When buying a new leather item, you can often feel an unbearably strong smell, which is characteristic of all genuine leather products. It can be a jacket, bag, shoes or sheepskin coat. But it is on this basis that you can distinguish a natural thing from a leatherette. There are a few simple steps you can take to get rid of the bad smell of your new garment.
It is necessary
- - ammonia,
- - soap,
- - fresh orange peel,
- - Castor oil,
- - coffee beans,
- - hydrogen peroxide,
- - potassium permanganate.
Instructions
Step 1
You can eliminate the unpleasant smell of a leather item in one simple way. To do this, treat the surface of the product with a solution of ammonia and soap. Then wipe it with castor oil, if it is absent, you can replace it with glycerin or petroleum jelly.
Step 2
Many people try to remove leather odors with acetone or gasoline. Remember, in no case should this be done, otherwise the surface of the product will degrease and quickly become unusable. Processing with fresh orange peels remarkably removes the smell of leather.
Step 3
The strong smell of new leather can be easily removed with coffee. To do this, take a handful of fresh grains and sprinkle the product, leave it in this form for a day. This folk recipe has been known since ancient times. However, many experts insist on its unsafeness, since products made of light leather can become covered with traces of coffee. Therefore, use this advice for dark skin.
Step 4
If the unpleasant smell of leather comes from shoes, hydrogen peroxide will help you. Soak cotton wool in it and wipe the inside of the shoes thoroughly. Repeat the procedure several times for best results. You can purchase special insoles - aromatic or charcoal - that eliminate unpleasant odors.
Step 5
Wipe the leather product with cotton wool dipped in a weak solution of potassium permanganate or hydrogen peroxide. The unpleasant smell will surely disappear.
Step 6
An expensive perfume should kill an unpleasant smell, fortunately, modern women of fashion do not neglect this advice and pour whole bottles of perfume on themselves.
