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How to Remove New-Leather Smell
02 December 2018

How to Remove New-Leather Smell

Genuine leather is a rather expensive and useful material, which is known for its durability, luxurious appearance, ability to breathe, ease of use. However, it also has one major drawback, such as ability to absorb bad odors, including tobacco or sweat. Also, a special aroma may have some new natural products, which appear after tanning procedures. Let’s learn how to get rid of bad odor of leather products at home.

General Tips to Remove New-Leather Smell


There are several ways to remove a specific aroma of leather products. Among them are:

  1. Ventilating. Bad new-leather smell will be eliminated after keeping a leather item on a balcony for about two weeks. This method is suitable for footwear, jackets, bags and other products.
  2. Old newspapers. Such a method will be an excellent solution for item with inner space, such as footwear, bags, etc. It is necessary to fill a leather product in with old newspapers, wrap with them, and then put in a box filled with them for about 2 days. Smell of leather products should remain on newspapers.
  3. Coffee or baking soda. This method is suitable for any dark leather items. It is enough to put on a thing coffee or baking soda, shake such substances off some minutes later and ventilate these items. But don’t use coffee to remove new-leather smell if you have light colored things, because it can dye the material.
  4. Ammonia spirit or vinegar. If previous methods didn’t help, you can try to use this one. Mix a glass of water with two tablespoons of vinegar or with a tablespoon of soft soap and ammonia spirit. Before processing this moisture, test it on invisible area of a leather thing.

How to Remove Smell of Leather Furniture


New genuine leather furniture may emit unpleasant smell at first, that’s why it is quite uncomfortable to be indoors. Here are some ways to solve the problem:

  • Room where new leather furniture is located should be ventilated as often as possible.
  • Take away from room things that absorb the smell, such as carpets and curtains, for some time.
  • Put on the surface of the sofa or armchair baking soda, then shake off the substance and clean with a vacuum cleaner.
  • Put on a product which has an unpleasant smell of new leather some mint or lavender (fruit teabags also can be used). You can also expand on furniture newspapers and pour natural ground coffee on top, that will let an opportunity to get rid of leather aroma of the sofa or armchair.

Experts recommend using all methods mentioned above in combination with each other. Such a decision will let quickly get the desired result.

How to Get Rid of Unpleasant Smell of Leather Jackets


Specific smell is common for new leather jackets, which passes after a certain time of their use. But you can deal with such aroma quicker with the help of following methods:

  1. Wipe the entire surface of the jacket with the inner part of a citrus zest. Treat the surface of the product with soapy water with a little amount of ammonia spirit.
  2. Hang the jacket over a bath with hot water which was pre-mixed with a glass of acetic essence. Some hours later, the product should be dried in the fresh air, avoiding direct sunlight.
  3. At the end of each procedure, leather jacket can be treated with glycerin, which will make leather softer and give it an attractive appearance.

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How to Get Rid of Unpleasant Smell of Leather Shoes


It is quite difficult to eliminate unpleasant smell of new leather shoes. An excellent way out in this situation will be weathering or wrapping shoes with old newspapers. If used leather shoes have bad odor, only special shoe deodorants will help to deal with a problem. Such goods eliminate smell of sweat and bacteria, providing shoes and boots with pleasant aroma.

How to Get Rid of Unpleasant Smell of Leather Bags & Other Accessories


Leather bags usually have specific flavor when they are new. To eliminate unpleasant smell, it is enough to treat the external surface of the accessory with a liquid solution of ammonia spirit. Dark products can also be treated with a weak solution of potassium permanganate, while this method is not suitable for light things. You can use all suitable for shoes and jackets methods to eliminate the smell of leather bags and wallets.

As for the watch straps and leather bangles, unpleasant smell comes from them throughout the entire period of use. Surface of such products comes into contact with the skin of hand, which sweats under them and, as a result, bacteria are formed. You can solve such a problem by spraying an antiperspirant, that prevents bacteria, on the surface of leather product.

That’s all! Now you know about all possible ways to eliminate unpleasant smell from leather products. See also all available for ordering genuine leather care products on this page.

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