How Do You Remove Odors From A Leather Sofa?
Perhaps your new leather sofa has a strong chemical scent; or an old sofa smells of wet dogs, perfume or years of tobacco. Regardless, your sofa is hardly ruined, but it requires a thorough cleaning. If it is an old sofa, and particularly if the smell is from smoke, you will need to clean every surface of the sofa, including the cloth underside and wooden legs. You may clean your sofa with readily-available items from the grocery store. Work up a sudsy solution of baby shampoo in a bowl. Rub down all leather surfaces with the shampoo solution. Do not soak the leather—rather, rub it gently to loosen the deposits or chemicals. Rinse and change the cloths frequently, to remove the deposits rather than work them in. You should notice that your cloths become grubby as cleaning progresses. Use several damp, clean cloths to remove the baby shampoo. Allow the sofa to air dry for perhaps two days. If the leather appears or feels dull, apply a cream-based leather conditioner (available from an
