Leather Chair - Ink Pen - Shite! - Help :(

[Spennyboy]

Hey guys,

got a brand new leather chair in the living room.... got a doesy lil brother cover in pen who thinks its a good idea to fall asleep on it...

(which i must admit is usualy the best thing to do :thumbs )

however this pen that was on him has mirror imprinted on the chair.

and now have some what of a backwords star and circle symbol on me chair (dont ask)

oh yeh... beige leather chair! :coffee:

any ideas or recommendations about the best method to deal with this.

whats best to use on leather, and to remove ink - obvioulsy dont wanna use something that will get rid of pen but also burn away the leather.

geez! :nono

Cheers.

[Little John]

I mild soap with water will be fine, that is what we ok my mum uses on ours. You can also get cleaning kits that increase the life of the leather with some moisturiser or somthing.

Just use soap and water but not too much water or you will be sitting in a puddle

Also try to keep it clean, do it at least once a week to keep it looking nice ours is a cream suite and the bits that are used or walked past and people touch can get dirty and look a mess if left for a while.

[Spennyboy]

It was perfectly clean

will give it a go and report back, cheers John.

[bigdave007]

hi spencer
I am a leather technician. Do not use soap as it has detergent in it and will lift the pigment off your leather! If I was you I would go to your local DFS/SCS and buy an INK STICK. These are like a lip stick, but must be use asap. When ink gets onto leather you only have about 24 hours to get it out as it sinks deeper and deeper into your leather. As for the care kits, they are good and will make your furniture last longer.

Hope this helps.

[Shambles]

If I was you I would go to your local DFS/SCS and buy an INK STICK. These are like a lip stick, but must be use asap. When ink gets onto leather you only have about 24 hours to get it out as it sinks deeper and deeper into your leather.

Spence - you got about 15 hours left mate :tongue

[wonkyfox]

Spence...send me your address and i`ll send you an ink stick..
their not that great but if it helps you out, no probs...i have removed pen marks that are older than this but it will involve colouring the leather again..

[Little John]

hi spencer
I am a leather technician. Do not use soap as it has detergent in it and will lift the pigment off your leather! If I was you I would go to your local DFS/SCS and buy an INK STICK. These are like a lip stick, but must be use asap. When ink gets onto leather you only have about 24 hours to get it out as it sinks deeper and deeper into your leather. As for the care kits, they are good and will make your furniture last longer.

Hope this helps.

Looks like we have been doing it wrong for the past 4 years then, soap (dove and imperial leather i think) has removed loads of pen marks and blood from ours my dad has psoriasis and picks the skin off and gets blood on the arms of the chairs.

[wonkyfox]

Depends on which kind of leather you have. there are a few different finishes, aniline leather, semi-aniline leather, top coated/pigmented, and by-cast. these are about the most common.
you can use soap, but it wise to use pure soap(Lux flakes in weak water solution, but only on top coated or bycast, as it will soak into aniline and make leather dark) to cut down on the long term effect of detergents on the finish..
I have removed blood by using salivia, as spit has an enzyme that breaks down blood,mainly in fabric, butworks on leather too.
After a while the ink mark will, if on an area getting direct use,ie. seat back inside arm, start to fade out..
Buy the way i`m an upholsterer..incase you havent guessed!! lol


these people have some good products
Liquid Leather

[casio]

i used the same thing i used when i wrote on the wrong side of a dvd with a marker pen, hairspray sprayed straight on then wiped straight off, then cleaned with leather cleaner (i didnt use the leather cleaner on the dvd but the hairspray worked a treat)

cas

[wonkyfox]

Hairspray can be used but only in small doses, and only if the ink is very fresh, as the chemicals in the hairspray take off a layer of colour, the risk is, if you do it much you`ll have no colour left, just a bare patch.
I find that even the products i use, i try and keep to an isolated area, use a cottonbud, and just treat the ink itself rather than the area around it.

[bigdave007]

Looks like we have been doing it wrong for the past 4 years then, soap (dove and imperial leather i think) has removed loads of pen marks and blood from ours my dad has psoriasis and picks the skin off and gets blood on the arms of the chairs.

Hey little john,

The products you have used may well work, but as for the long term effect on the leather these products (dove and imperial leather ) will cause a film build up on the surface and eventually cause the leather to feel sticky. Detergents of any kind will damage leather and lift off the colour eventually. Above all don't use baby wipes like some of the morons say at most of the top stores.

Hi Wonkyfox,
You are right with the hair spray trick. Like you said it will take off colour.
Always thought you where in the upholstery trade, as you come across as slightly MAD! LOL. :tongue :coffee:


http://www.lttsolutions.net/

[stuz]

hi spencer
I am a leather technician.

:coffee: :coffee: You're a what?


How did it go spence? Is the leather nicely cleaned up now?

[bigdave007]

Ok Stuzor,
I am an Upholsterer who is a specialist in Leather repair work.
Or does that need an explanation!!!!


LOL.

[wonkyfox]

Hi BigDave, how long you been in the trade?

[bigdave007]

About 18 yrs OMG!

[wonkyfox]

Its been 20 years for me.....i`m based in Dagenham essex what about you?

[bigdave007]

In Hull East Yorks. Still learning, you'd of thought i'd ave been let off for good behavior by now!

[wonkyfox]

Shame your not closer to london,mate, i could have put a lotta work your way..

[bigdave007]

Cheers Wonkyfox
snowed under up here anyway!

[davem1919]

So guys what is the best to use for general cleaning of a leather suite, we got told to use baby wipes from the shop

Dave