda solution, as small light stains may remain in the accessories area. Sweeping dry soda from lightning will also be difficult. However, the absorbing properties of soda can also be used for a jacket: soda should be poured to the bottom of the bag, pack the jacket in it for a day.
4. Processing the jacket with a soap solution with ammonia also gives a good result (in this case, it is enough to take only 5 ml of ammonia per glass of water).

The procedure is completed by treating the jacket with glycerin - this will fix the result and make the skin softer and more attractive.

If leather accessories smell bad

Among popular accessories, such as bags, belts, bracelets, a lot of leather goods. They also have an unpleasant odor.

Bags often smell bad when they are new. To eliminate unwanted aroma, you can treat the outer surface of a new bag with a soap solution of ammonia or a weak solution of potassium permanganate (the latter method is not recommended for light products). Also suitable for the bag are all ways to eliminate the smell coming from shoes and jackets. Also in the pocket of a bag you can put a flavored sachet or cotton swab dipped in essential oil (it should be borne in mind that the esters can leave yellowish marks). Flavored sachets will successfully replace a bag of fragrant tea, for example, with rooibos.

It will be more difficult to get rid of the “fragrance” of a leather watchband because it exudes it at any age. The thing is that the surface of the watch strap is in contact with the skin of the hand, which is sweating under it. As a result, the bracelet is saturated with the smell of sweat. For this reason, processing the watch strap with ammonia or other compounds does not give the desired effect. However, the effect will be if, after treatment with ammonia, the bracelet is sprayed with the usual antiperspirant, not masking the smell, but preventing the growth of bacteria.

So, you can get rid of the unpleasant smell of leather products at home. Most often, this does not even require expensive funds.