Caring for leather upholstery

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Firefly

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• 4 Jan 2011

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Just wondering what AAMers recommend as the best way to care for leather upholstery and which products you'd recommend. Changed my car recently and don't want it to go the way of many with "cracked" leather seats. Cream leather btw if that makes any difference. Thanks!

 

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RonanC

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• 4 Jan 2011

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McGuires and AutoGlym do a good range of Leather Cleaners & Conditionars. Have used Autoglym products for years and i'd recommend them. They can be expensive but you really do get value for money from them. Order online from one of the detailing websites, save a bit of money.

http://www.autoglym.com/enGB/product-proddetail.asp?v06VQ=GF

 

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Firefly

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• 5 Jan 2011

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Thanks for that - will check it out.

 

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Staples

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• 5 Jan 2011

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Pampers babywipes - works every time.

 

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Firefly

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• 5 Jan 2011

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Staples said:

Pampers babywipes - works every time.

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Well, we have plenty of them in the house anyway!!

 

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RonanC

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• 5 Jan 2011

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Baby wipes will clean the leather seats, steering wheel and trim, but I think they may actually dry out the leather and damage it even more. Baby wipes contain chemicals to clean urine and so on and are not designed for leather.

 

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RonanC

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• 5 Jan 2011

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From reading some car forums, ordinary saddle soap followed by a conditioner like the autoglym that i've suggested above has been mentioned many times, and as many people rejecting the baby wipe suggestion.