How to clean suede?

Suede clothing and shoes fit perfectly and are breathable. But, unfortunately, suede things tend to get dirty quickly. How to clean such a delicate material, we will consider in this article.

Suede is leather obtained from the fat tanning of animal skins. In the trade, suede is considered the skin of a sheep or cow, obtained by soaking raw hides with fats. Silk fabrics, on which there is a pile on the front side, also belong to suede.

Suede has the following features:

• softness;
• subtlety;
• ductility;
• velvety.

Natural suede is made from animal skin and goes through a special process of dressing with specialized substances. Faux suede is made from synthetic materials and is not durable.

Suede items can be light, dark or colored. Each color has its own cleaning method.

There are many products that remove stains from light suede fabric and return it to its marketable appearance, and methods of their application:

• Before cleaning light suede, prepare the surface by gently rubbing it with an eraser or salt. In this case, salt should be poured onto the soiled area and rubbed with a sponge to separate the crumpled pile.
• To remove minor stains, you can take a crumb of wheat bread and roll it over the area to be treated. You can sprinkle the stain with starch, wait a while (30 minutes), and clean off the residue with a brush.
• To remove dirt and dust, you will need: 250 ml of milk, 25 g of soda, a cotton pad, a dry cloth. How to use: mix milk with soda. Moisten the disk with the resulting liquid, then wipe the contaminated surface with it. Wipe the cleaned material dry with a napkin.

• To instantly wash the stain from the surface, you will need: warm water (250 ml), ammonia (5 ml), hydrogen peroxide, a clean rag, a dry cloth. How to use: mix water with ammonia and add a few drops of hydrogen peroxide. Saturate a rag with this agent, clean the soiled surface with it. Wipe the treated area with a dry cloth and place in fresh air.
• To get rid of greasy stains, apply: dentifrice powder or talcum powder, rubber brush, warm water, vinegar solution, dry rag. How to use: Pour powder or talc into water to obtain a consistency like sour cream. With a brush with the applied mixture, carefully treat the surface. After that, wipe with a cloth with a solution of vinegar and, after drying, walk over the material with a stiff brush.
• Toothpaste will help to give a uniform color. A small amount of paste is applied to the suede surface, allowed to dry completely, after which the remnants of the product are removed with a brush.

There are several processing rules, the observance of which will return an attractive appearance to colored suede and save it from stains:

• A wet suede thing should first of all be dried with crumpled newspaper sheets.
• Pollution can be wiped off with a shop brush, or you can use a crust of black bread.
• The salt left from the winter period is removed with a soapy sponge. The resulting foam is removed with a clean cloth.
• When streaks and shiny spots appear, they resort to using a solution prepared from ammonia and water in a ratio of 1 to 3. The resulting product, applied to a soft rag, wipes the product, at the end it is removed with cold water.

• Chalk or talc will help to cope with a greasy stain. It is necessary to cover the contaminated area with one of these substances and leave for 60 minutes, then clean the product with a brush. To make a more effective cleaning, you can pour a few drops of ammonia into talc or chalk. Put the resulting slurry on the treated areas, wait for it to dry, and clean it off at the end.
• Suede items need to be washed occasionally. A warm soapy solution should be prepared, then the product should be treated with a brush. Rinse quickly with running water and dry by gently straightening.

To tidy up black or brown suede will help: coffee, brown bread crust, sandpaper or sulfur from matchboxes.

To completely get rid of dirt from suede items and give them freshness, apply a little coffee grounds with a sponge to a previously brushed product.Allow to dry, remove the remaining mixture with a brush.

A well-established way to remove dirt from dark suede is to scrub the stained area with breadcrust or zero-size sandpaper, combined with matchbox grey.

Before washing suede items, the information on the label is carefully studied. If machine wash is not possible, home cleaning will help to wash the products.

To wash a suede dress, you will need:

1. Pour warm water into a large basin, adding a cleaning agent.
2. Put the product in the basin.
3. The most polluted places, for example from sweat, rub with a brush with soft bristles.
4. Rinse the item thoroughly, changing the water in a timely manner.
5. Press the washed item lightly.

When processing a faux suede dress, it is not recommended to soak the item entirely in water. The best way to clean is to do the following:

1. Grate soap (household or baby) and add it to warm water.
2. Beat the foam, and apply it with a sponge to the product.
3. Gently rub the stains.
4. Remove the foam with a sponge, rinse the product with water.

Washing a lined suede skirt is as follows:

1. Soap solution is being prepared.
2. A brush with soft bristles is dipped into the resulting liquid.
3. The thing is laid out on a smooth surface and processed with the prepared solution.
4. Then with a brush it is washed off with clean water.

A suede jacket, brown or black raincoat should be cleaned with coffee grounds. Sleeves and collar, as well as other areas in contact with the body, are lightly rubbed with a soft brush. From dried suede, coffee residues are removed with a brush.

Prior to the treatment of suede shoes (ugg boots, shoes, boots, boots and others) from dirt, the product is held over the steam for about 1 minute. The dirt is then removed with a brush. If the shoes have been deeply soiled, they must be cleaned with soapy water, to which a few drops of ammonia are added. Grease stains are removed with gasoline and talc. A little gasoline is poured onto the soiled surface, and then talc is poured.

