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Bedminster
ON-SITE Drapery Care
We dry clean window treatments right in your home,
right where they hang –
Work usually completed in one day. Fully insured. Fully bonded.
WE RESTORE
LEATHER UPHOLSTERY
FINE ORIENTAL RUGS
WE CLEAN
DRAPERY &
UPHOLSTERY
HUNTER DOUGLAS
SHADES
WE GUARANTEE NO DAMAGE OR SHRINKAGE
Leather Cleaning, Repair and Restoration
As a young boy, I would spend hours
watching my uncle reupholster fine
leather furniture and hand tool leather
motorcycle saddles. From him, I learned
how to work with leather including the
delicate art of surgically repairing rips
and tears in upholstery. Little did I know
that someday I would be involved in
professional leather upholstery repair
and restoration.
Bedminster ON-SITE Drapery
Care
is well known for cleaning and
removing difficult stains from fine fab-
rics in the home, notably window treat-
ments and upholstery. Dry cleaners,
decorators and collectors recognize our
expertise and often turn to us for tack-
ling stain issues on high risk, delicate
fabric items. We have built our reputa-
tion in this exclusive niche.
We became involved in leather repair
and restoration quite by accident sever-
al years ago. One of our customers
asked, after we had dry cleaned all of
her drapes, if we knew anyone who
could clean her aniline leather couch.
Not finding anyone in the area special-
izing in leather restoration, we took on
the challenge ourselves. The couch
came out like new and thus was born
the Leather Restoration Division of
Bedminster ON-SITE Drapery Care.
Homeowners are usually surprised to
learn that their faded leather upholstery
can usually be restored. In fact, it often
makes economic sense today to restore
leather furniture rather than replace.
This is because much of the manufac-
ture of leather upholstery including
frame construction has been outsourced
overseas with a commensurate drop in
overall quality. Consequently, replacing
with the same or better new leather fur-
niture has become very costly.
Our leather restoration process is
labor intensive and time consuming
because it requires numerous steps with
drying times in between. We take all the
cushions with us to be worked on in our
shop because they are always in much
worse shape than the main part of the
piece. We deep clean, rehydrate, soften
and apply UV protection. Approximately
two weeks later, we return to complete
the rest of the piece in the customer’s
home. Recoloring to an exact original
match is often a worthwhile option. See
before/after pictures on our website:
www.draperycare.net.
We strongly recommend cleaning
and applying conditioner every three
months to any piece of leather furniture
in order to prevent wear. We recom-
mend using softening products, which
are the same as the tanners use rather
than locally available leather care prod-
ucts, which contain harmful alkaline
cleaners. The product we use contains
six times the collagens and proteins
found in typical skin moisturizers. We
can show you how to perform this peri-
odic maintenance or provide this service
for you.
Bedminster ON-SITE Drapery
Care
is certified for leather cleaning
and restoration through the IICRC
(Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and
Restoration Certification).
Bedminster
ON-SITE Drapery Care
(908) 722-2345 www.draperycare.net
By: Mitch Frieber
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