New leather and innevitable stains

So let's say I'm driving around town carefully sipping on a coffee and spill a bit on the leather. What do I do right away? I mean, is there anything I can carry in the glove compartment to quickly mop up a spill before serious staining occurs? Any special wipes or similar?

[fmnibblesx]

Armoral makes wipes that will fit in the glovebox

[frederi80]

heard that armorall can crack the surface over time by dryin the material out a little each time after applied. correct me if i'm wrong. this may only apply to dashboards, but i would think the same for semi-leather seats.

[chameleon]

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I really don't think that is true about armorall, it protects the surface from cracking. Granted, their product does suck, but it doesn't actually creat any cracking to my knowledge.

Freebird, the best thing that you can probably carry with you in case of a coffe like accident is some tissue or paper towel. Leather is really easy to keep clean, if you spill coffe on it, just wipe it up with something. No special wipe is needed, if you just clean it up when it happens, it won't stain. If you spilled coffe on it, didn't notice anything and it sat there all weekend, then there are products that you could use to remove the stain. Leather is pretty resistant to messes.

[FreeBird]

Chameleon:

Thanks! I gotta' treat and condition the leather soon, although the car is still only about a week old (for me, anyhow). Today I used Mothers Protective(?) on the dash. Not crazy about how it turned out. It's more shiny than I would have liked and some got on the leather trim on the passenger door and now the leather is kind of slippery. I'm hoping that it will wear off in a week or two.

[chameleon]

FreeBird, I don't like that shiney look or slippery feeling either! :)

I would reccomend using Meguiars Gold Class vinl/rubber protectant on your dash, it is a really good product that protects very well and it will not make your dash look all shiney.

On the leather seats, I would reccomend using leather care products made by Lexol. Lexol is one of the best leather care companies I have found, and it leaves your leather feeling soft and supple, not all slippery. In addition to the lexol conditioner, I also use a leather conditioner made by a company called Tanners Preserve because I love the way it smells. It smells like new leather, plus it also dosn't make the surface slippery.

[FreeBird]

Thanks Chameleon. My dad uses Tannery on his Maxima. I'm going to try it later this summer. Meanwhile, I have some Mothers Leather Treatment/Conditioner that I'll try. I'll look around for that Meguiar's protectant.:)

[gts24]

Use Lexol cleaner , then use their conditioner. If you want your seats to look good for a very very long time use it.

[twanmoney]

zymol also packages their leather cleaner / conditioner together
like 20$ for the package.

you spray the cleaner on a rag and just whipe the surface. DO NOT APPLY with FOrce.

Let that dry 10min

Then use the conditioner with a terri-cloth towel
and use it how you wax the exterior of your paint.
No need to remove. Use sparingly. It does soak in.
Seats = soft / not slippery / no cracks

[gts24]

Not to butt in or anything but I will tell you how I apply my Lexol crap.


I follow the instructions on the bottle for the cleaner. Just get a damp cloth and spray some lexol on it and wipe the seats off.


BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!


For the conditioning process I USE JUST MY HANDS.

yes, that's right. Spray some lexol on your seats and use your hands to massage it into the leather. You will save your bottle because most of the lexol will just absorb into your towel if you do it that way.

Use your hands and rub that crap into the leather and it'll work out a ton better.

Let it dry then wipe the seats with a dry towel and it'll look/feel great.

[00 scrub]

you guys might wanna try Vinylex for the vinyl and rubber parts of the car. It's made by the same people as Lexol.

[gts24]

Originally posted by 00 scrub
you guys might wanna try Vinylex for the vinyl and rubber parts of the car. It's made by the same people as Lexol.

Absolutely. works great on the dash, doors (EVERYTHING ON THE DOORS CAN BE TOUCHED BY VYNLEX)

and the back of the front seats and the backseats.

Remember people. The only parts in your car that are REAL leather are the front of your front seats, the steering wheel and possibly the shiftboot and knob. The back of the back seats are vinyl, the back seats are as well.