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Old 03-17-10, 01:48 PM
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Old 03-26-10, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by steiner
That was my first thought but my wife told me she useed it to scrub her cooktop, which was glass-like mirror finish, for years without a scratch.

Will find out this weekend on my seat.
Tell us what the results are and what you used. Pics would be great.
Old 03-26-10, 02:28 PM
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hmmm...motivation to clean my leather seats. I have to agree with the sonic scrubber, I don't want to spend my life cleaning the leather seat.

Now, a fat *** porter cable and some cleaner will do the trick...since i don't have porter cable, I'm going with the sponge+cleaner then conditioner.
Old 03-27-10, 10:25 AM
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Originally Posted by arnelabano
Tell us what the results are and what you used. Pics would be great.
Fianlly got around to do this. But I could get any new cleaner so I used the same old Meguiar's One Step Leather Care and a SOS pad stolen from my wife's kitchen.

One Note: You should see my wife's kitchen and her several-thousand dollar cooktop. I figure if the SOS pad is good enough for her cooktop scrubbing than it is more than enough for my cheap leather seats.

The result is just incredible. I will include some pics but those can't do justice. You got to see this with your own eyes.

Note: We are talking about re-cleaning a seat which I already spent 2 hours on 2 weeks ago with Q tips and expensive towels. This time it took me 20 minutes (and that included 5 minutes on my other RX350)

This is simply one of the best tips in life.
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Old 03-27-10, 01:21 PM
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i still choose Leatherique. never needed to scrub my car leather to keep them "mint" clean.
Old 03-28-10, 12:26 AM
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I would use tide detergent mix it with some water and scrub it with a spong. Comes out brand new. But dont go crazy on it cuz all leather is painted and some of that looks like just plain wear. Sure way to find out if its wear is you scrub at it and it becomes worse that means your taking the paint off so STOP lol. When your done put lexol leather conditioner on it and you'll be all set. I did detailing for 8 years thats the cheapest and simplest way to do it.
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Originally Posted by gzhottt
I would use tide detergent mix it with some water and scrub it with a spong. Comes out brand new. But dont go crazy on it cuz all leather is painted and some of that looks like just plain wear. Sure way to find out if its wear is you scrub at it and it becomes worse that means your taking the paint off so STOP lol. When your done put lexol leather conditioner on it and you'll be all set. I did detailing for 8 years thats the cheapest and simplest way to do it.

Any info on paint? I want to paint my interior black. I am thinking about cleaning it up and then painting it.
Old 03-28-10, 08:59 AM
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I grabbed some Tuff Stuff today and that **** cleans everything. Haha.

Carpets, leathers, and whatever else you could imagine. Just takes it right off.
Old 04-03-10, 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by shvc1991
I grabbed some Tuff Stuff today and that **** cleans everything. Haha.

Carpets, leathers, and whatever else you could imagine. Just takes it right off.
awesome good job!
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Originally Posted by shvc1991
I grabbed some Tuff Stuff today and that **** cleans everything. Haha.

Carpets, leathers, and whatever else you could imagine. Just takes it right off.
What is Tuff Stuff and where do you get it?
Old 04-15-10, 09:31 PM
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is this what you guys are referring to?

http://www.drugstore.com/products/pr...LAID=233998074
Old 04-16-10, 03:03 AM
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i used simple green with a "very soft" scotch brite to removes those stubborn stains...works great
Old 04-21-10, 06:35 PM
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Try LEXOL PH. It should help a bit. A good friend of mine recommended this to me and said it did wonders...
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