Distilled water or regular water with Woolite

[hkeiner]

I am planning to use some Woolite to clean the leather seats on my 2002 Ford Sport Trac. The leather color is a light/medium tan color. In reading all of the posts that I could find on this fourm(with a search on the term "woolite"), the posts seem to recommend a ratio of Woolite to water in the range of 1:6 to 1:10. Some posts further recommend the use of DISTILLED water, while others do not mention DISTILLED water at all. My question is this:

Does it matter much if regular tap water or bottled drinking water is used, instead if DISTILLED water, with the Woolite? And if so, what are the consequences of using tap or bottled drinking water?

Keep in mind that I am not cleaning the leather seats on a high end expensive vehicle. Just a Sport Track, which is my commute vehicle. Thanks in advance for any advice on this.

[wytstang]

People use distilled to keep the mix pure if you will, I've used regular filtered water and it worked just fine. It's a good idea to treat your car as if it were a high end car, guaranteed good resell value.

[Jimmie]

No it doesn't matter that much. Distilled H2O is pure water with nothing suspended in it so you reduce the chance of spotting, mixes easier with whatever chemical that you dilute, and it's not expensive. I keep some on hand just to dilute my detailing products but unless you have hard water it's not all that necessary.

[zaxjax]

I will say this, Woolite is used in your washing machine which is neither distilled or filtered. I don't think it should matter.

[lethalxls1]

I need to clean some leather before I condition it. It has stains on it that looks like soda. Is woolite the way to go? thanks

[supercharged]

Originally Posted by wytstang

People use distilled to keep the mix pure if you will, I've used regular filtered water and it worked just fine. It's a good idea to treat your car as if it were a high end car, guaranteed good resell value.

[D&D Auto Detailing]

I use filtered water when diluting products. The water is below 50ppm.

[wytstang]

Originally Posted by lethalxls1

I need to clean some leather before I condition it. It has stains on it that looks like soda. Is woolite the way to go? thanks

Depending on how bad the stain is. But with the right brush and a woolite/h2o mix it should come out just fine.

[lethalxls1]

Thanks

[Z06-Goose]

I recommend using distilled water as well. I hardly ever use tap water for anything that has to do with my cars. It's worth the extra buck to get some distilled water
Heck, I mix distilled water with anti-freeze for my cars so it won't rust, or corrode my radiator