What's the best way to get dirt out of the cracks on opal grey seats?
cleaning leather seat
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I used lexol cleaner to clean the whole seat and used a toothbrush for the cracks. Then followed up with lexol conditioner, they look great! I have pics of the seat half clean, world of difference. I'll have to get a photobucket account or something so I can post them on here.
Just got some Lexol cleaner and conditioner to use...I was always so leery on scrubbing these seats since they are SO hard to replace...I will try a toothbrush with the cleaner, I too have some dirty cracks in the leather...
here's pics I took halfway in the cleaning process.
Followed the instructions on the lexol bottles. Used a white terry wash cloth to apply the liquids. Did pretty much everything but remove the cracks themselves, lol. Yes, they were very dirty to start with, I just bought the car back from the guy that bought it from me 7 years ago and he obviously never bothered to clean it, lol. At least he never drove it either.
This was one application, from what i've read on other boards they will get cleaner after several applications. Can't vouch for that yet though.
Followed the instructions on the lexol bottles. Used a white terry wash cloth to apply the liquids. Did pretty much everything but remove the cracks themselves, lol. Yes, they were very dirty to start with, I just bought the car back from the guy that bought it from me 7 years ago and he obviously never bothered to clean it, lol. At least he never drove it either.
This was one application, from what i've read on other boards they will get cleaner after several applications. Can't vouch for that yet though.
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huge difference. nice work.
beleive it or not i used simple greeen and it seems to work the best for cleaning. it will even clean the thread. followed up with a good conditioner and they look great now. i used Zaino leather conditioner once and used some stuff that BMW gave us for leather the next time both did a good job but eh zaino had a leather scent to it.
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Where do you find Lexol?
Where do you find Lexol?
plus 1 for the simple green, its cheap, you can find it everywhere and it works better than anything ive ever used. i work with interior guys who refurbish high end merc. bmw, infiniti cars and thats what they all use......good luck
Any national chain parts store carries it.
Isn't Simple Green just a cleaning product? I was about to question using it on leather seats but then I remembered that our seats are just pleather anyways right, lol?
Still like st8-e said these seats are hard to replace being a one year only color. I really didn't scrub hard on the cracks since I knew they hadn't been cleaned/conditioned in a long time. After a few conditionings I would think they'll soften up more and I can probably clean the cracks a little better but not worth risking ripping them up at this time. I'm not sure how durable these things are.
Still like st8-e said these seats are hard to replace being a one year only color. I really didn't scrub hard on the cracks since I knew they hadn't been cleaned/conditioned in a long time. After a few conditionings I would think they'll soften up more and I can probably clean the cracks a little better but not worth risking ripping them up at this time. I'm not sure how durable these things are.
I think simple green makes more than one product, not sure though. Iwould like to know more on this. thanks
yes there is leather that is CLOSE to the opal, but not exactly, therefore if you do mess one of the seats up, you would have to reupholster ALL of the seats for it to match right...a pretty costly mistake...
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