Leather treatment

[omegabri]

But it won't feed the leather! What is it about this process that you don't understand?

You say that, but my car is a 2019. It had dry cracks in the leather around the bolster area. All are soft and subtle now. A quick wipe/clean the next day, and I now have 99% perfect seats. The conditioner had to have worked on those areas, so for that alone was worth the effort I'd say

[Boyo]

Your seats look like they have come up well from the photos - thanks for posting. At the end of the day its your pride and joy and you should do whatever you want to maintain/improve your car

[coldel]

If your seats leather is cracking after just 4 years then the likelihood is poor maintenance and lack of cleaning has caused damage. Being a roof off car the additional exposure to UV rays doesnt help the cause. As above if they are not cleaned regularly and 'conditioner' is used both act as an abrasive on the leather and will destroy the protective sealant.

Wiping a conditioner or 'feed' will not fix the problem, you cant 'grow' leather back, it died some time ago It might superficially look suddenly ok but you need to in effect repeat the process of colouring the leather and sealing it properly again then put in place a proper maintenance process - I have purchased a cordless rechargeable handheld vacuum cleaner along with a cleaner product I use to keep all the crap off. The seats on mine had very minor bolster damage and overall wear given the 115k miles on the 17 year old car, so obviously the previous owners had kept them clean and I intend to do the same

[omegabri]

Only having picked the car up, from BMW, last week, I can't comment on its previous cleaning regime. It only has 20k on it, but you could tell (even though BMW had cleaned it) that it was previously neglected - in comparison to my cars, at least!

I have to admit, my 2012 5 series Touring, now with 40k on it (I purchased as an ex demo car from BMW in 2013) has 'like new' nappa leather seats, with me using the exact same routine.........and thats my 'gone fishing' car, so see's the wear and tear of a van.

[omegabri]

Post by Boyo »

Your seats look like they have come up well from the photos - thanks for posting. At the end of the day its your pride and joy and you should do whatever you want to maintain/improve your car

Many thanks.......On to the bodywork now, and getting it polished, before ceramic coating