Gucci Leather Jacket Care and Maintenance

Cleaning and maintaining the original form of your leather jacket is a very tricky thing to manage on your own. A number of precautions are suggested by the experts to avoid the chances of causing any damage while overlooking the delicacy of the material and the proper knowledge requirement to initiate the cleaning process. Of course, without knowing the consequences, you would never want to make any experiments and ruin your beloved and super expensive piece of clothing. Leather material is known for its strength and durability but complete ignorance of the care and maintenance of leather material.

Washing Leather Jacket in a Washing Machine

Leather contains natural oils that keep its basic structure in form as without these oils or lack of moisture results in dehydration and eventually the start of cracking and peeling of the jacket. Similarly, when you wash your leather jacket in the washing machine, the centrifugal force responsible for rotation and removing dirt from the fabric soaks all the natural oils from the leather surface leading it to lose its natural moisture and oils. Eventually, this condition directs your valuable leather items to crack and ruin their texture. Thus, washing your leather jacket in a washing machine is not recommended.

Dry Cleaning the Leather Jacket

Excessive heat also dries up the oils from the leather surface leaving it moisture-deprived, dehydrated, and prone to cracking. Therefore, when you avoid cleaning your leather item with water and dry clean it, it still presents adverse effects. Now, you would perhaps be wondering why. Many of us stick to this misconception of cleaning our leather items safely via dry cleaning. But the consequences of cleaning through dry cleaning your leather jacket are adverse as it dries the natural oils of leather and accelerates the process of moving towards disaster. Thus, a big no for dry cleaning your leather jacket to clean it.

Ironing the Leather Jacket

In order to have a wrinkle-free leather jacket, you are recommended to always hang your jacket on a wardrobe hanger instead of having it first and then looking for an ironing solution. Ironing may ruin the leather material by heating it and drying out its oils. However, a little care and the habit of hanging the leather jacket every time after using it can help you get wrinkles in it in the first place.

How to Clean a Leather Jacket

Cleaning a Gucci leather items needs special steps of leather care.

Sweep Dirt Away from the Leather Jacket

First of all, let your leather jacket be free of all kinds of dirt or smut, and make a layer on the surface of your leather jacket. To do so, pick a soft and clean microfiber cloth and gently sweep all the smut over the surface leaving no traces of any harmful substances on the surface of your Gucci jacket.

Eliminate Stubborn Stains

Besides the pile of dirt accumulated due to random everyday use of your leather items, sometimes, even with a lot of care, you get caught by some surprising accidents and get stubborn spots. Whether it is an accidental spillage of any fluid or stains coming from the rainwater, with the use of a high-quality leather cleaner you can thoroughly remove them without any fear of discoloration or losing the original color of your jacket. Whites Pearl leather cleaner is all organic and non-toxic cleaning formula that offers cleaning without any damage.

Restore and Polish the Leather Jacket

As the leather surface begins to lose its shine, color, and texture due to various harmful factors, it becomes imperative to restore the original shine of your leather jacket timely so that you can save it from prospective cracking and peeling. The beeswax-containing organic formula of Whites Pearl leather conditioner helps to maintain the essential moisture in the leather surface, keeping it hydrated, shiny, smooth-textured as well as flexible for ages to come.

Preserve the Leather Jacket

Regular use of a protectant is crucial to keep your leather jacket safe from the external elements that start ruining your expensive stuff. The barrier, a leather protector creates between the leather surface and the environment keeps it safe from day-to-day fluid stains and sunlight damage as well. Thus, use Whites Pearl Leather protectant essentially after a few weeks.

Removing Mildew From the Leather Jacket

First of all, try to store your Leather jacket properly away from places where moisture can be trapped and cause mold or mildew in your leather jacket. However, in case you need to remove the already-developed mold on your Gucci jacket, you must do it using a non-synthetic leather cleaner. For this purpose clean the surface with a dry cloth first then apply a leather cleaner to let it absorb into the pores. Within a few seconds remove all the mildew using a cloth by rubbing the surface gently.

How to Get Rid of Fish-like Smell

Sometimes, you sense a persistent fish-like smell from your leather items which usually happens due to the use of chemicals as well as other poor manicuring materials in the process of leather making. Moreover, unauthentic storage conditions may also be the source of a fishy smell in your leather jacket. Now, the question arises, how to get rid of such a smell from your leather item?

First, try to test the leather quality before purchasing leather items and ensure you are buying genuine leather that definitely does not contain any such smell except leather’s own particular smell. Secondly, you need to provide your leather items with a favorable environment. To do so, store your leather away from places that are too cold or too warm plus humidity-free.