[MJMR]

Got myself a slight issue! Sat on couch after work with a biro in pocket, some how the ink has leaked on to the leather couch!!! oops!
 Any ideas on removing the stain will be very welcome, especially before the misses notices!!

Thanks in advance
Matt

[Neil Williams]

Any ideas on removing the stain will be very welcome, especially before the misses notices!!

I'm going to give you the professional answer which is unless you know what you're doing and have the right item, then leave it alone.
If you google LTT or furniture clinic they will dispatch very quickly an ink removal stick which is very much like a lip balm stick. Use as instructed and you should be ok.
Start messing about with it now at your peril and don't come back here tomorrow with HELP I've made a right mess. The last person who called me in after I gave them a price and they decided to 'have a go first' cost them over £200 to recolour, because that was the only option left once they'd scrubbed the top coatings off.

[richy27]

http://www.lttsolutions.net/inkremoval.asp

[Mark Lawrence]

Any ideas on removing the stain will be very welcome, especially before the misses notices!!

I'm going to give you the professional answer which is unless you know what you're doing and have the right item, then leave it alone.
If you google LTT or furniture clinic they will dispatch very quickly an ink removal stick which is very much like a lip balm stick. Use as instructed and you should be ok.
Start messing about with it now at your peril and don't come back here tomorrow with HELP I've made a right mess. The last person who called me in after I gave them a price and they decided to 'have a go first' cost them over £200 to recolour, because that was the only option left once they'd scrubbed the top coatings off.

Pmsl  Love it. Humble pie springs to mind.

Mark

[Mike Halliday]

rub it lightly with a damp cloth see if it comes off.

get some acetone nail varnish remover ( 100% pure) moisten a cotton bud and roll it between your fingers  along the ink, check for transfer onto the cotton bud, if it works carefully continue..... DO THIS AT YOUR PERIL!!.....  but if you want to try something yourself then give it a go

[derek west]

if it doesn't come off with a damp sponge or mild leather cleaner then its soaked into the lacquer finish, thats assuming its a pigmented leather. therefore the only way to remove it is to remove some of or all of the lacquer finish, here in lies the problem, you will have to relacquer it to stop future damage.

[MJMR]

Thanks all for the advice!! Will try local specialist before getting the lawyers in for the divorce!! Maybe leather cleaning training should be the next course i do for the future "misses"
Thanks again
Matt

[oliver collins]

Hi guys

I have done leather training and one trick that can work is hairspray, you guys will have a field day with this advice i know

Regards 
Oliver Collins Rise & Shine Cleaning 

[Joe H]

So which leather training course recommended the hair spray trick???

[terrymaloy]

Hairspray works every time with me !

[Simon Moat]

I didn't want to post hairspray for fear of being laughed off the forum, but, worked for me everytime.

[LTT Leathercare]

If hairspray has always worked for you, you have been very lucky if it has not caused you any problems.    
Hairspray does sometimes work as you have said but when it doesn't work it can cause major problems that you then need to know how to fix.  Hairspray can cause the ink to bleed deeper into the leather finish and it can also remove the top coat especially on two tone finishes.
We see and fix an awful lot of problems where hairspray has been used and caused damage so as professionals we would not advise using it unless you have the wherewith all to fix any damage that may occur.  

There is nothing that can guarantee to remove ink from leather as it could only do so in certain situations by removing the finish/pigment along with the ink.  Ink is a dye and it redyes the leather - the longer it sits on the leather the harder it will be to remove.  Ink removal is not generally a cleaning problem as it requires a definite process which may eventually lead to recolouring the area.

Hope this helps