Do I need to break-in my new leather sofa for it to be comfortable?

Question

I have had my new leather sofa for a week now and it is very painful on my butt. It is the firm style as opposed to the plush, soft type. My butt hurts after only 15 minutes or so. I have heard varying opinions so far about leather sofa cushion break in periods - some say it is necessary, some say it shouldn't be. Anyone with experience on this?

Answer 1

if you have to break in a sofa it isn't a very good one!! New sofa should be two things: comfortable the first time you sit in it to the last time and to be stylish.

Answer 2

Firm Leather Sofa

Answer 3

Some leather sofas are hard leather whereas others use a softer or more conditioned leather.

What you may want to do is use one of your comfortable blankets, towel or a couch cover on top of it for a while until the inside of the sofa contours to your body. This will break it in sooner.

You can also call the manufacturer of the sofa you bought and ask if there is a conditioner you can use to soften the leather, but that could be messy and/or time consuming and doesn't soften it right away as it does sitting on it.

For now I would not sit on the leather itself until you use it more, and that might take putting something comfortable over it for you to sit or lie on until it all sinks in (so to speak).

Hope this helps as leather sofas can be comfortable additions to a home.

Good luck and God bless you.

Answer 4

Wow, I just bought a new microsuede sofa today basically because of the same problem with my leather sofa. I have a leather sofa I bought four years ago and decided that I had had enough of sore butts. I spent a lot of money on this sofa, but it's so stiff and even after four years, it hasn't really loosened up all that much. I'm sorry to tell you that. Maybe get a couple of kids to jump up and down on it for a while might do the trick....? Good luck. I hope yours does better than mine has.

Answer 5

This generally wont be an issue with the Leather itself, but rather the foam/batting etc used inside. The foam cushions do compress over time but if it is a significantly different density of core than you will find comfortable you may wish to try two options 1) if there is access to the back of the seat try adding some dacron fiber fill sheets to soften it ( its like a pillow top mattress idea)

2) your local foam shop will have many different densities of foam you could have them cut new cores for you at a density you find more pleasant. Just remember that whatever you chose will over time ( long period) get softer.

Answer 6

It's difficult to break in a whole sofa. I am in the "it shouldn't be necessary" camp.

Answer 7

It should soften a little, try throw pillows in the mean time. Just don't put them under your head after people have been sitting on them, that's just wrong.

Answer 8

i had the same problem with mine and my g/f told me about the break in thing. after three weeks of breaking it in, i cant tell much difference. but its worth a shot.

Answer 9

Bounce.



-Kara