Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => Body, interior, paint, chrome, and cosmetic items => Topic started by: Kayvan on August 13, 2015, 18:04:15

Title: Leather Care?
Post by: Kayvan on August 13, 2015, 18:04:15

What Leather products do you use on your Leather interior?

I realize this is subjective and there are dozens of choices (Griots, Wolfgangs, Zainos, etc)
 

GAHH recommends Byron's Hyde Food for their interior kits

http://www.vicarinternational.com/byronsleathercare.html

Title: Re: Leather Care?
Post by: mbzse on August 13, 2015, 18:41:11

Quote from: Kayvan

What Leather products do you use on your Leather interior?

I use products from Lederzentrum
http://www.lederzentrum.de/international.html (http://www.lederzentrum.de/international.html)
Colourlock in the UK see www.colourlock.com (http://www.colourlock.com)
/Hans in Sweden
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Title: Re: Leather Care?
Post by: Bonnyboy on August 13, 2015, 22:01:47

I use a product by Gliptone.   There is a leather cleaner and a leather conditioner.  Use both - I always skipped using a cleaner but now I am a believer.   

It is the best product combination I have found so far.   I got the recommendation from an upholsterer who swore by the stuff.   Considering that my interior was a mouldy mess ready for the scrap heap 4 years ago and now it looks and feels amazing, this was the best investment I have made in a long time.

Title: Re: Leather Care?
Post by: Kayvan on September 06, 2015, 02:13:37

I spent about 1.5 hours treating my Leather with the Byrons Hyde Food Leather conditioner


My interior was redone using the GAHH seat kits and a hide for dash, door cards, kick,and rear shelf panels.

GAHH's website recommends Byrons and you can buy it there for $30 or on ebay for $15; enough in bottle for 10-12 treatments.

I spent 1 hour last week using a bucket of very, very hot water and a large microfibre towel wrung out to just damp to wipe done all the leather.  Water was black; refilled twice.


Today I used the Byron's spraying it 1-2x on a small microfibre towel and wiping down all the leather. I then used a dry microfibre towel to buff.

I let car sit in direct sun for 1hr to warm up leather;  did one pass on seats, dash, knee pads, door cards, and rear deck.  I did an additional pass on certain areas (windshield posts, tops, a-pillars, doors card bottoms, etc)  that were looking dry.


Overall, great result.  At first, the leather seems darker and richer. But, it shortly returns to original color and has very, supple, soft, satin/matte hand.

Its water soluble and liquid spray not gel or cream; clearly not oily or greasy or uneven shiny patches as I have noted with Griots, Zaino, Zymol, and other commercial leather conditioners.

It leaves a natural leather scent; more like tannery oil and less like the "artificial leather" smell you get with above.


If you have the GAHH interior, I would highly recommend.