leather seat query

[outlaw118]

Madams Fester has got leather seats, and very nice they are too.

Except, when the car was valeted before we got it, they seem to have doused everything in silicon polish, so everything is slippery, including the seats; to the extent that you can't drive with any level of "enthusiasm" as your going to literally slide out of the bloody chairs.

Any suggestions for leather cleaner/food that won't make the seats like a skating rink?

[Station]

Yes. Not using £1 leather polish! You can spend about 20 quid on leather cleaner which cleans it, and doesn't leave a furniture polish-esque effect on it. Or just wipe with a wet cloth, leather's naturally resilient I think anyway.

[CreepingJesus]

I've earnt my corn valeting on a few occaisions; my choice on leather interiors is always the Autoglym tag team - cleaner and then balm. There's lots of good products out there, but the Autoglym's never, ever let me down.

http://www.autoglym.co.uk/enGB/product-proddetail.asp?v06VQ=FD&Range=1

That's the page for the cleaner, the balm is on there too. The good thing is, they're not hard to get. Halfords and other major factors stock them, failing that,any bodyshop supply shop will have them too.

Be prepared to take a bit of time, maybe an hour per chair, and maybe even a couple of bottles of cleaner. The results of the cleaner can look a bit scary, but the balm will sort it out, and it's better than tons of silicon shit being there. There's no reason to put silicon furniture polish on there, beats me why anybody does it. Other than grounds of cheapness, and their incompetency.

[Richard]

There's no reason to put silicon furniture polish on there, beats me why anybody does it. Other than grounds of cheapness, and their incompetency.

 

Same also applies with furniture.

[ashmicro]

I use Meguiars Leather Care on the Jaaaaag. It's a bit pricey in some shops, but you don't need to use a whole lot of it. Works on leather clothes/handbags/shoes and gimp masks too.

[Pete-M]

I use either Meguiars leather cleaner, the Autoglym equivalent, or this little bottle of magic leather stuff that I got from a furniture shop years ago. All depends on what is the problem.

 

If it's just dirt, the Autoglym stuff is grrrrreat. If the leather needs a feed, the Meguiars is pretty good. If they don't manage it properly, the magic stuff does and it smells ace.

 

I've never had a problem with slippy leather seats but I don't use silicone on 'em.