Can URAD make my leather crack ?No, but if you use too much or too often, just like for any wax, there will be accumulation. Also, because carnauba wax is the most resistant wax, you shouldn't need to use it more than once every two weeks on shoes and once or twice a year on leather furniture. And even then, in very small quantity!
Use very little Urad.."How much is «very little»" ?The key instruction with URAD is: USE VERY LITTLE! You are not trying to hide your leather, you want to moisturize it! So use URAD just like a skin cream, not like make-up! It's not a case of «The more I use, the better the result is...» A good thumb rule is that you should not see the product on your leather. You should only see nice clean and shiny leather! Also, make sure not to fill stitches.
So how much??? Well, dip ½ inch of one corner of the sponge (provided) and wipe it off the side of the jar. Use only the small amount of product left in the sponge. Spread it well by rubbing it in, make sure you do not see streaks of wet product on the leather; keep spreading wider until they are gone.
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Do you have a product to remove ink stains ?This is not a simple question because a lot of factors are involved; type of ink, type of leather, type of leather dye, delay of intervention, intervention with other products...
Since it's one of the most common question, we will give you a few pointers here (exerts from letters) :
URAD most of the time does remove ink stains on "Corrected and Pigmented Grain" or "Full Grained Pigmented" .
The trick is to use as little as possible. Just dip 1/8 of an inch of one corner of the sponge
into the jar, and wipe it off the side of the jar. Now rub vigorously quickly on the ink spot....
The sponge is just a bit more abrasive that way than if you would use too much and still,
there's just enough product to help dissolve the ink...
"Full Grain Aniline" has no protection at all, the ink just goes right in. For that kind of leather, I believe you will need to rub hard, almost scrub it off with one drop of URAD on one tip of the sponge. It's the scrubbing that will do most of the work so YES, there is always a small risk the color will not come back completely.
If that does not work, I'm sorry but at this time we do not carry stronger cleaners. We do have a leather
shampoo called AQUILA but it would not do better than URAD in this case.
It was made more to remove body grease, not ink.
Here is another one, (she had cleaned it with another product first):
This is the kind of message I really hate to write, but unfortunately, I don't see any other solution than a re-dye.
If it is in a not too visible area, you could try URAD with color, which is not a dye but could cover the stain a bit.
If you apply Urad with color, use 1 to 2 Tbls of Urad (let's say BLACK) mixed in 5oz of TENDERLY, then apply.
If you had not tried other products first, I would have told you that URAD neutral had a 60 % chance of removing the
stain if it was fairly recent. But most commercial leather cleaner tend to make the ink penetrate more in the leather and
URAD is just not strong enough to remove it then.
If you do not have the above products at hand, you can try a "Q-tip" with some "Isopropyl Alcohol". (Local pharmacy)
Apply with the Q-tip only to the ink spot, at first, do not let sit to long. Wipe.
If it comes off, repeat. If it does not come off, let stand a bit longer.
If that does not do it. Use nail polish remover in the same fashion.
P.S. The nail polish remover...can be a delicate operation since it can also take out the leather's dye. Use with caution.
P.S. Prevention tips: spray Sahara stainproofing when new. Then have a jar of URAD handy, just in case someone has the urge to draw a smiley face on your new $5000 sofa!
I think that prevention is worth the money!
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