Cleaning of leather

The manufacture and use of leather garments such as coats jackets skirts or suede has steadily increased over the past decades. As the materials go through a lot of wear and tear in use they require cleaning of freshening up just like textiles. considering that leather garment are manufactured in the most different types of leather which have been treated with a great variety of tanning agents dyes fat liquoring or finishing agents the cleaning of leather is much most difficult and labor-intensive then the cleaning of textiles moreover the garments include materials which are not fast of cleaning. Such as button of synthetic resin non-woven fabrics and adhesives which are sensitive to solvents. In addition, there are many different types of possible soiling and wear marks such as staining by difficult items of daily use, stains caused by rain drops, discoloration and greasiness of suede or nubuk fibers, perspiration marks, stripping of finishes or change of handle. As this requires broad specialist knowledge, special dry cleaning factories for leathers have developed.