Recently two different clients forwarded pictures of their white leather furniture. In both cases the symptom was the same. A yellowing discoloration of the leather. Here are two pictures.
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In both cases the client put a skin cream on their legs and then sat in the leather seating. The skin cream has coloring agents that will act as synthetic tanning agents.
As the tanning agent is a dye, it transfered from the occupant's skin into the leather, discoloring as shown. There are no warning labels on the skin cream container. Yet it will permanently discolor the color coat. It would not be an issue on a dark leather as you wouldn't see the discoloration. However on a light colored leather it is clearly a problem.
It is not a cleaning issue as the leather has literally been recolored, just as was intended for the person's skin by the lotion with this tanning additive. Trying to clean it is like trying to clean a tattoo from your skin.
The correct solution is to match the color and color over the offended area.
Copyright 2011, Kevin Gillan
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