| Part 2 - Ink Stains on Leather | | | | Mate) will also help return any moisture to the leather |
| As covered in part 1 of this article, one of the biggest | | | | lost in the cleaning process. This method has been |
| nightmares on expensive leather furniture, shoes or | | | | used to successfully remove green ink from a leather |
| jackets is ink stains. In fact it is one of the most | | | | sofa. |
| common leather care questions on the internet. | | | | HAIR SPRAY |
| Before attempting any of the below suggestions, it is | | | | Don't use hairspray to remove ink stains if you can |
| strongly recommended that you try the milder and less | | | | avoid it. It will sometimes work but you run the risk of |
| aggressive remedies offered in Part 1 of this article. | | | | damaging your leather with the other chemicals the |
| Disclaimer: As we are unable to supervise your | | | | hairspray contains. The ingredient that is doing the |
| application of these tips, no responsibility is taken for | | | | work in hairspray is the alcohol. So it is safer to use |
| their use. | | | | plain alcohol as covered in Part 1 of this article in an |
| NAIL POLISH REMOVER | | | | earlier tip. This method has however been used |
| If you have acetone-free nail polish remover you may | | | | successfully to remove ball point pen ink from a white |
| want to try this method. Rub a small amount over the | | | | leather chair, so it is included here for your information. |
| stain with a soft cloth. You should see the stain | | | | USE A LEATHER CONDITIONER WHEN YOU ARE |
| disappear almost instantly. Test on the back of the | | | | DONE |
| leather chair or inside of the leather jacket first. Once | | | | Any leather cleaning done should generally be followed |
| the stain is gotten clean any traces of the nail polish | | | | by the quick application of a quality leather conditioning |
| remover with a leather cleaner. A combined leather | | | | cream. See the below link for suggested products that |
| cleaner and conditioner (such as Urad or Leather | | | | fit this category. |