Black leather interior revival

[Gad-Westy]

My new car has a black leather interior. It's not in bad nick in terms of wear but it just looks a little unkept. I'm planning a big clean of the interior later today and I'm just wondering if there is anything that Halfords might sell that will get it looking a little cleaner/fresher. Any recommendations?

[belleair302]

Forget OTC products, most of them are not worth the time nor money. For a decent refresh of your interior try LTT Solutions car leather kit. Not cheap but each product is amazing and their protector is amazing once the leather is clean.

Remember to warm the leather first, use a hairdryer if necessary to open the pores and allow the mousse to life out the dirt.

[Gad-Westy]

belleair302 said:

Forget OTC products, most of them are not worth the time nor money. For a decent refresh of your interior try LTT Solutions car leather kit. Not cheap but each product is amazing and their protector is amazing once the leather is clean.

Remember to warm the leather first, use a hairdryer if necessary to open the pores and allow the mousse to life out the dirt.

Cheers. Very useful. I actually bought some Halfords leather cleaner before your reply and tried it yesterday. It has cleaned the seats up a bit but I'd be lying if I said that they look significantly better.

The LTT stuff certainly looks the business. I'm tempted to go for it but I did notice that the leather is a little cracked in places and I'm just wondering if I'd be better getting a more drastic repair done first and then going for something like the LTT kit after as on-going care. I assume the LTT stuff will do nothing for the present cracks?

[AndyMI16]

Second ignoring OTC products - fine on brand new leather but to fully revive you need to get your hands dirty. I got my gear from The Furniture Clinic and for an E36 BMW it cost me around £100 in materials - luckily for me a professional detailer helped me out and the result was staggering.

A good example of what can be achieved is in this link http://www.detailingparadise.com/forum/showthread.... - truly amazing.

[E21_Ross]

second vote for LTT solutions. use their lazy leather and ultra leather protect (if the seats are that bad, use their shampoo too)

trust me, they are seriously good products.

[Gad-Westy]

E21_Ross said:

second vote for LTT solutions. use their lazy leather and ultra leather protect (if the seats are that bad, use their shampoo too)

trust me, they are seriously good products.

Cheers. Out of interest does the LTT stuff do anything about surface cracks or is that another job altogether?

I like the sound of the LTT stuff but as per my previous post, I'm wondering if this is worth doing at this stage or whether I need to do something more severe first.

[E21_Ross]

it won't remove cracks, short of getting it reupholstered, there's nothing you can do. however, i've noticed it does make cracks less obvious. hard to explain what i mean but the leather will look "younger" for sure.

[AndyMI16]

It is possible to repair cracks as per this thread http://www.detailingparadise.com/forum/showthread.... and not difficult for an amateur but it would be worth doing a lot of research if you planned on DIYing it.

[Gad-Westy]

AndyMI16 said:

It is possible to repair cracks as per this thread http://www.detailingparadise.com/forum/showthread.... and not difficult for an amateur but it would be worth doing a lot of research if you planned on DIYing it.

This sort of stuff is pretty inspiring! I think I'd be more confident if I had a spare seat to try it on first. Might keep my eyes peeled on ebay for a 'practice' seat. Only problem is, I don't have a spray gun. Can any of these products be applied by aerosol or other means?

[Ciaran]

I used this people, they do a good leather repair kit.

http://www.liquidleather.com/