How to remove dog drool stains on leather seats?

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Hi LH Community,

Any dog owners have experience cleaning up dog drool stains from leather seats? I have tried leather cleaner supplies but nothing seemed to work.

My car has black leather seats, the stains aren’t really visible when the seats are dry but the stains are very obvious when the seats are wet. Would I be charged when I return my lease if I can’t clean them up?

Thanks!

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Not all “leather” is created equal, but it sounds like the leather coating may be etched.

With these cleaners that you’ve tried - did scrub the leather with a soft brush and were the areas saturated/foamy? My point is that if you used a spray detailer with a few wipes, that is not going to get us home here.

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Yeah I scrubbed the spots pretty thoroughly but nothing was coming off. I think you are right that the leather coating may be etched since I didn’t wipe off the drools right away when it happened. Any other possible remediation at this point?

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Have you tried dressing the leather at all (i.e. applying a leather conditioner)? Perhaps that would make the stains less noticeable.

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I have pretty good success with regular Lysol wipes and a wet paper towel.

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I have not tried that actually, was afraid that the alcohol might damage the leather even more. Will give it a shot, thank you!

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Not something I care about or ever had an issue with, though I imagine over time the alcohol will dry the leather. Next owner’s problem.

I’m amazed my last lease ended with any leather left on the steering wheel: between sanitizer and lysol wipes. But it looked like new.

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if you tried to clean it up and it didnt come off, dying is the only remaining option. If it is not too obvious, I would just return it as is and hope you wont get charged.

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