Leather Care, and interiors as well

[cityneil]

Just been polishing up the car after a 1600 mile trip around England and Ireland. Some great roads in Ireland by the way, lots of twisty ones as well as new Roman style duel carriageways with no one on them.

But the interior could do with a clean and freshen up, what do people use to polish up the interior and the seats. My car is pretty much all leather inside (including side air bags!) so some top recommendations on leather care would be good.

[cableguy]

Probably best to post this in the Detailing Section.

I use unfragranced baby wipes on the leather every week or two depending on use, this removes dust and light dirt etc. a treat and also leaves the original matt finish to the leather.

After using many leather cleaning/nourishing products on various cars I would thoroughly recommend Gliptone's Liquid Leather Cleaner & Conditioner, its very easy to apply and remove and leaves the leather looking matt and feeling soft, it also brings that lovely new leather smell back to the cabin.

HTH.

C.

[CharlesW]

The users manual recommends the following:

"Leather care and treatment
Clean all types of leather regularly to remove
fine dust using a soft, damp, white woollen
cloth or a commercially available microfibre
cloth.
Remove heavy contamination with Porsche
leather cleaner. Please always follow the
instructions for use given on the containers.
Caustic cleaners and hard cleaning objects
must not be used.
Perforated leather must under no circumstances
get wet on its reverse side.
Once cleaned, leather (particularly the heavily
stressed leather seats) must be treated only with
Porsche leather care liquid.
Fabric, upholstery, carpets and floor-mats
Use only a vacuum cleaner or a medium stiff
brush.
Remove stains and spots with Porsche stain
remover."

Edited by CharlesW on Saturday 15th September 11:05

[PolarExpress]

Zymol Leather cleaner
+
Gliptone Liquid Leather Conditioner

and follow the instructions

[cityneil]

Gliptone seems to be getting the vote. Thanks one and all, will see how my Sunday goes and get this done.

[SEE YA]

I have used Autoglym for years no problems with it and does the job.

SEE YA

Edited by SEE YA on Saturday 15th September 16:25

[hutchingsp]

Gliptone is frighteningly good stuff for the money.

I've only leather seats in my Boxster, but I've found the best thing to use with the shampoo/cleaner is an Autoglym cleaning pad, it's a kind of blue "wire wool" type of fabric that is safe but really agitates the solution - works a treat.