Wait until Girl Scouts/Cub Scouts.... you start wondering sometimes what color paint your KR is under all the dust, pollen & dirt.... lol....

At some point this summer, I'll spend a couple days trying to clean it back up & recapture the "glory days".... :o

 

Ahh... more fun to look forward to, I suppose. LOL!

I quickly washed my truck yesterday beginning at 8pm. I then proceeded to VERY quickly put a coat of wax on the truck beginning at 1030pm. All by hand. I finished up around midnight... whew.

I need more hours in my day to fit everything in to my schedule... (family, career, the house, etc.. etc.. etc..).

 

I just put in an order from the kr saddle shop for three bottles. It doesn't tell you though that its back ordered until the order goes through. I called down the saddle shop and they told me they expected some in on June 1.

 

Okay... because of this thread, I went out last night at 10p (yes, I was watching American Idol -- laugh all you want. LOL!) and began working on my seats. I tried a new method this time -- which I will DEFININTELY utilize again...

On this one, I took a bucket of HOT water and a horse hair shoe brush and went to town with Johnson & Johnson baby soap. My stitching looks almost new - not grungy and dull like it was before I started. I really wish that I had taken photos before I started and after completion.

Here was my process:

1. Fill bucket with HOT water.
2. Soak horse hair brush in water.
3. Get seats wet. Yes. Wet. Very wet, in fact.
4. Scrub in baby wash paying close attention to seams and higher grunge areas.
5. Rinse brush in water. Rinse again. Rinse once more.
6. Go back over the seat with wet brush.
7. Wipe down with microfiber towel to remove excess moisture/excess sudsing
8. Repeat.
9. Finish with your conditioner of choice -- I went with Lexol.

My stitching looks really darn good and the leather looks excellent - not perfect but, excellent.

Thanks for coaxing me into completing this task. I'm very glad that I did...

 

Sounds like the seats are ready to carry a few samples of quartz, feldspar, or haematite, just to prove their ability to stand up to the Rockpick treatment !!!

 

I wish I was tinkering out in the field (especially in an area that would feature such beasts - although, we've got plenty of SiO2)...

More than anything these days, I'm dealing with nitrous oxides, sulfur dioxides, and particulate matter... air permitting has become my bag of tricks. Diversification is important... I guess.

 

So the Kyoto agreement starts to mean something at last !!!

 

Could that KR conditioner be used on Lariat leather as well?

 

It can, but it's not necessary like it is for KR leather. Your leather is "coated" to protect it, almost like a vinyl overlay, while the KR leather is, to put it in an easy way, raw, almost. It needs conditioner to keep it's flexibility and softness. It is unprotected from spills etc., while if something is spilled on your Lariat leather, it just beads up, not soaks in. All you really need to clean your Lariat leather is a damp rag and/or some of the leather cleaners that are out there, designed for the coated types of leather. Your seats won't benefit from the conditioners in the KR since they are basically sealed.

 

Thanks for that explanation.

 

Once you get the seats wet, then do you rub the baby wash in by hand or with the brush?

Thanks

Chris

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Here was my process:

1. Fill bucket with HOT water.
2. Soak horse hair brush in water.
3. Get seats wet. Yes. Wet. Very wet, in fact.
4. Scrub in baby wash paying close attention to seams and higher grunge areas.
5. Rinse brush in water. Rinse again. Rinse once more.
6. Go back over the seat with wet brush.
7. Wipe down with microfiber towel to remove excess moisture/excess sudsing
8. Repeat.
9. Finish with your conditioner of choice -- I went with Lexol.

My stitching looks really darn good and the leather looks excellent - not perfect but, excellent.

Thanks for coaxing me into completing this task. I'm very glad that I did... [/QUOTE]

 

I utilize the shoe brush to bring the baby soap to a lather. This light agitation is what helps to lift the dirt.

-RP-