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Originally Posted by wreedKR
So i guess it is ok to put water on leather? I was just making sure of that.
What is the best way to keep the beautiful color of the seats stay looking like new?
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Water on leather is not only OK, it's a normal treatment.
Here's the deal: If you "wet" unfinished leather, it becomes "plastic". You can mold wet leather around pistols, power drills, etc. to make "holsters" and they will retain this shape when they dry out. In addition, if you "tool" leather, you MUST dampen it first, or it will not hold the tooling work you apply to it. You can "wet" leather to stretch it or to shrink it.
But, if you don't dampen the leather uniformly, you will get "water marks".
Castano leather is really a lot like unfinished tooling leather. It absorbs almost anything you put on it. It can "water stain" if not dampened uniformly. And, it's "finish" is VERY fragile. If you apply a strong cleaning agent like saddle soap, you will take the "finish" right off.
So, wipe the leather with a damp cloth to remove surface dirt and after everything dries, condition with KR Conditioner or Leather CPR. And, there are some other products other peaple have tried that I have not tried.
If the leather is "black", almost anything you do to it is going to remove the "finish" as well as the dirt. This leaves the leather dried out looking and even more "porous". My only suggestion here is to apply some kind of acrillic finish to the leather (the kind of stuff that's on belts or holsters).
- Jack