mammoth713

What are some good leather seat cleaners and conditioners specifically useful for the c5z seats?

I read a bit online and seems like some suggest zaino, mothers, meguiars, etc.. what works for you guys?

First leather interior car

04silverZ06

I tried Meguiars Gold Class wipes and did not like them - shiney smelly seats.

I then used my Lexol I had for other uses - love it!! First I used the cleaner then the conditioner - I actually applied 3 coats of the conditioner. Smells like a leather interior should.

Toque

I have tried a bunch of products, and these were the best I have found.
I have had people at shows stop and stick their head in my car just for the smell.

My friend bought a used Toyota and the leather seats had major sweat stains on the seats. He tried multiple products to remove the stains. Nothing would work. I let him try my Zaino Z-9 leather cleaner and it removed the stains. He now uses all Zaino products after that experience.

Zaino Z-9 Leather cleaner
http://www.zainostore.com/mm5/mercha...=interiortires



Zaino Z10 Leather in a Bottle.
http://www.zainostore.com/mm5/mercha...=interiortires




Toque

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taskforce121

I use einszett cockpit cleaner followed by the leather care product from einszett. Also have used the Zaino product, both equally good in my estimation.

Phil

usgecko

The Zaino smells great also

CalF

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zdeckich

I use Adams and it great!! Also use Pinnacle works great just kinda expensive.

http://www.pinnaclewax.com/pinnacle-...m_campaign=CSE

mammoth713

I bought 1 bottle of the z9 and 2 of the z10. Guy on youtube said he goes thru about twice as much of the z10 than the z9. Not too happy about $10 for shipping 3 bottles but we'll give this stuff a whirl. It's cheaper than the pinnacle or wolfgang stuff autogeek is pushing atleast.

Thanks for the tips

C5Dobie

There's Lexol and then there's everything else. Lexol I find to be by far the best product out there - I use it on my household furniture, it absorbs deep into the leather and does not feel greasy and lasts quite a while. It can restore heavily dried out leather remarkebly. I've tried the Zaino products worked OK but not as good, I think there's alot of hype/cult regarding their products. Sometimes I feel like some of their paint products are duplicates of the same thing.

Regardless, my faith in Lexol came from using it on my GTO seats - if you've ever riden in or owned one you'd know that it is very thick, heavy duty, DRY, type leather. After 80,000 miles and 4 years it was literally better than new, it transformed that dry/thick leather into rich supple stuff. No joke.

Toque

I tried the Lexol leather cleaner. My towel pulled a little bit of dirt off my seats.

I then tried the Z9 with a different towel (after already cleaning with Lexol). My towel was BROWN with dirt after using the Zaino Z9. I showed my wife and she did not care honestly.... But she thought it was interesting.

Seems everyone has different experiences.

I say try them all and see what you like best.

Toque

C5Dobie

I tried the zaino conditioner not the cleaner, my leather seats don't get too dirty anyhow, I was more comparing the conditioning products than the cleaners. The Zaino cleaner may very well be better, but then again the whole point of the lexol stuff is that it is PH balanced, neutral, and super gentle on the leather - which for our dyed leather seats is important, you may not have been pulling dirt off but color too....

zeevette

The stock leather's crap, anyway. Zaino works great, is needed sparingly, and there's the smell...

gunluvS14

one thing i noticed Maguire gold class leather cleaner/conditioner is they are very runny and the coat doesn't last.

So I've been using Lexol now and I'm pretty pleased with it.

Impulsive goat

How bad were your GTO's seats? Only asking because mine are almost at the point of no return, but id be willing to give this lexol stuff a try based off your experience. Plus im pretty sure i saw it for sale at the local walmart.

Not4spd

I use the same leather conditioner/cleaner/treatment that came with my sofas. No smell uses a mink oil, drys great, not shiny, and leaves the leather very soft.

Sigforty

Lexol is the stuff I use. I use their cleaner followed by the conditioner. It definitely works well. I also use their Vinylex for all my vinyl and plastic parts.

C5Dobie

Dry as hell use multiple times but let it absorb in between coats, I'd say at least 2 hours in between, or even 2504 hrs really depending on how bad they are, but use generously with each coat.

It'll do wondes

mammoth713

Is it ok to use z10 on the dash too?

C5Dobie

Forgot to mention - I had used Leatherique in the past as well, but it is expensive (the most expensive of all), and takes a hell of a lot of time and elbow grease and the right conditions (meaning hot and sunny and literally baking in the sun) to work properly. I can usually hop in my car 1 hour after using lexol, and its cheaper by far.