leather cleaner/protector?

[Chan61922]

hi guys got a e93 with black dakota leather, seats are in failry good nick but seems the blacks turning slighty greyish, maybe my imagination, but still looking for any recommendations for a good leather cleaner which brings out the original color back to its former glory, and protects/restores at the same time. what are you guys using?

thanks

[philmots]

Dr Leather

[Jonsv8]

Car leather is painted so try a watered down general purpose cleaner to remove dead skin, grease, grime etc and see what's under (sounds revolting but that's what it is). Don't add conditioners etc until you've got the old dirt out.

[Zyp]

Baby wipes.
Work great on my Silverstone leather.

For more ingrained dirt, Gliptone.

[Dannbodge]

Dr leather wipes are the best in my opinion.
Work brilliantly on my individual leather

[Sohlman]

I can highly recomend liquid leather made by a company called gliptone. This is a feed that smells like leather and makes the leather soft by re hydrating it. They also do a cleaner.

If you don't want to buy a cleaner you can make up a solution. I use a multi surface cleaner by meguires which is a permanent part of my detail bag, and dilute it with warm water in a small bucket. Make sure you test this to ensure it does not react with the leather. Do not spray solutions onto the leather as this can leave spotting. Assuming the leather and cleaner are comparable, using a toothbrush dip this into the solution and then go in circles over the leather. Then wipe off with a clean microfibre. This will take out all the old bits of skin, dirt, bits of stain from material transfer and oils. It will clean not only the surface, but deep into the grain and stitching. Let the leather dry and then apply the liguid leather with a cloth. Be generous and watch the leather suck it up. Leave it to dry off and then buff with a clean cloth about an hour later.

I forgot to mention, but the liquid leather will leave your car with a lovely leather smell for about three months.

I have used this extensively on my 635 which is 30 years old and the leather still looks good.

Hope this helps

[longintheleg]

I have to say that the BMW stuff is actually pretty good. It doesn't remove any of the dye from the touring seats which other products have.

[lufbramatt]

Furniture Clinic Ultra clean and protection cream work very well indeed.

[longintheleg]

Zymol also gets good reviews.

[anonymous-user]

check out the guides and products offered by LTT

http://www.lttsolutions.co.uk

[Chan61922]

thanks for the response guys, ive had a look at all suggestions and the dr leather wipes seems most appealing to me, i like the fact they they are presoaked in cleaning solution and the convinience factor, where you can throw away once finished. ive just checked amazon and it seems to have quite good reviews, am i better off buying a bottle of this stuff or are the wipes just as good? i think theres 2 sizes a pack of 40 wipes £15/16 or a bigger tub for £23/24, does that sound about right? where are you guys buying your gear from?
thanks

[39sl]

I ended up buying both the wipes then the liquid from Dr leather.
When I used the two together, the results were very impressive on my silverstone leather.

In all honesty, I forgot I had the wipes, bought the liquid then found the wipes.

[knitware]

If using Dr. Leather then use gloves as the smell soaks into your skin.

[Chan61922]

Quick feedback on Dr leather wipes I purchased! Did the front two seats yesterday, worked a treat however I don't think 1 wipe is enough for 1 seat, so I used maybe 3/4 per seat, don't like the idea of using 1 and removing dirt from 1 area and transferring elsewhere. However as stated, the smell is abit funky, smells like a hospital to me lol I didn't use gloves and had it stain my fingers for a while lol good product though, cheers for advice guys

[SuperHangOn]

I have black leather seats which were looking a bit tired when I got the car. I bought a tub of black leather dye on eBay for about a fiver to fill in the light cracks after a good clean. I conditioned afterwards and the seats looked beautiful.

The dye was very easy to use - just rub on, leave for 5 mins and rub off.

[lnanakates]

I need an advice from you guys. I didn't buy leather cleaner before. Although, I read few review like this kind review site https://theeffectiveguide.com/best-leather-cleaner... Thus, I need to know which leather cleaner will be best at 2017? Any idea about Chamberlain’s leather milk cleaner? Is it good to buy? I have found this brand name on few review site.

Edited by lnanakates on Wednesday 26th July 16:52

[Heres Johnny]

lnanakates said:

I need an advice from you guys. I didn't buy leather cleaner before. Thus, I need to know which leather cleaner will be best at 2017? Any idea about Chamberlain’s leather milk cleaner? Is it good to buy?

What's the car? A lot of leather is now actually synthetic, and at the other, luxury end it can be specialised.

If it's routine bmw leather, diluted all purpose cleaner to clean, stuff like gliptone to protect.

[lnanakates]

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What's the car? A lot of leather is now actually synthetic, and at the other, luxury end it can be specialised.

If it's routine bmw leather, diluted all purpose cleaner to clean, stuff like gliptone to protect.
[/quote]

My car model: 2008 BMW 3 Series 328i.
What do you think which leather cleaner will be better for this model?

[Heres Johnny]

lnanakates said:

My car model: 2008 BMW 3 Series 328i.
What do you think which leather cleaner will be better for this model?

Nothing fancy, just diluted flash or whatever you use in the kitchen, microfibre cloth, and keep rinsing the cloth, the seats are probably filthy with dirt. You don't need to put anything on after but any leather protector from Halfords will do, but glyptone is popular, or autoglym.