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best way to keep leather clean and protected

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#1 ·
any ideas? My WK2 is only 3 week old an already has some smudges....
 
#2 ·
For day to day cleaning just a damp towel will clean them up well.

I've just starts using Leather Masters leather products, give them a Google. Very satisfied...
 
#4 ·
I have always used Mequiars Leather Cleaner and Conditioner on my other vehicles. I prefer the squeeze bottle to the spray bottle.
 
#5 ·
Just be sure that these thick, creme type conditioners are water based. I've used both the Zymol and the Meguiars leather products and wasn't impressed.
 
#7 ·
I had some smudges on my dark frost beige/light frost beige leather from the guys at the tire shop. I tried to remove them with Stoner Invisible Glass with no effect, so I tried some degreaser and it took the smudges right out with no apparent ill effect on the leather.
 
#8 ·
Some people say rubbing alcohol will get any stain out of leather.

I haven't tried it on any of my leather products that get stained simply because I'm not too sure of the long term damage if I use it often enough.

I assume for a stain and non-regular use it may work well but I'd recommend giving Meguiar products a try. I have used their leather cleaner several times on my leather couch and on some of our cars. It does a pretty good job, but I wouldn't claim it to be anything SUPER SPECIAL. It's your average leather cleaner.

I heard the Turtle Wax ICE cleaner does wonders, buut I think that's supposed to be for vinyl and upholstery. I actually haven't tried it so I can't tell you if it is great or not. I also recall that Turtle Wax products are awful when it comes to wax so maybe their leather and upholstery cleaners are not so good as well.

If you get some feedback let me know. I'm looking for something better than the Meguiar products I use but in Kuwait I don't usually find much variety and I bulk bought my Meguiar because I haven't seen their products in Kuwait for a while now.

Almost running out too so if anyone can recommend a real good leather cleaner (hopefully not too shiny after use, I prefer the "matte" look on the interior) please keep me posted.
 
#10 ·
Yikes guys. Only use products designed for leather on your leather. Glass cleaner is for glass.
 
#11 ·
I actually just bought some armor all leather wipes and they worked great.
I was starting to get some blueish tint to the side of my seats from my jeans and they took the stains right out!
 
#13 ·
Their "leather in a bottle" also leaves the interior smelling like a high end leather goods store. I've been using their products on our all our leather interiors and after 60k and 100k miles on the current cars, the leather is still soft and supple with only mild character lines in it.
 
#15 ·
I've heard good things about Zaino, I'll probably try it eventually. I just ordered 303 Aerospace Protectant, I especially want to use this on the dash to protect it from harmful UV!
 
#16 ·
303 Protectant is an excellent product. I use it on the boat seats. It isn't greasy or sticky and it does a great job protecting the seats from the sun.
 
#17 ·
If you use 303 Protectant, be SURE the seats are coated leather.

I personally still think 303 is too glossy (I like a very matte finish). For the interior trim I use a product called Ultima Interior Guard...
 
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