Faint smell of smoke on second hand leather sofa so

Kim_kim

I bought 2 beautiful leather sofas (really expensive ones). I assumed the lady was a non smoker & you couldn't smell smoke in the house.
However I get the faint whiff of nicotine from the sofas now.

What's the best way to clean them to remove the smell of tobacco?

I don't mind how much it costs, I got them at a bargain price, but I want it to work.

I was thinking some form of soap & water first, to get the smoke out. Followed by a second clean with a proper leather cleaner to feed & polish it?

krlyr

I used bicarbonate of soda to get rid of smoke smell on some bike leathers. I chucked them in a carrier bag with loads of bicarb - in your case, I'd scatter with bicarb and hoover up later.

Sunlight is also meant to help - if you can get the sofa out in the garden for a few hours.

We have a leather cleaner from Poundworld that has a lovely coconuty scent to it.

smeeth

a piece of bread gets the smell out of car seats..not sure about sofas

GreyQueen

I had the same thing with a secondhand leather sofa. The smell will fade naturally and be gone completely in 2-3 weeks. Best thing to do, IMO, is have the nearby windows open as much as possible and let it fade of its own accord. HTH.

Callie22

Urad leather cleaner works really well on grubby leather.

teddysmum

Be very careful using water on leather, as it can ruin some grades.


We use Gliptone products, which have quite a strong scent (of leather). There is lots of advice on their website and they welcome customer queries.

Bollotom

Saddle soap is good. You can also use it with oil so a good sheen and perhaps a drop of lemon extract. Might mean an initial elbow-grease workout but you have to be careful cleaning leather, as already said. :cool:

judyb

You really need to determine the type of leather before you start as some of the suggestions here could really do some damage to certain finishes.
Saddle soap should never be used on modern leather furniture as it s designed for saddles and far too harsh. Oils and waxes should be avoided.
Smoke odours can be difficult to remove and cleaning needs to be done on as many areas as possible as often the odour has penetrated the innards.
You need to use an odour eliminator that has been well tested on leather so as not to do any damage. Em Clean or Odour Stop have been tried and tested by leather specialists.
Hope this helps
Judyb

Kim_kim

The sofas are from Heals - if that's any help with the type of leather.

GwylimT

We don't need to know the manufacturer we need to know the type of leather, is it analine, semi-analine, corrected grain or waxed leather.

Kim_kim

GwylimT wrote: »

We don't need to know the manufacturer we need to know the type of leather, is it analine, semi-analine, corrected grain or waxed leather.

I haven't a clue, I thought by saying the make, someone might have an idea from that. Obviously they are not like argos leather sofas.