Comfortable sofa can be one of a family favorite things at home, where you can let go of tired and lazy. One of the materials used in wrapping the leather sofa. The leather sofa is used as a wrapper there are several types, namely:
Hairy Leather, the outer Leather and the persistence of the plume is characteristic of this Leather type.
Slippery, Leather feels smooth and is the type most widely used in the manufacture of sofas.
Suede, if touched surfaces such as towels, a second layer of leather until the fifth.
Nubuk, like velvet. Requires a complicated and long process. Due to its price, the leather is rarely used to coat the sofa.
If you intend to replace the upholstery or upholstery sofa, so that you do not be fooled if the selected leather sofa is a genuine leather or imitation only, the following differences can be observed:
Because leather is a unity, then the front and rear of the same skin. While imitation leather is usually in the middle plus a thin sponge and then the back of the given layer, then the front and rear are not the same.
Thorough skin layer. If it turns out there are 3 layers, meaning imitation leather. Because as we mentioned above, require an additional layer of synthetic leather.
Raba leather used, if feels sticky mean imitation leather.
If imitation leather, if the smell, the smell will be no vinyl.
Try to pull the skin. If when pulled over – under kerenggangannya same when pulled left and right, meaning imitation leather. This is because genuine leather from animal skins, then the left-right rift is greater than the top down.
Genuine leather difficult to burn, imitation leather will shrink when baked.
As with other furniture in need of care, then you also need a leather sofa and maintenance treatments such as:
Try to avoid placing leather sofas exposed to direct sunlight and too long. Avoid also to put the leather sofa near the radiator, because it can cause dry skin to rupture.
To keep your leather sofa still looks good as before, play / change the position of the placement of the sofa cushions regularly and avoid sitting in the same place every time I sat on the couch.
Sweat can cause water stains, salt and fat on top of your couch. To clean, use a damp cloth and rub on the affected area a touch of the hand, fingers and head.
Use a cloth cover or what is often called Slipcover on your leather sofa.
If the wax stain on your sofa, you can use one tablespoon of vinegar to clean and eliminate them.
Avoid leather sofa cleaning using chemical cleaning agents, because it will make the color and surface abrasion leather sofa you have.
