How To Remove Leather Wrinkles And Protect it From Causing

Getting wrinkles on your leather jacket is very frustrating because, unlike other fabrics, ironing, steaming, and washing is extremely harmful to your leather jacket. 

However, there are so many ways to not let the wrinkles occur on your leather jacket or repair it to make it smooth again. 

The fewer wrinkles you get, the more supple and smooth your jacket stays for a long time. 

We’ll explain how to fix wrinkled leather jackets and provide simple care tips to prevent wrinkles. 

How to remove wrinkles easily

These are the simple tricks to remove wrinkles, but if you can, avoid the ironing tip. 

Ironing can still be harmful to your leather jacket even if you keep it at low settings. Other tricks can remove the creases and wrinkles well. 

Keeping heavy books or using a pipe

If you have some heavy books like dictionaries with weight, they can be the best tool to remove leather wrinkles.

All you need to do is lie your leather jacket on a hard surface, like a table, and then place the books on the wrinkled corners. You can also stretch your jacket a little from wrinkled spots or the hem to plain it. 

After that, wear your jacket for about 20 minutes to make it supple and smooth again. 

Rolling the pipe onto your jacket 

You can also try a plastic pipe and roll it onto your jacket from top to bottom after laying it on the hard surface. 

This will smooth all the places where wrinkles appear. But don’t push it too hard as it can damage your jacket too. 

Stretching with the hanger

You can apply the same stretching technique by hanging the leather jacket on a wide and molded hanger.

Furthermore, stretch it from the bottom to plain out the wrinkles easily. But again, please do not overstretch it by pulling too hard. This could even tear the jacket from parts; just do it gently. 

Using a steamer

While ironing and steaming a leather jackets is very harmful to the lifespan of your jacket. You can keep the setting completely low to just gently give the heat on the surface to get wrinkles out of the leather jacket. 

Remember to keep the distance between the steamer and the jacket even after low settings; you just want to heat it slightly for wrinkles to plain out. 

A hairdryer can also do this job when you keep the settings low and blow from a distance to your jacket. 

Must keep a distance because hair dryers can put too much pressure on your jacket, which is harmful. 

Using the bathroom steam

If you don’t have a dryer or a steamer, then a hot shower can be useful. Just hang your jacket with a hanger and within a distance so it won’t get splashed. 

Then you can turn on the hot shower and bath. The slight heat steam will reach your jacket to steam it. After that, gently stretch the jacket and wear it. 

But be careful that your jacket doesn’t get splashes of hot water; it’ll be more harmful than good. 

Using iron (be careful!)

Iron is very harmful to leather. But if you don’t have a steamer, hairdryer, or geezer in the bathroom for hot water, you can use an iron very carefully. 

Firstly, keep the setting to the lowest and then use a sheet or extra cloth on top of your jacket after laying it flat. 

This thick cloth will offer extra protection from overheating the jacket. Just gently rub the iron, but be very careful. 

Don’t keep the iron in one spot. Constantly move the iron so it gently presses the leather to remove wrinkles safely. 

But still, if you don’t have a steamer or hair dryer, you can use the stretching technique with a hanger because ironing the leather jacket could damage it.  

Easy ways to not cause the leather wrinkling

If you keep the proper care of your leather jacket, then wrinkles will unlikely come to your jacket, especially when you’re caring for it every week or every day. 

Wrinkles on leather are caused by improper use, such as bending it too much or throwing it here and there. If you avoid these, wrinkles won’t appear. 

Storing the leather jacket improperly

If you just fold your leather jacket like other fabric and cram it into your cupboard, then this is one of the main reasons for wrinkles. It can cause not only wrinkles but also make your jacket brittle. 

Invest in a high-quality, tough, and wide hanger and properly hang your leather jacket. The high-quality hanger will distribute the weight evenly, which will not cause wrinkles. 

Don’t hang it on a damp cupboard

If your cupboard is damp due to water leakage, this is another main reason your leather jacket will not only get wrinkles but also long-term damage. 

Real leathers are porous and absorb moisture; this moisture can make them softer and more vulnerable to wrinkles. Keep your jacket in a completely dry cupboard while hanging it properly. 

Not wearing your jacket for a long time

Due to their natural oils, leather jackets are supple, smooth, and soft. But if you haven’t worn your jacket for a while and haven’t even cared for it, your jacket will lose the oils that make its surface smooth. 

It’ll then get stiff and tight, which will result in a lot of wrinkles and even tears. So make sure you wear your jacket often, like after a week, so it’ll stay supple and soft. 

Use the moisturizer on your jacket

To stop your jacket from losing its oil, smooth, shiny, and getting many wrinkles. You must massage your leather jacket with a moisturizer. 

This moisturizer restores the leather oils and makes it smooth and supple again. Doing it two times or even one time a week prevents leather jacket creases and wrinkles. Your jacket will also stay shiny. 

Don’t expose it to sunlight excessively

If you expose your leather jacket to sunlight and heat, it’ll lose its elasticity and flexibility and get many wrinkles because heat and UV rays of the sun will dry it out and make it vulnerable to wrinkles, creases, and tears. 

Don’t let your leather jacket get wet

Similar to a damp cupboard, leather’s direct contact with water leads to absorption and swelling of its inner fibers and permanent tears, wrinkles, and creases, which will be the hardest to repair. 

So, never wash your leather jacket and avoid it from water as much as you can. 

If wearing your jacket in rainy weather is necessary, then you can use a leather waterproofing spray to give it another layer of protection. 

And when your jacket gets completely wet, you should dry it out immediately, rub it with moisturizer, and then wear it again. 

Don’t fold the jacket when traveling

Keeping your jacket folded in a suitcase or bag while traveling is the easiest way to give it permanent wrinkles, creases, and long-term damage.

Use a long bag or suitcase of good height, and store your jacket straight in the bag with a garment bag. 

The garment bag will protect your jacket from getting plunged into a suitcase and many other factors that lead to wrinkles.

Wrap Up

If your jacket has already gotten wrinkled, then using those simple tricks will help you repair the wrinkles. And proper usage and care will ensure it doesn’t get wrinkles in the first place. 

Wrinkles ruin the beauty of a leather jacket; the faster you fix them, the better, or they can become permanent or lead to tearing.