Suede hats (hat, hat, beret) are cleaned by the following means:

1. A special brush that removes dust. It is necessary to walk with a brush over the entire surface of the dress, observing one direction - the villi should lie in the same way.
2. Stationery eraser, coping with small spots. With the help of an eraser, the villi are slightly rubbed. After carrying out this cleaning method, it is recommended to shake the headgear to remove the remnants of the eraser.
3. Steam generator or steam from boiling water. You can walk the steam generator on the surface of the product, focusing on problem areas. You can hold the product over the steam, and then walk over it with a brush.
4. Salt and crumb of white bread, removing greasy stains from light-colored hats. Sprinkle table salt on the contaminated area, and leave for a few minutes. After shaking off the salt, walk through the problem area with a crumb of bread. Finish with a brush.

Before cleaning gloves for convenience, put them on your hands. Rub contaminated areas, especially between the fingers, with soap, then rinse with warm water.

Suede is a very beautiful material used for sofa upholstery, but it must be carefully looked after. Often it is impossible to wet suede upholstery, otherwise the filler will deteriorate.

When cleaning the sofa, it is recommended to use the following tools:

• Stiff brushes for suede, restoring color.
• Vinegar solution to remove food stains.
• Ammonia, removing stains of grease or oil.
• A mixture of detergent and vinegar to remove tea and coffee stains.
• Salt that removes wine stains from light-colored furniture.

With regular wear, various kinds of pollution appear on suede. You can also get rid of them at home. Consider several methods for cleaning different stains:

• You can get rid of scuffs with steam.
• Abraded surfaces will help remove starch. It is necessary to pour starch on the treated area, and after 30 minutes brush it off. You can add a little ammonia to the starch. After receiving the gruel, you should gently rub it into the problem areas, and then brush it off.
• More stubborn stains, such as from a pen, will help to remove a special solution made from skim milk, baking soda and ammonia. In milk (100 g), half a teaspoon of soda and ammonia are added. It should be moistened with a rag, and it should be treated with pollution. The traces of the agent are washed off with a damp cloth.

• An oily or greasy stain can be cleaned well with talcum powder, gasoline and salt. Before removing grease or oil from suede fabric, it is necessary to clean the surface of dust. Cleaning methods involve the following steps: moisten the stain with gasoline, then cover it with talcum powder, and after 30 minutes remove the remnants of the product with a brush. You can use salt. Heat salt in a frying pan, place it in a clean cloth bag, then apply it to the stained area for half an hour.
• Light suede items are cleaned with hydrogen peroxide. Dissolve hydrogen peroxide (5 ml) in water (250 ml). Contamination should be wiped with a solution, and then with clean water. At the end of the procedure, the product must be thoroughly dried.
• Soap solution will help get rid of mold.

There is not always time to wash and clean suede clothing by hand at home. In this case, you can resort to two alternative cleaning options:

• give suede items to dry cleaning;
• wash them in the washing machine.

To determine the possibility of cleaning suede items in a washing machine, a careful study of the label on the product will help. Special signs on it warn about the permissible washing, drying and other parameters of cleaning and care.

If there is an icon indicating that machine wash is acceptable, then before sending suede items there, a number of actions should be taken to prevent the loss of their appearance after washing:

• empty pockets by pulling foreign objects out of them;
• fastening, turn the thing inside out;
• pour powder;
• start the "delicate" or "manual" mode;
• set the temperature to 30 degrees;
• turn off the spin;
• You can’t wash a thing for a long time, otherwise the material will crack.

Immediately after washing, the product is slightly squeezed out, gently squeezing it. Then you need to wrap it in a towel, removing the remaining water. After that, the thing is laid out on a flat horizontal surface. The suede product dries for about 2 days.

Suede is a very delicate material that requires a conscientious attitude. In the process of wearing such things are contaminated. To properly clean suede from dirt, you must adhere to the following recommendations:

• A glossy stain should be removed with a special eraser for suede material, a regular stationery eraser or sandpaper.
• To eliminate the greasy appearance of prolonged wear, the accumulation of grease and dust, the use of steam or the use of a steam iron will help. After that, the fat is removed with a brush.
• In order to clean suede with high quality, you can prepare one of the special solutions: a mixture of glycerin with salt or mixing water with a teaspoon of soda. Dip a cotton pad into the resulting product, and wipe the greasy place with it.

Suede can be dyed with an aerosol. Preference in the choice should be given to a dye with a water-repellent effect.

Before starting the process of directly staining, some kind of canvas or newspaper should be laid on the floor. Painting is recommended to be carried out in a ventilated area. Process flow for suede:

1. Shake the pile with a brush.
2. Shake the can well and spray at a distance of 30 cm from the product. Coloring should be done evenly.
3. After waiting for a while (no more than 10 minutes), brush over the suede.

In order not to resort to serious cleaning of suede items, it is necessary to carry out the correct and timely care of such a capricious material. Proper care will be provided with strict adherence to the following tips and recommendations:

• A new suede product must be treated with a water-repellent compound.
• Suede items should be dried outdoors, away from sunlight, from fans and heaters that can cause the product to deform, for several hours.
• It is recommended to store suede items in airtight bags.
• It is strictly forbidden to remove stains from wet fabrics.
• It is impossible to rub and soak the material, otherwise the thing will become completely unusable.

• When buying special products, you should carefully study the instructions and check the expiration date.
• For the first time, it is recommended to check the effect of the selected cleanser on a small piece of fabric that comes with the set of accessories, or on a small area of ​​​​the product, hidden from the eyes.
• If there is any doubt about the choice of one or another cleaning agent, it is better to give the item to dry cleaning.

For more tips and advice on how to care for suede shoes, see the following video.