Leather smell

[taylormj4]

Hi,
When I bought the Chimaera, it had a lovely leather smell inside. I use Autoglymn leather cleaner and feeder but that smell has totally gone. Is there a better feeder that has the lovely leather smell too. It made it feel so much more luxurious.

[richy759]

I used to use Belvoir Leather Balsam, lovely smell but can be overpowering if you get carried away.
Rich

[WokingWedger]

anonymous said:

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Where can you buy the Belvoir Leather Balsam !!!

[EggsBenedict]

Try Gliptone: http://www.liquidleather.com/

Available from a few places, so google away....

[FlipFlopGriff]

Just pi55 on it in that case. Cheap solution.
FFG

[Good Soil (Pete)]

Gliptone.....Gliptone......Gliptone......

Did I mention you should use Gliptone? www.liquidleather.co.uk (I'm nothing to do with them but am converted)

[T_Pot]

all jokes aside, i asked this question when i had another car with leather, and the best result was to buy a cheap leather item of clothing and hide it under the seat....it worked better than any treatment

[sgrimshaw]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GLIPTONE-LEATHER-SMELL-S...

Had one in my Jag for over 12 mths and it's still "working" .

Excellent.

[neal1980]

I was told by a dealer he used to cut a fresh piece and staple it under the seats, the best way to get that smell back and easy to replace.

[Malcster]

Mine just smells of fibreglass and glue.

[spongy]

Malcster said:

Mine just smells of fibreglass and glue.

Mine too

[Dr Mike Oxgreen]

anonymous said:

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Or if you don't fancy doing it yourself, you could always take a Griff owner for a ride and let natural incontinence take its course. You'll also end up with the unmistakable aroma of stale Brut.

Edited by Dr Mike Oxgreen on Monday 10th October 18:44

[MADMAX2]

Dr Mike Oxgreen said:

anonymous said:

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Or if you don't fancy doing it yourself, you could always take a Griff owner for a ride and let natural incontinence take its course. You'll also end up with the unmistakable aroma of stale Brut.

Edited by Dr Mike Oxgreen on Monday 10th October 18:44

or..... all the chim owners have a trade tent at the next griff growl and all the griff drivers slowly drive thru and we can recreate the smell of new leather aswell as peeing all over them

[FlipFlopGriff]

MADMAX2 said:

or..... all the chim owners have a trade tent at the next griff growl and all the griff drivers slowly drive thru and we can recreate the smell of new leather aswell as peeing all over them

Next best thing I guess as Chumps don't have their own event. Not that I'd let you have a stand.
FFG

[taylormj4]

anonymous said:

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I don't know why but that sounds vaguely sinister ! Lol.

[macdeb]

Buy a new chamois leather and leave it behind the seats. No, really.

[taylormj4]

anonymous said:

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careful if you work in leather chaps, you could become an honorary member of the Griff owner's club !

[Gav500]

Once you use Gliptone you'll never use anything else, I use it on the leather sofa's in the house too!

[taylormj4]

Gav500 said:

Once you use Gliptone you'll never use anything else, I use it on the leather sofa's in the house too!

Thanks Gav. Just looked at their website:

http://www.liquidleather.com/car-shop.html

Presume you used GT11 and GT12 ?

[taylormj4]

Well, finally got round to using the liquid leather on the seats this weekend.
Was very dissapointed with the cleaner. It didn't really lift the dirt well at all. Even after three repeat applications, using a nail brush to work it in, hot water and over 2 hours of elbow grease just on the driver's seat, the seat still looks dirty. Bizarrely the side panel of the seat did come up clean and appears to be a different material. Did TVR use vinyl for the seat side panels and leather for the back and base ?

The cleaner also came out like a jelly rather than a liquid, which makes it difficult to apply to a vertical panel. Is that normal or has my bottle of stuff gone off ? Only bought it at the end of last year.

Matt