Leather restorer / cleaner

Steve Tinker · Postby **Steve Tinker** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:53 am

All you guys with the posh leather seats - what brand of restorer / cleaner can you recommend using. My wifes Volvo leather seat inserts need a bit of protection from the Qld sun - whats the go ??

Garry · Postby **Garry** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:58 am

The Mothers stuff worked well on my seats.

QwikMX5 · Postby **QwikMX5** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:48 am

Meguiars Leather Foamer or Amorall Leather Wipes when I'm lazy.

chrislevingston · Postby **chrislevingston** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:05 pm

Lederpflege.

Sourced from a mate who uses it on his Ferraris.

Chris P · Postby **Chris P** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 12:28 pm

Autoglym is the one I use ~$30 a bottle

If its good enough for Her Majesty's backside to sit on, its good enough for mine.

RRdstr · Postby **RRdstr** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 1:30 pm

I've been using Zorbel, obtainable from shoe repair places, and I've also been trying to soften with a quality penetrating leather dressing from a saddler . . . makes sense to this country boy . . . :roll:

. . . seems to be working well too.

Jinba Ittai - rider and horse as one ? ?

Steve Tinker · Postby **Steve Tinker** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:11 pm

Thanks guys seems there are some decent leather restorers out there - I'll be into it this weekend....
Steve

ducktape69 · Postby **ducktape69** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 4:41 pm

Meguiars Leather Foam - protector, conditioner and cleaner....only $17 from autobarn....great great stuff

trader · Postby **trader** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 6:49 pm

Whatever you use keep away from leather cleaners/restorers used for dressing leather saddles etc unless you have a '38 chev.. I have just spent a grand having the seats refurbished in my Eunos 500 by Uticolour. I have had the car for six years and every month fed the leather with the stuff. I was pretty dissapointed in how the leather deteriorated. Uticolor explained how the leather is sealed unlike saddles -makes sense. They market a leather dressing for sealed leather and I'm now using it on the Mx5 as well.. time will tell how true it is. Cleaning is done with Lux and warm water (not overwet). Incidently, Pete at Uticolor colour in Canberra did a fantastic job and also fixed a hole in the softop.

RRdstr · Postby **RRdstr** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:34 pm

M m m m . . . thanks for the long term feedback on leather dressing trader . . . rethink coming up here . . . :frown:

crusz · Postby **crusz** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:57 pm

Meguiars Leather Foam works best for me. Spray some foam into your palm and work well into leather, especially the stiching.

Cheers

PT · Postby PT » Sun Jun 11, 2006 6:09 pm

Pinnacle Leather Condition, I've tried em all, and this is the only one I'll put my SE's leather.

http://www.waxit.com.au/proddetail.asp? ... 340&cat=19

Charlie Brown · Postby **Charlie Brown** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 10:34 pm

Just had my Howe leather seats cleaned and resealed by Doyles. Boy did it drink up the conditioner and I have use Meguairs Leather protectant 3 times in 8 months.

Make sure you work the conditioner into the tops of the seats around the head rests. This is the area that cops the most abuse from the sun.

A big tip from Doyles is NEVER use a cloth to apply the conditioner/cleaner to the leather. It is too abrasive and will remove the finish from the surface.
Use a large pore sponge, similar to that use to wash dishes.