Leather Interior Care

[clm65]

Just wondering what the best products are to use on a leather interior. My seats are heated (which unfortunately are using the heating part way too often lately), so I can't imagine that is too good for the leather. They also have the perforated leather panels where my butt and back are, if it makes a difference. Lastly, I think the seats are only partly leather, with leather-look vinyl on parts, so I'm looking for something that can be used on leather and vinyl, and maybe even all the plastic interior parts of the vehicle as well. Does such a product exist that does it all and does it all well?

Thanks!

Craig

[ScottB]

Einszett LeatherCare -- designed for finished leather most often used in automotive settings.

[Mike Phillips]

The most important thing about taking care of leather is to first clean the leather to remove any contaminants, this is especially true for any surfaces your skin touches and the apply a dressing to protect the surface.

Generally speaking, you can use leather products on vinyl but you don't want to use vinyl products on leather.

Usually the only surfaces that are real leather are the faces of the seats, the sides and backs are vinyl or some other synthetic or engineered material.

The next most important thing about leather is to clean and condition the high-wear areas on a regular basis, regular maintenance is the best way and actually the only way to preserve leather. Trying to restore dried out, cracked leather after putting maintenance off doesn't work.


As for the perforated holes, here's what I do, either force your products into your applicator pads so the pad is wet with product that is released as you push your applicator against the surface or apply some product to an applicator pad and then pushing the product into the pad with your fingers so that you don't have a pile of dressing or any liquid "sitting on top of the surface of the applicator pad".

If you have a glob of product sitting on top of some type of applicator pad and then you spread it across perforated holes you'll fill the perforated holes up with goop.

So moisturize you applicator pad with your product and then as you press on the applicator pad it will release some product.

I though I had some pictures of my fingers pushing product actually into applicator pads in this thread but somehow they didn't make it to the thread.


Interior Cleaning and Protecting with Detailer's Pride Professional Products (http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/how-articles/20447-how-clean-protect-interior-leather-vinyl-detailer-s-pride.html)


On this page you'll find quality leather care products, I'll let others chime in on their thoughts on what they like...


Leather Care Products (http://www.autogeek.net/leathercare.html)



Pictures from above article...

Instead of spraying the protectant onto the surface or even onto the pad, another option is to place the nozzle right onto the pad and then inject the protectant into the foam applicator pad. By doing this we avoid getting overspray onto adjacent panels while providing precise product placement onto the section we want to treat.
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Pressing on the applicator will release a little product onto the surface which you can then spread out and work in.
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Remove any excess using a clean microfiber polishing cloth.
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