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Leather cleaning products.

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  • 01-10-2008 4:02pm
    #1
    [Deleted User]
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    Could anybody recommend a good and safe product for cleaning and maintaining leather seats and upholstery. I have had a look in the motorfactors and there are a number of different products but I would like to get some advice from anybody who has experience using leather treatments on their car.

    Thanks.


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    Victor_M
    Registered Users Posts: 1,608 ✭✭✭Victor_M


    Finley Shapely Gunslinger wrote: »
    Could anybody recommend a good and safe product for cleaning and maintaining leather seats and upholstery. I have had a look in the motorfactors and there are a number of different products but I would like to get some advice from anybody who has experience using leather treatments on their car.

    Thanks.

    Look on ebay for Liquid leather it's very good


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    Stevie Dakota
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Stevie Dakota


    Autoglym stuff is very good, worked well on mine.


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    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    I have Swissol, and it's good, too. Autoglym easier to get your hands on, though.

    Just a note: it's a good idea to wipe your seats with WARM water, just a wipe, mind, not a drenching at the start of the process.

    Whatever you do, though DON'T be tempted to use detergents, including fairy liquid, soap, etc - this is because some of them contain a lot of salts which will not only do damage to the leather, but also the stitching.

    You'd be surprised what a good warm wash will do for them.

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    Neilw
    Registered Users Posts: 3,786 ✭✭✭Neilw


    Gliptone gentle leather cleaner (spray bottle) followed by liquid leather conditioner is one of the best combo's around. Leave the leather nice and supple with a lovely matt finish.


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    bazz26
    Registered Users Posts: 51,245 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    I heard this stuff is pretty good:

    http://www.meguiars.co.uk/cgi-bin/specwd.pl?pc=G7214&tp=0

    I generally find most Meguiars products to be excellent.


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    ciarsd
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    Another vote for Gliptone Liquid Leather from me :cool:


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    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users Posts: 9,563 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    Hey Nox,

    I think I still have a Liquid Leather set (cleaner and conditioner) left out in the shed from when I had a car with leather. Bottles mostly full IIRC. Yours if you want them....


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    [Deleted User]
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    Thanks for the replys.

    @Padraig mor: Thanks for the offer but I think I will just pick up something myself as I have to get some for a friend also.

    @galwaytt: Do you know which motorfactors in Galway stock Swissol or Autoglym?


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    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Swissol - not in Galway, I'm afraid - by post from UK.

    Autoglym available in the shopping centre accessory shop on Headford Road, and Partway Motor Factors. Probably Calbro too, but the other two definately.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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