Wait can I ask a silly question...doesn’t liquid tend to just roll off leather? Like if it had spilled couldn’t one just wipe it off right away? I’m having trouble envisioning how all these stains occured
My rule is I don’t give anything away I care about getting back...even to my closest friends. It is a skeptical look on life but can avoid situations like this I guess.
I think in situations like this the wine stain can be more than a wine stain. Like if you had no issues with a friend prior and the friend said I’m really sorry it might just be a “don’t cry over split wine situation”. Sounds like there are other $ issues with this friend before this :/
Unrelated but carpet cleaner takes out wine and blood really well from fabric (discovered after a friend spilled wine on mine!) but I’m guessing bad to use on fine leather.
I once dipped my sleeve of my favorite beige jacket in Indian food with turmeric and omg the worst yellow stain. Suggestion from a friend was to soak the fabric in milk and leave out in the sun. It didn’t immediately take the stain out but it did fade after a few washes and it is ok now. But again not sure about leather.
I think there are a much of leather care forums on TPF that can help I hope!
Good luck!
The leather is super soft nappa, I wasn't there when it happened, but red wine does tend to leave stains, especially on leather and if not mopped up immediately, I have no idea how it happened. In all honesty, if she would have said "Sorry, it happened" I wouldn't have made a big deal about it, but 1st denying she spilled something on it, then being rude that I spend that much on a jacket, turning around when I simply said the cleaning up work seems to work and being insulting, and the last straw she would have put my dog down, I am done with her. Doggie might have been (OK was) destructive as a young rescue, true, but animals are supposedly not as bright as humans, and he was my responsibility as I adopted him, I didn't adopt her. Again, I never once asked her to replace the jacket or anything like that. The jacket isn't the issue, nor is worth of it, the issue is that she desperately wanted to borrow it, I let her, I would have been OK (not fine, but no big deal) if she would have said "Sorry, accident happened" - but there was no need to turn around and insult me for buying that jacket in the 1st place.
It really isn't about the damage, it's about her being rude, disrespectful and downright insulting, that jacket is a small price for seeing somebody's true colours, and in a way a blessing in disguise, I rather have one friend less than a fake friend.
Btw before there were no money issues, I didn't have an issue with helping her out, I didn't have an issue with going to places I knew she would like but would strain her finances, I simply saw it as a friendship, something I could do, I honestly do not grudge her the meals or drinks, they were freely given, might sound cliche, but friends hanging out, it doesn't matter who picks up the tab, I honestly wanted her to enjoy herself, her turning around and being nasty about price tags of items I buy and then that comment about putting my dog down, I really do not want to know her anymore.
For the record, yes, if I loan something to a person I am aware of the risk, personally if I would damage it, I would feel obliged to sort it, but I don't expect that from others, what I do expect is a "sorry" and not insults
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