Cleaning Exotic Leather

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   Are there any products that will remove liquid based stains from a piece of furniture covered in Ostrich skin?  Stains are unknown but possibly white wine or champagne from dinner guests.

Thank you for any help.

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	Are there any products that will remove liquid based stains from a piece of furniture covered in Ostrich skin? Stains are unknown but possibly white wine or champagne from dinner guests. Thank you for any help.

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	Ostrich skin is generally used to make aniline style leathers. These are leathers with very little protective finsh on them which makes them extremely absorbent. Once spillages have occurred they generally cannot be 'cleaned' away as they are inside the leather and not on the surface. If a good quality protector has been used there is a chance that they will clean well but as you say the stains are already there I suspect that this is not the case. These leathers need to be treated regularly with a very high quality fluorocarbon protector such as LTT Ultra Protect. (I have tested this recently and it is definitely the most effective one on the market.) Follow this with a regular maintanance clean with Lazy Leather and you may find over time that the stains will dissipate and become less noticeable. Please do not be fooled by products that claim to remove all stains from leather - they will either do so by damaging the finish on the leather or will actually make the problem far worse to fix. These are generally sold by companies with little or no knowledge of leather and its properties. Also please do not try old wives tales and remedies such as saddle soap, hairspray, WD40 etc. which we often see recommended on the internet as these are very damaging to leather finishes and would be very costly to repair. Hope this helps