How To Remove Ink Stains From A Leather Lounge

Obviously, ink and leather don’t match. Ink is a dyeing agent and has the ability to re-colour leather. The longer the ink stain stays on the leather, the harder it is to remove, but if you can get to the stain before it dries, it will be much easier to remove. To treat an ink stain, try the following process:

Removing Ink Stains

1. Check Colourfastness

Take a clean white cotton cloth or paper towel and moisten with isopropyl alcohol or rubbing alcohol. Wipe the cloth with the alcohol on an inconspicuous part of the lounge suite and check for colour transfer. If the dye from the leather transfers to the cloth, then do not proceed as you may remove the colour from the lounge suite.

2. Dab with Isopropyl

Dab the stain with the alcohol working from the outside in. Don’t scrub the stain as this will spread the mark.

3. Continue with Clean Cloth

You should see a transfer of the stain from the leather to the cloth. Regularly change the cloth you are using otherwise you may transfer the ink from the cloth back to the lounge suite. Continue this process until there is no further transfer of colour from the lounge to the cloth.

4. Apply Leather Conditioner

If you have a leather conditioner, apply it to the lounge after treating the stain as the alcohol will tend to dry out the lounge suite and may cause cracking. 

Ink stains on leather