Reclining Seats

HELP! Greasy spot on leather!?

I have a high grade leather recliner from Lazy Boy, and it has a very bad spot where you rest your head. I've tried all kinds of leather cleaners. Is there ANYTHING that will remove this spot without damaging the leather? All suggestions are appreciated.

Public Comments

1. There is not any that wont damage leather somewhat. Put some thing over spot is your best bet.
2. Nothing I can think of will help. Try a degreaser with a wet rag. First use it on something else that isn't expensive. I'd say try Mean green super strength. If all else fails see about dying the whole chair after you clean the grease spot. Sucks for you!!! P.S. remember the scene from the movie 'Coming to America'.
3. Try making up a warm suds using Dawn dish soap. (you can buy the Dawn that just dispenses "foam" & that would work well too) Rinse w/ a damp cloth & wipe dry. It's a great degreaser & household cleaner. I have also used Windex & a soft, clean, cloth to remove stains as well. Good luck! BTW: I have used both products as a clothing spot removal as well. They work great!!!
4. Never use water to clean leather as it will stiffen the leather. What has happened is that the oil and sweat has absorbed into the pores of the leather. You need SADDLE SOAP or LEATHER DEW to clean the stain. These products will help rinse out the pores of the leather and displace the grease, oil and salt from the leather pores. After that you can condition the leather using a proper leather conditioner. If the saddle soap and leather dew do not work, you have a very, very bad grease/oil/sweat/salt stain. If this is the case, you will firstly need 1) dry-cleaning fluid 2) talcum powder 3) cotton buds/balls: Dampen the cotton bud/ball with the dry-cleaning fluid and damp/dab the stain with it. Then cover the drycleaning fluid with talcum powder and allow to dry. Wrap a cloth over the head of the vacuum, and vacuum up the talcum powder (you don't want to scratch the leather with the vacuum head). Then use saddle soap or leather dew to clean and condition the area. Saddle soap or leather dew is readily available (just use the internet to search for horse saddlery/equestrian shops or even car accessory shops have it for cleaning leather seats). Given the difficulty of obtaining and handling dry-cleaning fluid, if you need to use that, I'd consider ringing up a leather repairer from the telephone book (actually, they use dry-cleaning fluid as above, but have that expert touch). At the very least, please test out a small inconspicuos area of leather with the dry-cleaning fluid before applying to the big stain. Hope this helps!
5. Firstly leather does need water and good water based products should always be used to clean and protect. The grease mark you can see on your leather is from head oils. The grease has penetrated the leather and the area will be much bigger on the back than what you can seeon the front. A degreaser will always remove colour as well as the grease so this is best left to a professional. If you had useda good protector from the start and regularly cleaned your leather with firstly a damp cloth and then a regular foam clean the build up of grease may have been prevented. It will be best to look for a leather repair specialist to sort out this problem before it gets any worse.