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If your pet has urinated on
your leather furniture or any other leather
article you should review this
page carefully before attempting the cleaning yourself or
turning the job over to a professional cleaner.
Carefully review your leather maintenance
history. Read the labels of the leather products
that you have used. If your ingredient list
includes oils, waxes or sealants then you have
used a
leather conditioner or a waterproofing agent.
Leather conditioners always contain some type of
oil and sometimes contain waxes to polish the
leather. Leather waterproofing products always
contain some type of oil, waxes and sealants.
Both the leather conditioners and the
waterproofing products will clog up the pores of
the leather. The waterproofing products go even
father using sealants and even polyurethanes to
completely seal the pores.
If you have only used the leather conditioner a
couple of times you still have a good chance of
cleaning pet urine from the leather. If you have
used the leather conditioner numerous times or
you have intentionally used a waterproofing
product then your chances to successfully clean
the leather from pet urine are seriously
diminished.
There is a substantial amount of leather
furniture that is manufactured using bicast
leather. Bicast leathers are actually a split
leather that had a polyurethane coating applied
to the surface. The polyurethane coating acts as
a waterproofing barrier so this type of leather
furniture may not be appropriate if your own
pets. Urine clean up may be exceptionally
difficult to impossible.
Using the wrong leather maintenance product has
consequences. If you own cats or dogs the best
approach is to avoid the use of leather
conditioners and waterproofing products on that
expensive leather. Get into the habit of reading those product
labels. Leather conditioners and waterproofing
products are not intended to clean.
You will need the following cleaning supplies. A
plastic bucket, gloves, clean absorbent cotton
towels, black light, liquid leather cleaner. If
you do not own a black light you can purchase
one at your local hardware store.
Shop for a water based leather cleaner that does
not contain any oils, waxes or sealants. That
way when your pets have an accident it will be
relatively easy to clean the leather item using
a liquid leather cleaner that is designed for
urine removal.
Locate the urine accidents using your black
light. If the urine is still wet press a
clean absorbent cotton towel on the urine and
hold it there until it is saturated with urine.
Place the soiled cotton towel in the bucket.
Repeat this process until there is no more urine
to absorb.
Carefully prepare the leather
cleaner according to the manufacturers
instructions. Spray the leather cleaner
thoroughly on the soiled areas. Make sure you
purchase enough leather cleaner to complete the
job.
Wait for the leather cleaner to dry. Double
check with your black light and reapply the
leather cleaner to any areas that need special
attention. Don't make your situation worse review the dry
cleaners page before beginning your urine
removal project.
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