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Cleaning leather

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Anyone and good tips for cleaning linen leather?

Have some marks on the seats from the roof leaking.


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Having just done the Ecru in my M3 before I sold it (with Ecru which is similar to linen) I would suggest Gliptone leather cleaner.

Its relatively inexpensive and quite gentle but certainly cleans well, if you then use their conditioner the real leather smell comes back too.

I got mine from here

http://www.performancemotorcare.com/acatalog/Leather_Cleaners.html




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Apart from calling in G.

My truck has light grey leather and I clean it in much the same way we do horses tack. Liquid saddle soap to do the clean and then a good quality leather conditioner. Most of the good detailing companies make a version or for a fraction of the price visit your local saddlery. The Zymol stuff (Treat) does make the leather smell reall nice though.

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Liquid Leather does a good range of leather care and restoration kits.

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Meths. You'd be surprised how much dirt it lifts off! You have to do this before applying leather dye.

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Wouldn't meths dry up the leather too much, or even lifts the colour that's already in the leather?

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A tip I had from (I think) the chap who covered the custom leather seats in Mrs F's car was if you want to clean really dirty seats, microwave damp towels until they're steaming hot, stick 'em on the seats and it draws all the muck out, then use nourisher. Oven gloves are advised for handling the hot steamy towels.

That said Nicola your seats seem OK, so this would probably be over the top.


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Nah... they are awful... I'll have a look and see what cleaning products I've got... I know I've some Zymol treat and some halfrauds leather cleaner somewhere.

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Previous poster said:
Quote: Originally posted by nicola on 28 March 2007

Nah... they are awful... I'll have a look and see what cleaning products I've got... I know I've some Zymol treat and some halfrauds leather cleaner somewhere.
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I've got some Zymol knocking about the garage if you run out.

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now the question is... do I clean seats or the Dirty girl this evening?

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Meths does dry it up a bit but it really does clean the leather up. You just need to massage in conditioner afterwards.

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I remember seeing a thread on leather cleaners somewhere, PH I think, about two months ago......I remember Auto Express had done a survey on said items and 'star rated them....From memory Mer and Meguiars came out very well, better than Zymol and Gliptone, but I guess you pays your money and takes your choice!

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Previous poster said:
Quote: Originally posted by nicola on 28 March 2007

now the question is... do I clean seats or the Dirty girl this evening?
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I'll just stand outside the office for 5 minutes with pine cone and seaweed to get the short range forecast....

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I've used Mer leather cleaner in the past with decent results - think it has built in conditioner too from memory - about £10 from the old halfrauds

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Previous poster said:
Quote: Originally posted by Fraser on 28 March 2007

I'll just stand outside the office for 5 minutes with pine cone and seaweed to get the short range forecast....
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Still dry.....

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