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i'm trying to find the best situation to clean leather, i've used the conventional 'leather cleaner' to soapy water mixed w/ purple power, then spraying cleaner and conditioner on after it had time to dry.
LEXOL WORKS REAL WELL HUH, EVEN ON DEEP ENGRAINED DIRT? I'VE USED MEGUAIRS MAINLY FOR CONDITIONING, BECAUSE THATS THE FIRST CLEANER/CONDITIONER I'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO TELL A DIFFERENCE IN TEH FEEL OF THE LEATHER.
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10 parts water to 1 part Woolite (yes the laundry soap for sweaters). Mix in a spray bottle, spray on the leather, scrub with a nylon bristle brush as needed, wipe dry. Any quality leather conditioner works fine.
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10 parts water to 1 part Woolite (yes the laundry soap for sweaters). Mix in a spray bottle, spray on the leather, scrub with a nylon bristle brush as needed, wipe dry. Any quality leather conditioner works fine.
This is the method I would use for sure, especially if this is the first real good cleaning your doing to the leather. Afterwards once the seats have been deeply cleaned, cleanings should be much easier and you could just use the zymol or Lexol cleaners and conditioners.
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This is the method I would use for sure, especially if this is the first real good cleaning your doing to the leather. Afterwards once the seats have been deeply cleaned, cleanings should be much easier and you could just use the zymol or Lexol cleaners and conditioners.
Why spend the money on Lexol/zymol cleaners when Woolite/water is already an excellent cleaner? Ottawa Leather, the major OEM leather supplier recommends using a mild soap and water to clean their leather. Doesn't get much milder than Woolite. Lexus owner's manuals recommend using a 5% wool safe detergent solution (that would be a 20:1 dillution) but don't specifically name Woolite.
You want a really good conditioner? Leather Master's Leather Vital is it. Not cheap though.
10 parts water to 1 part Woolite (yes the laundry soap for sweaters). Mix in a spray bottle, spray on the leather, scrub with a nylon bristle brush as needed, wipe dry. Any quality leather conditioner works fine.
i'm going to use that the next time i do some leather..btu was my method:
Ajax dish detergent soap
water
then
using the Meguairs Leather cleaner and conditioner
Meguairs Conditioner- I will never spend my money on again. I conditioned both my 5th and 6th gens 2 weeks after using started cracking at the pressure points and yes both cars.
btw to scottswax - I havent' used the 10:1 with woolite but I will next time I need a good cleanin since it sounds like one of those good ol' tricks handed down.
any idea how to get rid of ink stains? looks like a pin scraped my tan leather somehow and i can't find anything to get it out....I cleaned and conditioned with the lexol products.....i could tell the difference, they did look/feel better...it even took blue jean dye out of one of my seats
but no luck removing the ink lines....i used a mr clean magic eraser too....but it crumbled into pieces..maybe it was old??? i've had it like a year and a half and just now opened it
any idea how to get rid of ink stains? looks like a pin scraped my tan leather somehow and i can't find anything to get it out....I cleaned and conditioned with the lexol products.....i could tell the difference, they did look/feel better...it even took blue jean dye out of one of my seats
but no luck removing the ink lines....i used a mr clean magic eraser too....but it crumbled into pieces..maybe it was old??? i've had it like a year and a half and just now opened it
Call me crazy but I have done this. Use 10:1 ratio with (10cups) water and (1cup) bleach. It will not harm your seats or discolor them. You can use a cloth of your choice to rub with but if it doesn't come up then try a medium-Soft bristled brush. I wouldn't go any stronger than 4:1 ratio to remove the stain.
I used this method on My watercrafts when I got them out last year and the seats were covered in mildew. one wipe with that method and it all came right off. Seats never discolored or cracked.
However I failed to mention, I would follow up with rinseing it off by using a different cloth with just water and wiping over it until I felt all of the mixture was off.
BTW: bleach is a great cleaner for most of anything (including your car) when diluted with water. Diluting is the key factor!!!
I used some leather cleaner from Ardex a commercial well known company around where I live. Did a decent job. But gonna try the woolite. Since I just got my leather seats and they need a good cleaning
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The Woolite mixtures sounds like great advice.
I have used Lexol and it works fairly well. I did not like the feel of the leather after conditioning with Lexol though.
I just got an order of Adams Polish (http://www.adamspolishes.com/) in last night. Bought their leather cleaner to see how it does. I have used a few other Adams products and they make some great stuff.
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