Cleaning barbecue aprons 

While barbecuing, it is inevitable that your leather apron gets dirty. After all, you quickly get grease splatters from meat on your apron. If you want your apron to stay looking nice, it is therefore very important to clean your leather apron properly after use. Especially for professional use, it is important to keep your apron well-groomed and hygienic. But what is the best way to clean a leather apron? Leather aprons cannot be machine-washed like cotton aprons. Yet cleaning leather aprons is not difficult. Below we explain step by step how to get those nasty grease stains out of your leather apron.

FOR USE

Step 1: Before use, spray your leather barbecue apron with a colourless water- and dirt-repellent spray.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE APPEARANCE OF THE STAIN

Step 2: Take a damp cloth. By gently dabbing on the stain, try to remove the stain from the apron. (Note! Make sure the cloth is not too damp).

Step 3: Let the apron dry gently. (Do not hang the apron in the sun or over the stove, this can dry out the leather).

FOR A DRIED STAIN

Step 5: Try to remove the stain by gently rubbing the leather together. Should this not work with just rubbing, you can use a soft brush or leather sponge for this.

Step 6: Spray some leather spray on the stain, let the spray soak in for a while and then clean the stain with a sponge or cloth. The spray removes stubborn stains and dried dirt.  

Step 7: For a really stubborn stain, you can use saddle soap in addition to leather spray, to remove the stain. Apply the saddle soap with a damp cloth or sponge, and slowly rub the stain (be careful not to use saddle soap too often, as it is very aggressive).

Step 9: Finally, it is important to re-spray your apron with colourless and water- and dirt-repellent spray to keep your apron looking great in the future too.

After cleaning the apron, you can start maintaining it. Read more about the maintenance of leather aprons in the following blog..

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