Hi mike...would you use wg cockpit sealant on toyota softex oem seats?

[Toolhead]

Softex as you probably already know is toyota oem synthetic material for their seats. Toyota refers to it as synthetic leather and recommends only using damp mf towel for maintenance.

Would you recommend using wg cockpit sealant on this seat fabric

[Mike Phillips]

Hi Toolhead,

Sorry for the delay, I was off for a few days to travel over the Memorial Day weekend.


When large companies like Toyota recommend using a damp microfiber towel to clean anything they are catering to the lowest common denominator among us that could screw up tying shoe laces.


The Wolfgang Cockpit Trim Sealant is very safe on any interior material or surface. That said, with any product from any company, when using it on new cars now days, test the product first to an inconspicuous area and wait for a few days to see if there's any negative reaction for the reasons I outlined here,


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Newton's Third Law of Physics
Years ago, people started having problems using traditional interior dressings on vinyl surfaces inside new cars, places like the dash, consoles and door panels. The problem wasn't so much the products being used but the fact that the materials being used inside cars has changed. In an effort to go green, car manufactures set target goals to use materials for the interior of their vehicles that are made using a percentage of reclaimed plastic and other recycled materials.

According to Newton's Third Law of Physics, for ever action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Our collective pro-active action to recycle processed materials and once again turn them into processed materials again, (and again and again and again) has introduced an opposite reaction that has caused some people to avoid using anything on their car's interior.

So anytime you're working on a new car, and I mean as in the year I'm typing this, which is 2017 and even new cars from a few years ago and of course moving forward into the future, because the materials used in new cars are continually changing, what worked in the past may not work in the future so TEST first to an inconspicuous area and when you're satisfied there's now down side then apply to the rest of the car.

[Toolhead]

thanks mike. makes a lot of sense. especially your detail about waiting few days.. given that a chemical reaction may not be immediately noticeable, or may take time to occur

excellent advice as usual.

finally got the black 4 runner done this past weekend.. the black truck looks like glass..

thanks for all the help as of late