Truth on leather care

[omodos]

Had a quick scan on forums and seems the general consensus is not to use leather care products on car seats that you would use on say a leather sofa at home...still trying to get my head round why? I emptied 5 buckets of grimy water after giving me seats a good clean today, and was looking at using the armor all gel that i always used but its out of stock, so wondering is there any harm with a normal leather care product as mentioned above e.g one for sofas etc?

[Henn28]

I’ve not read that, but I guess is wouldn’t surprise me given the temperature extremes inside a car. Just a guess tho. I use Zymol products and have always been happy with their cleaner and conditioner.

[omodos]

Originally Posted by Henn28

I’ve not read that, but I guess is wouldn’t surprise me given the temperature extremes inside a car. Just a guess tho. I use Zymol products and have always been happy with their cleaner and conditioner.

The temps are nuts, we don't have sub 0 hardly ever, but above 35c/95F we have for about 2-3 months of year, for about 10 years had x5 under cover, but since moving it sits in full sun, gave them a good rubdown and grime was unreal(4years worth!) and 1.5hours later then look fine, taken on a matt finish...closest product that was not akin to milk consistency was a turtle wax product and will give it a spin soon, after I try try to dye some of the creases on drivers seat where the brown leather is showing through otherwise black seats....but yup heat is a killer

[rwilson]

I've been using Leatherique since late 1990's on all of my vehicles

totally satisfied with the results

note: last time I checked they have color matching dye if you send them
a piece from under the seat

Rich

[omodos]

cheers, well i i applied some black dye to the creases on driver seat and the scuff marks....rubbed gently, looked as if a 2 year old had taken a pain brush to seat, so i buffed it out, and then applied the turtle wax and not too aggressively eased it in so to speak...so far so good, i was not looking for a shiny greasy look.....and seems to be ok looks fine

[g300d]

I came across a line of leather care products on a different forum.

The Geist line of leather care is touted as organic, and said to be able penetrate the outer coating of the leather to moisturize the leather itself.

Then there is the anti wear coating on top to protect the leather. It's a nice matte finish compared to most other care products.

I tried it on the 4.6 with the softer Nappa leather and really like it. Nice matte finish.

Have not tried it on the 3.0 with the Dakota leather yet.

I got the Geist 3 Plus intended for cars older than 3 years.

https://www.carsupplieswarehouse.com...ynXUsHsyGK_8ie

[omodos]

thanks for all the replies, I stick with the tactic I used as seems to be fine so far, and no greasy looking sheen to finish, but x5 being an oldie now is playing up in other ways soon as the temps have dropped a tad the drivers door wont lock unlock with the fob...but thats another story, same issue last year and it fixed itself when temps rose....