Leather care

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Post by fil » Sun Feb 25, 2007 4:39 pm

done my side bolster as was getting a bit dry and worn, needs another coat, but its 100% better than it was, used a hairdrier to warm it up before doing it. :top:

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Post by SteveH » Sat May 26, 2007 3:57 pm

Followed Dave's top-tips today; leather didn't look too dirty initially (for saying its white "silver" leather), a couple of bits that needed attention like head rest and bolsters... How wrong was I!! after a good clean, emptied my bucket of hot water that I'd used to wrinse the cloths and the proof was in the colour of the water that I poured out.

Has now been conditioned, saw instant improvement in a couple of areas like the bolsters, so look forward to seeing the overall results tomorrow after time has worked its magic. Even the steering wheel looked good.
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Post by Phil3103 » Sat Sep 19, 2009 10:01 pm

jac-in-a-box, I've only just got round to looking at my seats in my RS4. They're showing slightly signs of creasing. I want to re-create that perfectly smooth out of the factory look that you got in the TT. Were there any creases in that leather before you started? Do you have a before pic to load up?

Great job by the way. Be proud of yourself!

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Post by ChrisRS6 » Sat Sep 04, 2010 3:12 pm

Reading this thread has spurred me into action and I have just placed my order for a bottle of conditioner and a bottle of cleaner. Looks like excellent results can be achieved after a bit of hard work!
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Post by steve_70 » Thu Dec 09, 2010 4:50 pm

Just wanted to ad my two-penneth here... But firstly I would like repeat the sentiments of the original poster, which is also where I am coming from in my post, just my opinions so that others can make their own informed choices "...I'm not going to try and convert you away from your favoured product, if you like it and it works for you, that's fine! Nor do I have any affiliation with my recommended product "Liquid Leather"...."

So, I used these Gliptone products when I had the Leather/Alacantara in a Previous Evo and swore by them and even though the original post is about 4 years old I still haven't found anything better.

Now I have leather seats again I will be looking to get some Gliptone products again almost as a No-Brainer.

However, if anybody has experiences of other leather-care products would be keen to hear, but IMO these products are hard to beat.
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Re: Leather care

Post by Reflect Russ » Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:26 am

And again for me it has to be Gliptone, maybe not the world beater but more than adequate for the very little outlay....LTT on the other hand are good but for the huge outlay and almost a full kit for one interior doesnt do your pocket any good...there is another alternative and thats steam cleaning them, this not only removes the surface dirt with ease it warms the leather and opens the pores allowing a cleaner like Gliptone GT12 to really get to the core of the dirt....finish it off with GT11 and you wont look back....

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Re: Leather care

Post by Nickyboy » Sat Jan 05, 2013 5:29 pm

To go back to an old thread; I have just used Gliptone products and bought the lunar silver super sport seats up a treat. Very pleased with the results.
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Re: Leather care

Post by karrenstanly » Thu Jan 18, 2018 7:17 am

This looks promising. I will definitely give this a try. Let's hope I will not get it more darker. Thanks for sharing these kinds of discussion. It helps.

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Re: Leather care

Post by Jambon » Thu Feb 22, 2018 6:20 am

My leather is in great nick, it just doesn't smell as leathery as
I'd like. Any tips?
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Re: Leather care

Post by GrahamS4 » Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:39 am

Jambon wrote:My leather is in great nick, it just doesn't smell as leathery as
I'd like. Any tips?
Gliptone Liquid Leather is scented with a leather smell.
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Re: Leather care

Post by Jambon » Fri Sep 20, 2019 10:51 pm

Fook, just saw this note. Thanks. Will look this product up.
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