Stain On Leather Phone Case

[chessington]

I have a white case for my mobile phone and it was sitting under my flowers which are Lillies and I notice a yellow/orange stain on the case that will NOT come out, I tried cif and other cleaners, I wonder if anyone would know what would get it out, Im guessing it is from the flowers, normally I would not care but the case was £45 and goes with a charging pad TIA

[Old_Geezer]

You could try taking it to a professional cleaners. Depending on what value you put on its removal.

Or if you want to take the risk do a web search for removal of stains from leather.

I suspect the source of the stain, what it is, might be important. Not sure I've heard of a flower stain.

Or throw caution to the winds, supermarkets today tend to have a whole range of different brand stain removers.

Sorry I don't have the knowledge to suggest anything specific.

[Khandro]

You could try a spot of bleach on a cotton bud, if there is any of the leather accessible on the inside, try it on there first.

[atalanta]

It is pollen. I have never been able to get lily pollen stains out.

[gingejbee]

Agree totally with atlanta...lily pollen is just about as permanent a stain as you can get!
(White leather phone case? Something terrible was bound to happen!)

[Khandro]

Actually white is, next to black, is quite good, much better than a colour when it comes to matching after removal. Bleach, sunlight, then neutralised with vinegar I would try.

[chessington]

thanks all of you

[gingejbee]

I certainly wouldn't use chlorine-based bleach on leather. However, it could be worth trying oxygen-based bleach which is much safer eg hydrogen peroxide solution.

[katerich48]

You could try lemon juice that has a mild bleaching effect, but as gingejbee says its notoriously difficult to get out, especially being leather you can't put it in say a washing machine for a good wash..

[Elina]

... Or washing machine liquid soaked on a cotton wool ball & left on the stain for a minute?