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  • You dont. You can use a damp cloth, and wipe it off, but leather coats cannot be washed. Take it to a dry cleaner instead.
  • I have a 10 year old lamb leather coat. I cannot afford the $60.00 plus taxes to dry clean it all the time. So 8 years ago, I decided to wash it at home. Here is what I do-- GENTLE CYCLE WASH, WARM WATER, USING 'shampoo' regular 'shampoo'. Go thru the wash cycle, and rinse in Cream hair rinse, then when finished the cycle, hang it up, using a soft cloth wipe the jacket down with more cream hair rinse on the cloth. Pay attention to areas inside and out around the collar and cuff..and inside the hem. Then hang it somewhere out of the sun to dry completely. The shampoo is designed to clean hair which is organic, and leather is organic as well. The cream rinse restores to organic material and to the leather as well.If you can find it you may substitute "The Tannery" for the wipe down after washing. Pants are even easier to clean, not as many nooks and crannies as in jackets, but the result is perfect IF you follow the exact directions.
  • Are you serious? - I have a leather jacket that I bought on line----it's beautiful, I love it but reeks of old stale cig smoke--have had it dry cleaned twice, ioned onced, treated it with leather cleaner, hung it outside, stuffed the pockets with scented everything, sprayed and wiped it down with vinegar, quick and brite and too many things to even remember. Still two years later still stinks, not as bad but stinks and stinks up my coat closet. So, now I'm thinking actually washing it letting clean water and soap run through it.
  • I partially tried Mouse's idea. My girlfriend's cat had taken a leak on the inside of my leather jacket. Heh. So I used PURE ayre odor eliminator for all pets. I believe it is a food-grade enzyme solution that I bought at my local health food grocery store. I soaked the inside of the coat, let it sit a few days. Repeated. Eventually the coat had the smell from the PURE ayre solution... which is also odd. Then I thoroughly smeared some baby shampoo over the affected (stinky) areas with my hand. Then I rinsed out the baby shampoo with hot water. Voila! The coat now smells better than ever. I figured that a leather coat is designed to endure water... and like Mouse said, shampoo is designed to treat organic matter (hair, as well as hide, or leather). I actually don't think that's true of most shampoos though, personally. Most shampoos are full of all kinds of gnarly chemicals that very well could stain or harm a coat, perhaps. But baby shampoo is designed to be gentle, so I suspected it wouldn't harm my jacket. Anyway, I'm thrilled to have my good-smelling jacket back, and thanks to Mouse for the tips.
  • I hope that I have understood your instructions correctly. I just shampoo laundered a mold stinking black leather jacket I rescued tidying my basement, on the delicate cycle. I threw in the conditioner just before final spin. The leather jacket now hangs to dry over the back of a chair. Let's see if leather jacket will still be so supple and shiny when it's all dry.
  • Well... I am not going to pretend that cleaning your own leather is a good idea. If you don't want to create a bigger issue with your leathers or furs you should have them professionally cleaned. There are so many factors that can cause issues that if you don't understand you can really mess them up more. I speak from experience. I found an online company that cleans leather and they even have some good information on their site as well. It isn't all about doing business with them, they really want you to have the knowledge, but if you wanted to do business with them you could. Spotlessleather.com Pretty neat site... You can order your cleaning service right on their site. Check it out!
  • Don't do it. Take it to the cleaners even if you have to eat beans for a week.
  • You can't, if you spilled something on it, quickly wipe it off, with a damp wash towel.+5
  • I used Mouse’s method above of washing my old leather jacket with using regular 'shampoo' in the wash cycle, and rinse in Cream hair rinse like she said. Plus I wanted to shrink it, so I put it in the drier. It worked great and here are the photos to prove it. You can see that in the before photos the sleeve length is about 2” longer. I would not have tried this on a slick leather jacket that I wanted to stay like new, but for this old warn leather jacket it now has new life and I’m not embarrassed by the jackets bad smell anymore. Thanks Mouse!

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