Cooking Oil Stain on Leather Couch

RE: Cooking Oil Stain on Leather Couch Post By Leather Dude (Guest Post) (08/12/2006) You may find that if your leather type is aniline stretching the leather a bit and then just time may make this stain go away. Be carefull not to inject to many products or even just moisture to the area.. It is very typical for these type of stains to get larger from to many cleaning attempts.. You can check out leather types here http://mobileleatherservice.com/LeatherTypes.html RE: Cooking Oil Stain on Leather Couch Post By patty (Guest Post) (02/28/2006) Thanks for the suggestions. When moving to our new house the deep fryer spilled on the leather seat. I have already tried dish soap and windex. The couch just keeps getting sticky and has a horriable smell. I think I will try the brown paper and the iron. Thanks again RE: Cooking Oil Stain on Leather Couch Post by overdew (1) | (05/20/2005) Contact I would try rubbing in some cornstarch or talcum powder on the spots and see if it will absorb. Then you could try a dishwashing soap if that doesn't work. This is recommended for grease on some fabrics. Good luck RE: Cooking Oil Stain on Leather Couch Post by ThriftyFun (4042) | (05/20/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact I wouldn't recommend using an iron on a leather couch because it might ruin the leather. You could try a little grease fighting dish soap on a damp sponge and apply it just to the spot. But it would be better to see what the manufacturer recommends. If the original oil spot is olive oil, it probably wouldn't hurt the leather to use it on the rest of the top of the ottoman but might make it sticky. I'd decide depending on how the spot took the olive oil, if it isn't sticky, then putting more on would probably be okay. Leather likes animal oils best. Susan from ThriftyFun RE: Cooking Oil Stain on Leather Couch Post By carol (Guest Post) (05/20/2005) i would ask in a furniture store and otherwise cover with brown paper or similar and Iron with a hot iron to absorb the grease