How do you clean mold from leather?
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Two leather bomber jackets in a closet that weren't being worn. But was surprised to find mold on them! These are expensive jackets, the leather was so butterly soft. I tried either the Clorox or Lysol sheets and didn't touch that mold.* I left them both outside on the covered deck and south side of house, for a month - nothing. I talked to a dry cleaner in area, it was going to cost $45 each to clean them and an additional $10 each to treat the mold, with NO guarantee. Since I had nothing to lose (spouse grew out of them) I decided I would throw them in the washer w/some detergent(liquid) using warm water and go for broke.
I was really hoping that it wouldn't hurt my washer. Needn't worry, washer was fine, and the coats looked - wet. Was afraid to put in dryer (didn't want to hurt the dryer, even on delicate). Put them outside in the sun, brought them in the for night, back out the next day turned inside out, and again today. There is not one spot of mildew/mold on them! They look almost new. They are soft and the brown one had a few pin sized white spots where the leather flaked off, but nothing that would be noticed unless you were up close looking for it.
Do I suggest or guarantee that it would work for everyone. No. But I wasn't going to pay someone to clean it and treat the mold w/o a guarantee. It was going into the trash if it didn't work. But it did - and if I want to donate it to a charity, I can without worrying about the mold/mildew growing elsewhere.
I have since cleaned out the closets(with bleach water), washed 2 corduroy blazers, which came out clean of the mildew (used hot water & threw into dryer) and have bought about a dozen garment covers for the rest of the jackets/blazers/clothes so they would be "protected".
Sorry so long, but wanted to pass this on for others in the same situation.
*I did use these cloths on my military purse (leather) and threw in wash etc. and it's now packed up and looks great.