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General => Detailing => Topic started by: DazVR6 on 20 November 2008, 22:45
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Picking up a leather interior on the weekend for my vr but before putting it in the car i wanted to clean it....any ideas..?
Whats the best products to use..? will it need to be conditioned afterwards..?
Cheers for your replies in advance. :smiley:
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you can buy leather cleaner or you can use a mild detergent, you can get leather cream or hide food which is more expensive than the cream but better for leather, when your applying it,rub it in well and leave it to soak into the leather remove and apply a second layer,make sure you apply it to all the stitching thoroughly.
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If its a black leather interior,may I suggest good old fashioned boot polish.
Cherry Blossom,Kiwi etc.
Put it on with a shoe brush them rub vigorously.
You will be amazed at how great it will look.
But make sure you use sparingly and polish up with a duster.
Otherwise your white shirt will turn black.
RALPH
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If its a black leather interior,may I suggest good old fashioned boot polish.
Cherry Blossom,Kiwi etc.
Put it on with a shoe brush them rub vigorously.
You will be amazed at how great it will look.
But make sure you use sparingly and polish up with a duster.
Otherwise your white shirt will turn black.
RALPH
Erm.....no i don't think so :shocked:
Have heard Gliptone is the stuff to use though.
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Trust me,it works really well.
I use Kiwi on tyres,black bumper pieces and mirrors(covers).
Looks better for longer and contain no silicates which leaves that nasty plastic takiness on everything.
I use boot polish on the black sections of my colour concept and it looks and feels great.
Try it on your bumpers and wheel arch covers.
You,ll be amazed.
Its a lot cheaper than all these car interior cleaners :wink:
RALPH
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Kiwi is great for exterior trim, but surely you will end up getting black on your clothes if you put kiwi on your seats??! Even if you let it dry for ages, one hot sunny day and a sweaty back would spell bad news.
I would go for something off here: http://www.motorgeek.co.uk/interior-c-1.html e.g. http://www.motorgeek.co.uk/poorboys-leather-stuff-p-245.html
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i use a leather cream food, the same we use on the leather sofas in the house,
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Well i ended up buying some Gliptone off ebay, got cleaner and conditioner, really good stuff.
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If its a black leather interior,may I suggest good old fashioned boot polish.
Cherry Blossom,Kiwi etc.
Put it on with a shoe brush them rub vigorously.
You will be amazed at how great it will look.
But make sure you use sparingly and polish up with a duster.
Otherwise your white shirt will turn black.
RALPH
:laugh:
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auto glym do a good cleaner/feeder dont really think the shoe polish is the way to go :rolleyes:
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I wear a black jacket so I must be helping with the process by wearing that.
I stick by my use of kiwi :wink:
RALPH
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this is what we use, use it in dads car, bro's old car and on the leather sofas in the house works a treat, and you get it in robert dyas (sp)
(http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo212/RnP10/ABCD0003.jpg)
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Reviving this coz I must clean mine! :grin:
So yes I get the leather food stuff as I have leather sofa etc indoors, but what is best to clean it first?
Just a mild detergent solution as firts post or are ther better methods? Or products?
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Len - i used the autoglym leather cleaner and then autoglym feed afterwards before i installed my leathers recently. Did the trick for me!
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My and my father's car have full and half leather so we bought some products from these guys and it is fantastic :-
http://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Leather_Cleaning.htm
http://www.furnitureclinic.co.uk/Leather_Restoration.htm
There is no way I would use shoe or boot polish, I used on my brothers seats when we were selling his car and it was a waste of time and shoe polish isnt colour fast !
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Len - i used the autoglym leather cleaner and then autoglym feed afterwards before i installed my leathers recently. Did the trick for me!
Didnt see this until now! But went to Halfords saturday and chose the AutoGlym cleaner! :grin:
Used that Sat and then used the stuff we have for leather sofa on Sunday. Came up a treat!