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How to Remove Stickers From Leather Furniture

Leather is a natural product with benefits over manmade compositions like vinyl. Leather does not get as hot or as cold as imitation counterparts do and makes great seating for the home, but leather takes some special care. The special care is most obvious if you have stickers or sticky substances on leather. Remove stickers with caution and without damaging the leather furniture.

Things You'll Need

  • Portable hair dryer
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Instructions

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      Move the furniture to a location where you can work on the sticky label with lighting and room to work, and where there is an outlet for the portable hair dryer. Alternatively, move lighting to the area of the furniture.

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      Plug in the hair dryer and turn it to low heat. Turn the dryer on, and hold it 8 inches from the sticker. Work from one end of the sticker and warm it for about 30 seconds. Turn the dryer off.

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      Use your thumbnail to get under the edge of the sticker and lift gently. Do not use any tool that might cut the leather. Pull lightly on the sticker and stop as soon as you meet resistance to avoid stretching the leather.

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      Direct the hair dryer to the area under the lifted edge of the sticker, keeping the nozzle about 8 inches away from the leather. Hold it to the area for about 30 seconds, and turn the hair dryer off. See if the sticker loosens by pulling lightly on the end.

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      Repeat heating and pulling on the sticker as many times as necessary until it comes off. If a sticky residue remains, wipe with a soapy cloth and wipe dry with a dry soft cloth.