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Furniture Clinic's Four Season Leather Care Plan

Jessica Barron 01 Mar 2018 0

To help make your leather furniture and car seats last longer, we have created a Four Seasons Care Plan.The aim of this leather care plan is to remind you to clean and protect your leather items, four times a year, at the start of each season. In doing this, you will greatly prolong the life of your leather and reduce the chances of staining, damage through wear, as well as colour loss from direct...

Cleaning Your Car Seats After The School Run

Jessica Barron 11 Sep 2017 0

Crumbs, sticky fingers, spilt juice and unidentifiable odours: How does such a little person make such a big mess in such a short journey?Our team of specialists have put together 9 top tips to help you clean and care for your leather or fabric car interior to keep it in pristine condition.1. Protect your car seats from day oneThe best place to start is with prevention. Many new cars will often co...

Restoring Memorabilia Worth Over £2500

Jessica Barron 06 Jul 2017 0

You may be forgiven for thinking that our business is only about furniture but you can actually use our products and services to restore any leather item, no matter how unusual.Take for instance these boxing gloves, signed by Mohammad Ali and worth over £2500!The owner brought these into our North East service branch as when in transit, they had been boxed up too tightly and a part of the champs s...

What Is Neatsfoot Oil？

Jessica Barron 24 May 2017 0

Neatsfoot is a traditional oil used for softening leather, however you can get better results with modern products?Neatsfoot oil will have no benefit to modern leather as the leather is sealed with a lacquer that will prevent the oil from soaking in. Just put a drop of water on the leather and see if it sit's on the surface, if it does, so would neatsfoot oil. Instead, leather should be maintained...

Furniture Clinic Restores The Legendary 'Return Of The Saint' Jaguar XJ-S

Jessica Barron 01 Feb 2017 0

Furniture Clinic have a very special project we would like to share with you. Last month our expert team completely restored the entire interior of the original Jaguar XJ-S classic car that was featured in ‘The Return of The Saint’ TV Series for The Practical Classics Restoration show.‘The Return of The Saint’ was a spin-off show from the original ‘The Saint’ television programme, which ran for ju...

What Is Leather Food?

Jessica Barron 16 Mar 2016 0

Leather food, or hyde food as it is known, is a product used to maintain and feed leather.It’s a traditional type of leather care that has been used for hundreds of years. However, is leather food still necessary to use on today’s modern leathers?For 99% of people the answer is no. Most leather produced for upholstery in cars and furniture is finished and has been for over 50 years. What this mean...

Runners Up At The North East Business Awards

Jessica Barron 08 Apr 2015 0

Furniture Clinic: Leather Specialists Furniture Clinic took a major step forward when it set up a sales office and distribution Centre in New York, a move which has seen exports grow to account for 25% of all sales. The firm offers leather cleaning and repair kits, which can be bought online, as well as repair and restoration services and is forecast to grow at 50% this year with a large proportio...

MD Ben Staerck Wins Young Business Person Of The Year Award!

Jessica Barron 14 Nov 2014 0

The North East Business Executive of the Year Awards, is an opportunity to celebrate business success in the North East.Ben was recognised for his motivation to drive Furniture Clinic forward, ensuring the company always provides the best products and services to its customers, both nationally and on a global scale.Ben said: "Furniture Clinic has grown rapidly over the past few years, and it's an ...

Furniture Clinic At The Classic Motor Show

Jessica Barron 07 Nov 2014 0

We are delighted to have been exhibiting at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show.Held at Birmingham NEC arena, it's the biggest show of its kind in the UK.Boasting a selection of car clubs, bikes, dream rides and a live stage, we are pleased to be in amongst the action in the Autojumble. If you're heading down, visit us for some fantastic show offers and demos.Thanks to everyone who visited ...

Furniture Clinic At Classic Car Show

Jessica Barron 31 Jul 2014 0

We are looking forward to exhibiting at the Manchester Classic Car Show this year!The show promises to offer an array of hundreds of cars, ranging right through the ages, from some of the earliest vehicles ever made, though: pre-war motorcars, 50′s, 60′s,70′s classics and the ‘future classics’ or ‘youngtimers’ from the 80′s and 90′s.We will be in the Autojumble stand AJ-C19. Pop along to see some ...

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