Expert Leather Upholstery Cleaning & Restoration in Brighton & Sussex
Looking to restore the beauty and longevity of your leather furniture? At CROSS Specialist Cleaning, we offer expert leather cleaning, repair, and restoration services across Brighton and the surrounding Sussex areas. Whether your leather upholstery is stained, faded, or simply in need of a refresh, our trained specialists use industry-leading techniques to safely clean, protect, and revive your investment.
We work with all types of leather—aniline, pigmented, semi-aniline, and more—ensuring the right method is used for your specific material. From deep cleaning to pigment repair and conditioning, we help extend the life of your leather while restoring its natural softness and sheen.
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Why Leather Type Matters
Which type of leather do you have?
Before cleaning, it’s essential to identify your leather type—such as aniline, pigmented, or semi-aniline—to ensure the correct products and methods are used. This prevents damage and ensures safe, effective results. Delicate leathers like aniline have minimal surface protection, making expert assessment and care especially important.
- Aniline Style
- Crust / Aniline Leather
- Micro Pigment
- Pull Up
- Finished Leathers
- Single Colour Pigment
- Antique Style
- Two Tone
- Split
- Bicast
- Suede & Nubuck
What is Aniline Leather?
Aniline is the most natural form of leather—often called “naked” or “unprotected.” Made from full-grain hides, it retains natural markings like scars or insect bites, giving each piece a unique character. Its soft, warm feel is highly prized, but it requires specialist care due to its lack of surface protection.
How to Identify Aniline Leather
Use these quick checks:
- Appearance: Uneven colour and irregular grain pattern
- Touch: Soft and warm to the touch
- Scratch Test: Marks easily with a fingernail
- Moisture Test: Absorbs water, leaving a temporary dark spot
If your leather shows these signs, it’s likely aniline – and needs expert handling.
Cleaning and Caring for Aniline Leather
Aniline leather is prized for its natural look and soft, warm feel—but it has little to no protective coating, making it highly absorbent and prone to marking. Regular professional care is essential to keep it looking its best.
At CROSS Specialist Cleaning, we use specialist products to clean and protect aniline safely and effectively.
Common Aniline Leather Issues
Dry Aniline – We rehydrate dry, tired leather to restore softness.
Faded Aniline – UV exposure causes fading—we can restore colour through careful dyeing.
Greasy areas on Aniline – Build-up from body oils (e.g. on headrests or arms) usually requires de-greasing, not just cleaning. To keep costs down, we would recommend re-dyeing the leather a darker shade to disguise dark patches for a fraction of the cost.
Leather Protector is included in our cleaning process
ALL leather types should be protected to prevent the surface coatings from damage! As part of our service, CROSS Specialist Cleaning apply an application of protector included within our price! Treat your leather to a ‘Labour of love’ service from CROSS Specialist Cleaning and you will not only restore its appearance but will extend the life of your leather furniture for years to come!
This makes ongoing maintenance easier and helps extend the life of your furniture.
6 Reasons to Protect Leather:
- Maintenance cleaning is easier.
- Rehydrates the leather.
- Guards against dye transfer.
- Prevents stains from spillages.
- Helps to slow down UV fading.
- Helps to guard against damage.
Our top quality fluorocarbon protector guards against:
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Finished Leather – Repair & Restoration
Restore and repair cuts, punctures, scratches and scuffs
Leather can suffer cuts, punctures, scratches, and scuffs over time—but replacement isn’t always necessary. At CROSS Specialist Cleaning, we professionally repair and restore damaged leather furniture and goods, often returning them to their original condition.
Trained by leading Leather care specialist LTT, CROSS Specialist Cleaning are skilled to professionally repair all types of damage to leather furniture.
Clean. Repair. Protect.
Don’t take our word for it….
Our leather settee and 2 armchairs are quite old and we were thinking that we may have to replace them, however, Darren and his team did such a wonderful job and our suite has come up amazingly clean and presentable once again. Top marks to Darren and team, we are so pleased and have already booked again for our second suite.
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Areas where we operate our Leather Cleaning Services
Our team of leather cleaning experts cover a wide area including:
East Sussex: Brighton, Ovingdean, Rottingdean, Woodingdean, Saltdean, Peacehaven, Newhaven, Seaford, Lewes, Eastbourne, Burgess Hill, Uckfield, Haywards Heath, Crowborough.
West Sussex: Arundel, Worthing, Shoreham, Portslade, Hove, Pulborough, Billingshurst, Horsham, Crawley.
Gatwick: The surrounding towns and villages.
Opening Hours:
Monday – Saturday | 8am – 8pm
Out of Hours cleaning available