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DIY Leather Cleaner

April 16, 2018 By Sonnet Leave a Comment

Who’s got spring cleaning fever?

(raises hand) I do!

If you’re on a spring cleaning kick like me, you’ll love this cool trick to clean leather!

Okay, maybe it’s not a trick, but when you see what these two simple ingredients can do to your old leather goods, you’ll be pretty impressed!

This is an awesome way to make old leather furniture look new, or perhaps just take care of your significant others’ shoes which drive you crazy… 😉

Note: I would recommend testing this on a small part of the item before trying it on the entire thing. So far I’ve tried this on these shoes and my leather couch and it’s worked wonderfully!

So, let’s get started!

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