Conditioning Leather Seats...

[thawolfman]

I've got an '06 Mazda 3 with ~19k on it and the driver's seat is beginning to show some wear from all the use and I'm just looking for some advice here as far as conditioning leather seats go...products, techniques, any advice you can offer is appreciated!

thx
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[nwfsnake]

You can clean an condition them with Lexol products. Good OTC stuff. A nice leather brush does a good job of getting into the cracks and crevices without damaging the leather. You can also clean them with a 10:1 Woolite dilution, and condition with Lexol.

 

[thawolfman]

Originally posted by: nwfsnake
You can clean an condition them with Lexol products. Good OTC stuff. A nice leather brush does a good job of getting into the cracks and crevices without damaging the leather. You can also clean them with a 10:1 Woolite dilution, and condition with Lexol.

Sounds that something like this would be a good deal for me? In addition to picking up a brush as well I would assume?

 

[overst33r]

http://home.insightbb.com/~todd.kenyon/leather.htm

Leatherique for sure

I plan on using it on my new-to-me car that has very sensitive leather seats.

 

[nwfsnake]

No doubt Leatherique is awesome, but for an '06, you can get Lexol at Wal-mart for cheap and be just as happy. If you had older, neglected seats, Leatherique would be my choice.

 

[thomsbrain]

I use Lexol cleaner and conditioner (separate bottles). they seem to do what they are supposed to do. the stretch marks present on the seats when i bought it have not worsened even though i have about doubled the mileage on the car since i bought it. (knock on faux-wood).

Any time you are doing car detailing, get a bunch of microfiber cloths. More is better, because you don't want to be tempted to use a dirty one longer than you need to. You can get giant packs of them for like $15 at Costco and they work great for all aspects of detailing (and are washable).

 

[fstime]

Originally posted by: mariok2006
http://home.insightbb.com/~todd.kenyon/leather.htm

Leatherique for sure

I plan on using it on my new-to-me car that has very sensitive leather seats.

 

[AlucardX]

Originally posted by: nwfsnake
You can clean an condition them with Lexol products. Good OTC stuff. A nice leather brush does a good job of getting into the cracks and crevices without damaging the leather. You can also clean them with a 10:1 Woolite dilution, and condition with Lexol.

some good advice right here, this is what i use personally.. but i use a microfiber cloth, don't have a leather brush.

also look into Zymol leather conditioner, most people at acurazine.com (another forum i'm a member of) seem to perfer this brand the most.