Leather Maintenance
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03-19-2012, 10:38 AM
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03-19-2012, 05:26 PM
For general cleaning I use Lexoral Leather Cleaner,
for leather conditioning I use Connolly Hide Food (aka RollsRoyce, Harley, Volvo, Maserati leather conditioner)
With any conditioner, avoid contact with the threads...regardless what anyone might think, when conditioner comes in contact with the threads it's absorbed, attracts dirt and slowly destroys the threads...
Even in desert climates, I used the Connolly Hyde Cream 2 times/annual, to this day the Leather in the 1997 cougar looks great!, with one crack starting on the bead on the drivers side.
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03-19-2012, 07:13 PM
I have used the following products for 20 years with excellent results.
For general cleaning I use Lexoral Leather Cleaner,
for leather conditioning I use Connolly Hide Food (aka RollsRoyce, Harley, Volvo, Maserati leather conditioner)
With any conditioner, avoid contact with the threads...regardless what anyone might think, when conditioner comes in contact with the threads it's absorbed, attracts dirt and slowly destroys the threads...
Even in desert climates, I used the Connolly Hyde Cream 2 times/annual, to this day the Leather in the 1997 cougar looks great!, with one crack starting on the bead on the drivers side.
For general cleaning I use Lexoral Leather Cleaner,
for leather conditioning I use Connolly Hide Food (aka RollsRoyce, Harley, Volvo, Maserati leather conditioner)
With any conditioner, avoid contact with the threads...regardless what anyone might think, when conditioner comes in contact with the threads it's absorbed, attracts dirt and slowly destroys the threads...
Even in desert climates, I used the Connolly Hyde Cream 2 times/annual, to this day the Leather in the 1997 cougar looks great!, with one crack starting on the bead on the drivers side.
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04-19-2012, 10:55 AM
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The leather in most vehicles now have a coating on the leather and need very minimal care compared to the Castano leather that was used in the King Ranch trucks up until 2010 that required a pretty intense cleaning/conditioning regimen. The 2008 Tahoe LTZ that I just detailed the interior of has 108,000 miles on it and the leather looks brand new and only required me to wipe the seats with a damp clothe to clean them. In fact most leather seats in the newer vehicles are not even leather if you read the dealer sticker they are leather trimmed meaning that a majority of the seat in actually vinyl.
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04-19-2012, 11:24 AM
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04-19-2012, 05:45 PM
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Just grab a warm wet rag and clean em.
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