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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: duggs on 22 September 2007, 17:20:31

Title: Leather seat treatment.
Post by: duggs on 22 September 2007, 17:20:31

How often should leather seats be treated to keep them in good condition and what product do you guys recommend please.

Title: Re: Leather seat treatment.
Post by: Dazzler on 22 September 2007, 18:20:10

Dove soap ;)

Title: Re: Leather seat treatment.
Post by: Markjay on 22 September 2007, 18:20:12

Sorry, donnow, haven't done anything to mine in the past 6 years... the steering wheel does get an ocassional treatment of leather cream.

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Post by: cem_devecioglu on 22 September 2007, 18:44:41

every 2-3 months..Dont care about the brand..Something creamy is ok for me..

Title: Re: Leather seat treatment.
Post by: puffa on 22 September 2007, 19:25:16

Recommended to be done every year as the leather dries out and starts to get crack lines on it, i do mine more often in the summer in  particular as this is when the inside of the car gets its hottest.... I use Autoglym Leather Cream which makes the leather look really good again.


So As you can imagine not been done much this year as we have not had any flippin sun !!!!!!!!!

Title: Re: Leather seat treatment.
Post by: TheBoy on 22 September 2007, 20:05:19

Can't remember the make I use, but do it regular :y

Title: Re: Leather seat treatment.
Post by: Jay w on 22 September 2007, 20:05:54

i use the autoglym leather care on mine and do them every 6 months, although i do pretty much live in my car and the driver seat has taken on my profile ;D

Title: Re: Leather seat treatment.
Post by: duggs on 22 September 2007, 20:12:51

Thank you for your replies guys....Every 6 months should do it then I guess.

Title: Re: Leather seat treatment.
Post by: pinball on 22 September 2007, 21:49:34

ok guys here it is..............every  week vac the seats to get the dirt out the pores,then wipe with a damp cloth which has  a mild pure soap,no dtergents like washing up liquid as this destroys the sealant layer and then goes onto to destroy the pigment/paint layer.
about 2 months again give a good clean a soft nail brush is recomended this time to get ingrained dirt out.then treat with a leather cream,this is important as this will put back into the leather important moisture/oil and should leave a protective wax layer.
things you all should be aware of are the things which is gonna destroy your leather surface,
kids.......self explanatary :)
heat....drys outthe leather and it starts to crack
detergents....breaks down protective layer
sweat/hand grease........ does the same as detergents......and ten fold if u are on heart tablets
dog sweat.anoither killer.
oh pleasee do not use products meant for saddles,saw a womans leather sofa destroyed by a saddle soap product
hope this is of help :y

Title: Re: Leather seat treatment.
Post by: Elite Pete on 22 September 2007, 22:27:16

Try this stuff, ive been using it for years and its very good :y

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gliptone-Leather-Restorer-Cleaner-Conditioner-4-Seats_W0QQitemZ190153155542QQihZ009QQcategoryZ72201QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Title: Re: Leather seat treatment.
Post by: Sjors-V6 on 23 September 2007, 11:52:19

I'll use the 2step system from Meguiars


(http://www.automat.nl/beheer/upload/editor_images/meguiars/g11016.jpg)
(http://www.gpwizard.co.uk/shop/images/G11116.gif)





 :y

Title: Re: Leather seat treatment.
Post by: Jim on 23 September 2007, 13:48:59

I use Baby Oil for all my Leather Needs :-X ;D ;D


But for the car I use Autoglynn Leather Care, try to do it once every 2-3 months :y

Title: Re: Leather seat treatment.
Post by: davlad22 on 23 September 2007, 14:05:50

Don't like a 'shiny' leather look.

Autoglym 'leather cleaner' followed by 'leather care cream' is the product of choice. Remember to do the steering wheel and CLEAN really well and also the gear knob  :y

Tried the gliptone stuff on an MR2 before but it makes it smell like an old car  :-/ Anything is better than nothing though.

Title: Re: Leather seat treatment.
Post by: pinball on 03 October 2007, 18:48:06

yep gliptone is good.......i used to use their pigment paints when repairing leather seats