Leather seats
#3
02-09-2008, 11:31 PM
RE: Leather seats
My personal opinion here. ArmorAll will never touch a thing I own ever again. It turns whatever you wiped it on brown. That includes tires, your dash, etc.
You should have seen the dash in my g/f's '81 Monte when I bought it. The original owner & son both treated the dash with ArmorAll. It was all cracked and brown on top. I had to find a complete dash assembly to replace it with and luckily a dash from a late '70s Malibu Wagon is the same dash.
I used STP's Son Of A Gun for many years. But now you can't find the product? I know it kept the landau roof on a car I used to own looking like new. No shinkage or anything.
You should have seen the dash in my g/f's '81 Monte when I bought it. The original owner & son both treated the dash with ArmorAll. It was all cracked and brown on top. I had to find a complete dash assembly to replace it with and luckily a dash from a late '70s Malibu Wagon is the same dash.
I used STP's Son Of A Gun for many years. But now you can't find the product? I know it kept the landau roof on a car I used to own looking like new. No shinkage or anything.
#4
02-10-2008, 12:00 AM
RE: Leather seats
I used a damp cloth and i leave all the other products on the shelf. The oil that is in the material stays and they look factory. I have never use anything else and never had a cracked in any leather produts.Keep the leather out of the sun as much you can.Get a tint on the widows to keep the UV rays out.. My o2 on that.
Do not use any type of soap....
Do not use any type of soap....
#5
02-10-2008, 09:47 AM
RE: Leather seats
That's strange RJ, we've never had that problem with Armor All. Weird.
The owners manual says to use saddle soap or other leather conditioner. I know from having other leather products (saddles, boots, etc)that saddle soap will thinngs dry out if and oil such as Neats Foot is not used too, but I don't want THAT in my car seats, LOL.
Window tint will help a lot. That's one of the reasons we tint everything we own.
The owners manual says to use saddle soap or other leather conditioner. I know from having other leather products (saddles, boots, etc)that saddle soap will thinngs dry out if and oil such as Neats Foot is not used too, but I don't want THAT in my car seats, LOL.
Window tint will help a lot. That's one of the reasons we tint everything we own.
#6
02-10-2008, 09:55 AM
RE: Leather seats
ORIGINAL: rj
My personal opinion here. ArmorAll will never touch a thing I own ever again. It turns whatever you wiped it on brown. That includes tires, your dash, etc.
You should have seen the dash in my g/f's '81 Monte when I bought it. The original owner & son both treated the dash with ArmorAll. It was all cracked and brown on top. I had to find a complete dash assembly to replace it with and luckily a dash from a late '70s Malibu Wagon is the same dash.
I used STP's Son Of A Gun for many years. But now you can't find the product? I know it kept the landau roof on a car I used to own looking like new. No shinkage or anything.
My personal opinion here. ArmorAll will never touch a thing I own ever again. It turns whatever you wiped it on brown. That includes tires, your dash, etc.
You should have seen the dash in my g/f's '81 Monte when I bought it. The original owner & son both treated the dash with ArmorAll. It was all cracked and brown on top. I had to find a complete dash assembly to replace it with and luckily a dash from a late '70s Malibu Wagon is the same dash.
I used STP's Son Of A Gun for many years. But now you can't find the product? I know it kept the landau roof on a car I used to own looking like new. No shinkage or anything.
i use Eagle one Nano tech conditioner/cleaner, it was on sale at advanced auto parts 2 bottles for $3 so i figured i would give it a try and it works pretty good, i have no complaints about it. also it doesn't make my seats slick to were you slide off of them like some other stuff i have tried.
#7
02-10-2008, 10:17 AM
RE: Leather seats
I'm very willing to try another/better product. Just didn't see too many to choose from so went with what we've always used.
#8
02-28-2008, 08:59 PM
RE: Leather seats
Over the course of many years, I've triedeverything under the sunon leather - always looking for something better, I suppose. Iliked Meguiars Gold Class cleaner/conditioner, but I've finally concluded that there is simply nothing better than Lexol, and it's the only thing I'm going to use from now on. They make a "ph cleaner", if you need it, and a liquid conditioner.
#9
02-29-2008, 02:52 AM
RE: Leather seats
i suggest looking around on autogeek they have a great selection on auto products,i plan on trying leathernique kind of pricey but seems like a quality product.
i use armor all on my dash because i like the deep black shine,i think armor all gets a badwrap but if you look at other otc. products they are no different because its silicone that people claimdoes the browning over time.and alot of the products contain that ingrediant.
i use armor all on my dash because i like the deep black shine,i think armor all gets a badwrap but if you look at other otc. products they are no different because its silicone that people claimdoes the browning over time.and alot of the products contain that ingrediant.
#10
02-29-2008, 06:56 AM
RE: Leather seats
I will second Gale 155 on the Lexol.I have tried many cleaners/conditioners over the years as well and the Lexol products seem to be the best.The thing I like is it doesn't leave a shiny,greasy "auctioned up"look.Once it dries the seats look factory original,and it smells good too.