Leather treatment?
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Burning Brakes
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Leather treatment?
I already checked the Car Care Discussion area. Vette is in storage for a few months. It's heated, so I can work on a bit of detailing. Would like to treat the leather seats, soften, preserve, protect, etc...
There are a lot of products claiming to "enrich and preserve" the leather. The Mothers Leather Tech looks good. Any suggestions? Thanks.
There are a lot of products claiming to "enrich and preserve" the leather. The Mothers Leather Tech looks good. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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I've used Lexol for years. Both the leather cleaning soap and the leather conditioner.
I've been doing this stuff for 55 years.
For the last ten years I've been using Zaino Brothers Leather in a bottle. It has one thing the others don't and that is a real leather smell as an added bonus.
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All these are good products,the key is to wash the seats first(thus adding moisture to the leather) Then using any of the above products…all good.but haven't heard of zaino bros, perhaps its sold in the equestrian world.Sounds like a good product though.
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I have been using Meguiars leather conditioner on mine. Adams Polishes also makes a good product for the leather seats.
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Lexol uses two products a glycerin based cleaner to clean the leather and then a conditioner to add natural leather oils and moisture.
Saddle soap is for saddles that's why its called saddle soap. Saddles are found in Tack Shops also known as a saddle shop. You can search here for the thousands of endorsements of Zaino products used here over the last 14 years.
http://www.zainostore.com/
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Fiebings?
I need to dye a portion of my black driver seat. I did a little research and found fiebings horse and leather products. They've been around since 1895 and have great reviews on several websites.
I'm going to buy several of their products. Anybody else use them?
I'm going to buy several of their products. Anybody else use them?
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Since you asked and IMHO these Corvette seats are treated with a varnish or shellac and do not absorb any products so just use the least expensive products at hand. Nothing gets absorbed they just look shiney and very quickly crack and die. I have never seen a Corvette seat of any age look good. Greetings, Rob
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I know first of all this is going to sound insane but I got new covers installed from Al Knoch first of the year. He suggested I use a furniture polish with lemon oil. Has to have lemon oil to work. I applied it once so far and it worked great. just rubbed in on and then wiped of off good. I felt since Al was guaranteeing them why not try it out. I also heard where you can use Liquid Gold furniture on the out side. I got this from a car collector who used it on all his cars. Crazy stuff I know.
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And on a good day, even I smell like leather as oppose to some of the smells old people get. 
Where is my bottle of English Leather? it took over when Hi Karate fell out of favor and before that Canoe was the rage. When you think about it as I ponder the last 68 years, I was having much more sex when I used Canoe and drove my 58 Corvette over anything IM using today
Where is my bottle of English Leather? it took over when Hi Karate fell out of favor and before that Canoe was the rage. When you think about it as I ponder the last 68 years, I was having much more sex when I used Canoe and drove my 58 Corvette over anything IM using today
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Isn't automotive leather ( other than $200,000 vehicles) coated with a plastic coating for durability and stain resistance? Thought I read that somewhere. Point being, how does anything "soak" into the leather thru the plastic. Have wondered about this for a while thinking all leather treatments were snake oil. What's the truth? Anyone know? (as opposed to think)