VIDEO: What to do if leather stinks?

For these reasons, a natural product stinks

• New leather, in particular, stinks initially due to the chemical agents used in its production. It can also be due to the inferior quality of the raw material (tanning agent).
• If you clothing made of leather, it comes into contact with body odors (sweat). Even Smells from the outside can cause your leather to stink. Cigarette smoke or perfume are factors that you can easily get rid of.
• Leather clothing also becomes soiled over time, which can lead to bad smells.
• With natural odor sources, you can easily rid your leather goods of the stench. Clean your clothes according to the instructions with a special detergent or benzine (depending on the type of leather) or take clothes that smell to a special cleaning service.
• If you have bought inferior leather or fake leather, often only a complaint about the goods will help. Because in these cases nothing helps against the bad smell.


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This is how you can remove bad smells from leather

• A simple remedy when leather stinks is to air it out. Let your leather product air out in the fresh air for a few days (protected from excessive sunlight and moisture) and the bad smell will improve.
• Leave your smelly leather product completely covered in fresh cat litter for about two days. Then remove the litter with a dry cloth.
• To remove production odors, it is advisable to hang the leather product over hot steam for a few minutes. After that, you should keep it outside to air out overnight.
• In some cases it helps to carefully treat the leather with odor-neutralizing sprays. However, you have to work very evenly here, otherwise it will too stains can come in leather.
• If your leather stinks, you can wash smaller products (clothing, accessories) with a special detergent concentrate for leather (you can find out more about corresponding products at a specialist retailer). For shoes there are special shoe cleaning products.

After cleaning leather you should treat the products with moisturizing care products in order to protect it long-term and preventively.