Acura leather still looks dirty after using Lexol Cleaner

**Quiksilver5882** · 08-16-2014, 11:22 PM

D101, 3D APC or Optimum Power Clean are all great choices! I recommend scrubbing with a tooth brush and a terry cloth towel.

**Coach Steve** · 08-16-2014, 11:23 PM

Larry has a great video on this.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bd_IqK5ydU]Best Interior Detailing Tricks: Leather and Plastics - YouTube[/video]

**malibuboats91** · 08-17-2014, 01:54 AM

Originally Posted by Coach Steve

Larry has a great video on this.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Bd_IqK5ydU]Best Interior Detailing Tricks: Leather and Plastics - YouTube[/video]

Awesome video! Thanks for that. What conditioner do you guys recommend then? I have always used Meguiars but recently picked up a sample Lexol kit. In my VW and my moms BMW I was satisfied with the results but it barely touched any of the dirt in my dad's Acura.

**The Guz** · 08-17-2014, 01:57 AM

That is why I posted the Meguiar's sealer system. Comes with everything you need. The cleaner and the sealer.

Meguiars Gold Class Leather Sealer Treatment

**Lakeside Detail** · 08-17-2014, 06:12 AM

I've used Optimum Power Clean at 4:1 on Acura MDX leather and it came out clean as new each time. One of them the leather was light gray and very dirty. I used OPC and a super soft cyclo brush on my PC, worked great.

**malibuboats91** · 08-17-2014, 08:59 AM

Would you guys recommend OPC over the Meg's APC?

**conman1395** · 08-18-2014, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by malibuboats91

Would you guys recommend OPC over the Meg's APC?

I recommend Megs APC (D101). You'll get more out of it. A lot more.

**Junebug** · 08-19-2014, 08:50 AM

"Borrow" some Woolite from your wife's laundry room, mix it 1oz to 20 oz water - you can use distilled. And you have the best cleaner for quite a bit less than the other stuff. Does it work? Would I post if it didn't? I know there are quite a few "experts" that think this will end the world and all that jazz, but it's been working for me for over 9 years and another buddy in TX for about 20.

**Desertnate** · 08-19-2014, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by Junebug

"Borrow" some Woolite from your wife's laundry room, mix it 1oz to 20 oz water - you can use distilled. And you have the best cleaner for quite a bit less than the other stuff. Does it work? Would I post if it didn't? I know there are quite a few "experts" that think this will end the world and all that jazz, but it's been working for me for over 9 years and another buddy in TX for about 20.

The owner's manual in my wife's Toyota specifically calls for using Woolite to clean the leather. I've hear anecdotal evidence that similar comments can be found in the owner's manual of other vehicles too.

**KMdef9** · 08-19-2014, 01:26 PM

Since it's vinyl, you should be able to get away with an APC and soft nylon brush. You don't have to use leather cleaner with a boars hair, it shouldn't be that sensitive.

If you don't have a steamer, get a hot wash cloth, ring it out really good and set it on the really bad area. That will "open the pores" like Larry said.

I like products that need to be diluted, that way I can make different concentrations for whatever I may come across. I have 2 different concentraions of:

leather cleaner
APC
ONR
odor eliminator
fabric cleaner