If properly cared for leather will be better in terms of durability and longgevity. Leatherette tends to crack and break when folded or bent a lot. Why? Leatherette is stiffer than leather and has a fixed moisture content which tends to dry out. Thus...
Leather does not stain itself, it must have been done by something else. If you have a soft absorbent leather (one that absorbs moisture readily) then anything that has stained will be in the leather ans you cannot clean it out. You can only clean of...
you really should use leather dye, go to a shoe shop or tandy leather stores or on line tandy or the leather factory, fabric dye would likely be uneven and since its water, it will make the leather stiff and even leave water spots as it dries, ive do...