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Cleaning suede

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  • squeaky
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    There are more tips in another old thread I just came across. In the Cleaning section of the MEGA Index sticky there's a thread in the shoes area on pale pink suede. It might not be your colour but the tips are good :)
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  • GIRLPOWER_2
    GIRLPOWER_2 Posts: 1,382 Forumite
    The skirt was only £20 in sales... A good night and a few stella stains later dry cleaners say it's 20 quid.... their must be a way to avoid this... may as well have got more skirts and saved on the pertol.

    Any tips please??????
  • Str4berr3
    Str4berr3 Posts: 666 Forumite
    I use to work for a dry cleaners and I am afraid to say that the reason why your leather piece is so expensive is proberly because the shop dont dry clean it themselves ( They send the leather stuff off to a specialist cleaners ).

    I would'nt recomend persuading the dry cleaners to clean it in their Perklon or Hydrocarbon Machines and this is from experience, I remember the CPU team experimented this on this guys jacket, and it came out all bubbly!
    And I think sticking it in the wash will make it go hard like a cardboard.
  • GIRLPOWER_2
    GIRLPOWER_2 Posts: 1,382 Forumite
    Str4berr3 wrote:
    I would'nt recomend persuading the dry cleaners to clean it in their Perklon or Hydrocarbon Machines and this is from experience, I remember the CPU team experimented this on this guys jacket, and it came out all bubbly!
    And I think sticking it in the wash will make it go hard like a cardboard.

    Would these be the same sort of machines they have in the laundrette???

    Was hoping someone would say spray it with vinegar and it will look like new!!! :D
  • Chris25
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    Perhaps you could try sprinkling a little talcum powder, then brushing it out after a short while. Might only work if the skirt is light coloured, though.
    My aunt used this on her shoes to get rid of a greasy spot.
  • cupraturbo
    cupraturbo Posts: 120 Forumite
    My father owns a dry cleaners and the reason they are not dry cleaned is that the cleaning process removes all the natural oils in the suede/leather. The reason for the hefty charges is the care that is needed to retreat the garment to stop it ending up like cardboard.The best suggestion is a suede shoe cleaning kit, but this will only remove light surface stains. Other than that its only the proffessional cleaners.

    Are there any care instructions?
  • rizla01
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    Or you could dye it a darker colour than the stain!

    Carbontetrachloride used to get stains out but its now banned as it was found to be carconogenic. Great shame cos it smelt lovely.

    When I was a mechanic we used to use, believe this or not, a fire extinguisher to remove grease stains. It froze yer leg if you still had the overalls on but it cetrainly worked. Used it on my suede boots several times.
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  • Jays
    Jays Posts: 410 Forumite
    Ummm...

    I don't know if you will believe me about this, but here goes:

    I honestly put 'removing stains suede' into MSN search and got this: :A

    http://www.modernleather.com/care_of_suede.cfm

    Seems helpful and innocent enough, until you click on Hallowean 2005 and realise what type of site 'modernleather' is really about. :shhh:

    Then you notice 'bondage'... :eek:

    You never know it may appeal to some moneysavingexperts... ;)
  • Sofa_Sogood
    Sofa_Sogood Posts: 5,258 Forumite
    Does it work if you steam? :confused:

    I seem to remember using a suede brush over a steaming kettle (but had to be very careful though ... steam hurts!)

    But that was just for minor stains.

    Not sure this is any help at all, but worth a try?

    P.S. Don't forget the 'steam hurts' bit of this post will you ....?
  • Str4berr3
    Str4berr3 Posts: 666 Forumite
    GIRLPOWER wrote:
    Would these be the same sort of machines they have in the laundrette???

    Was hoping someone would say spray it with vinegar and it will look like new!!! :D


    No, These chemicals as for dry cleaning machines. ( Perklon for normal dry cleaning, and Hydrocarbon for delicate clothing such as, certain wedding dresses, silks, clothes with sequins etc.)

    I think I would agree on using thoses leather shoe cleaning stuff, if you are abit weiry to do this and with the vinegar, try dabbing some of the stuff inside the hemming bit of your skirt?
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