Lan1

Anyone have any good leather care product recommendations? I have the red leather. Want to keep the matte look, don’t like the shiny.

imjohnphan

I use Lexol leather conditioner on all my cars. Cheap and seems to have good reputation.

JDR76

If you've got some time, take a stroll through this thread in the detailing forum. So much good information here about how to take care of our leather surfaces.

All about Lexus leather

Lan1

Thank you!!

CAKETOWN

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I got the swissvax leather kit, worked it into the deal of my car from my friend, leather in the car feels great, although this stuff is pretty premium priced.

https://www.swissvax.us/merchant.mvc...e=LEATHER-CARE

RXGS

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I've had great luck with meguiars leather cleaner spray, not the cleaner conditioner combo. The cleaner leaves the leather looking matte and does a good job of cleaning the grime.

thallium

I've got flaxen leather which is kind of a honey color and shows dirt/blue jean dye somewhat. I clean with a Woolite solution, maybe 6:1 water to Woolite. I only lightly clean the leather I don't touch and I scrub the driver seat and arm rest pretty good using a micro fiber cloth. I rinse with a damp micro fiber cloth and then dry with a dry cloth. I let it sit a while to fully dry and then put a coat of Lexol on all the leather and then buff with a clean cloth. Seems to work pretty well and does not appear glossy to me.

You have to know that you're not actually cleaning leather, you're cleaning a polyurethane "paint job" over your leather so it's pretty easy to take care of and the Lexol might not actually be doing all that much since it's really not touching the actual leather but I kind of like the smell.

Freds430

More important then conditioning the leather is keeping it clean. Dirt is what will deteriorate leather rapidly. Over 20 years have used Zaino leather cleaner and leather in a bottle conditioner. Both make the leather smell like new again. I use a soft Kiwi shoe polish brush to agitate the cleaner into the pores of the leather. Both applications take less than ten minutes.

bigblack06

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Moved to the detailing section.

TRD_Power

You're like me, I can't stand shiny leather seats. This is why I use Leatherique on my car - it's hands down the best overall leather restoring/preserving product I've ever used, and I've used A LOT of different brands. Since I'm too lazy to find it, go search for "leatherique" in the detailing section, and there's a post by me with some before and after shots when I used it on my parents' Tundra. The seats look brand new with that nice matte finish.