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Favoured leather cleaning and conditioning products
- dhobbs
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Favoured leather cleaning and conditioning products
What about leather dye? My black seats have got the usual wear marks!
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- mr wilks
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Favoured leather cleaning and conditioning products
A lot depends here on actual colour & obviously condition as in does it need cleaning & sealing or does it need colouring ?
If black then you are on a winner as 99p black liquid shoe dye works a treat to colour the white bits
Don't be scared to get them properly clean before you apply whatever you choose to protect them with .
Ive found a mix of leather wax & mild swarfega lightly applied on a worn green fleece ( the kitchen sponge thingy ) works a treat
Then to actually nourish the leather without leaving them sticky or shiny my favourite stuff is this from Amazon ( & ive tried lots of different products both cheaper & dearer )
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1
If black then you are on a winner as 99p black liquid shoe dye works a treat to colour the white bits
Don't be scared to get them properly clean before you apply whatever you choose to protect them with .
Ive found a mix of leather wax & mild swarfega lightly applied on a worn green fleece ( the kitchen sponge thingy ) works a treat
Then to actually nourish the leather without leaving them sticky or shiny my favourite stuff is this from Amazon ( & ive tried lots of different products both cheaper & dearer )
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1
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- Ewazix
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Confusing it is! The first well known car leather product I googled says "Leather Forever is a lanolin based product that is made up from a gentle blend of natural soap, oils and waxes"
http://www.leather-forever.co.uk/index.html
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Leather-Clean ... 0347275857
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- TR4man
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I have used Gliptone products and been very happy with the results.
Quite a few friends swear by Dr Leather wipes which clean and condition in one and make it very easy and quick to do. However, I quite enjoy the smell of the Gliptone products .
I would be interested to know what people use to get rid of, or at least minimise, the creases that occur on the seat base where it joins the seat base bolster on the sport seats. Anyone been able to work any magic on them?
Quite a few friends swear by Dr Leather wipes which clean and condition in one and make it very easy and quick to do. However, I quite enjoy the smell of the Gliptone products .
I would be interested to know what people use to get rid of, or at least minimise, the creases that occur on the seat base where it joins the seat base bolster on the sport seats. Anyone been able to work any magic on them?
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- TR4man
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As Mr Wilks has said, shoe polish will work wonders on black seats.
Think yourself lucky that you haven't got champagne nappa seats!
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Yes but I don't have any particular recommendation for a conditioner. I tried a lot of leather cleaners to get rid of the shiny look of 11 year old leather and the Zymol did it effortlessly.
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Rip off. £14 for the Zymol leather cleaner here:Leesfarm07 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:43 pm Blimey...dear stuff
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B000F7 ... ref=plSrch
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/performan ... er-cleaner
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Edit - No stock it seems. I bought it from cleanyourcar.com for about the same price but they're out of stock presently as well.dgm wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:54 pmRip off. £14 for the Zymol leather cleaner here:Leesfarm07 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 6:43 pm Blimey...dear stuff
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B000F7 ... ref=plSrch
http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/performan ... er-cleaner
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- Lifer
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Apparently liquid leather do dyes for badly worn areas? Mines not that bad tho...
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I been using Renepur which is brilliant stuff
http://www.renapur.com/shop/renapur-clean-feed-kit
http://www.renapur.com/shop/renapur-clean-feed-kit
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After reading many reviews i went for this kit and wow its far superior to the auto finesse i used before.
http://lttleathercare.com/product/auto- ... -care-kit/
http://lttleathercare.com/product/auto- ... -care-kit/
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- dhobbs
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I've used shoe polish before but that wears off over a period of time. Thankfully my seats are black, but after cleaning they do show up the marks a lot.
Shoe dye it is then.
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Motor in boot. Bilstein B8 dampers. New radio, much better sounds
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I recommend Dr Leather wipes for convenience and ease of use. They clean really well and leave a nice matt finish. You can then add a prtoection which prevents dye trnasfer from clothing. Depending on your .leather type there is usually no need to condition it. Most modern automotive leathers are coated. If you apply a conditioner this just sits on the coating attracting more dirt and is what gives the shine to the leather.
Have a look at their website http://www.drleather.com/Leather-Cleane ... Range.aspx plus I've always found them very helpful with advice
Have a look at their website http://www.drleather.com/Leather-Cleane ... Range.aspx plus I've always found them very helpful with advice
- 1000rr
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Meguiars leather balm, Smells amazing an leaves the seats matt, not shiny.
http://www.carparts4less.co.uk/cp4l/p/- ... gJHTfD_BwE
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- GuidoK
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Ewazix wrote: ↑Mon Jul 24, 2017 8:15 pmConfusing it is! The first well known car leather product I googled says "Leather Forever is a lanolin based product that is made up from a gentle blend of natural soap, oils and waxes"
http://www.leather-forever.co.uk/index.html
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Leather-Clean ... 0347275857
Meguiars also has a conditioner that contains aloe vera.
I used to use gliptone (still use their cleaner), but now i use some more generic conditioner (so also ment for leather furneture and such) that is based on wax(beeswax I think) which I found under my parents' kitchen sink...(I think its some traditional product from germany...)
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