How Do You Clean Leather

get your self down to a sofa (or sette as i would call it) place and a spotty shop assistant will be happy enough to sel you several cleaning and protecting products.Theyt usually work.
Shame your a hammer, tho.
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Most of the leather treatments and hide foods sold by furniture shops are useless. Going back to my original post most modern leather is lacquer sealed. The lacquer forms a waterproof barrier that protects the leather and colour underneath. Therefore any leather treatment or hide food that is applied to the surface will just sit on the surface and will not soak in. Most surface treatments are designed to allow slip on the surface to stop abrasive materials deteriorating the lacquer layer. As leather is a natural product, lines will develop across the surface of the material and dirt and abrasive contaminants fill the lines and rub away at the surface, this is how cracking ocurrs, the cracking is the lacquer being breached by friction.
Some leathers are not sealed but are waxed for protection, the wax can be pure wax or can be a chemical composite which chemicaly forms a barrier between the leather and the contaminant. In this instance the application of chemical barrier products does work as it reinforces the protection layer.
If you have leather seats that are not cracked or surface broken, the best cleaner is saddle soap or specially formulated soap based cleaners which are applied and wiped off. Think about it, how can products that are designed to both clean and nourish leather in one application actually work, they spread the dirt round with out removing it? Leather cleaning and treating is a multi-million pound industry in which most of the products are useless and miss leading.
I need to get out more!

C

IF you have a local AGA shop nip in and buy an e-cloth, they use ex NASSA stuff and are beyond amazing! They are about 12 quid. Test a small area first, got my bike leathers spotless and you know how the white writing on the indicator stalks etc gets dirty, bought that up like new.. always test an area first but they are a genuinely amazing tool.

Clarence the cross eyed lion said:

the best cleaner is saddle soap C

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...as I said in post #9.....
ffs!

Treworgey 90 said:

...as I said in post #9.....
ffs!

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Didn't believe you cause you own a slitty and he didnt think it would work on a propper car.

If you use saddle soap on leather that has a broken surface, highly likely if having been cleaned using a scouring pad, then the saddle soap will knacker the leather up by drying out the oils, how does it go....FFS is that right?

Clarence the cross eyed lion said:

If you use saddle soap on leather that has a broken surface, highly likely if having been cleaned using a scouring pad, then the saddle soap will knacker the leather up by drying out the oils, how does it go....FFS is that right?

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FFS how do you work that out? saddle soap is made up of animal oils and glycerin FFS

Glycerol or glycerin is a component of glycerol soap, which is made from denatured alcohol, glycerol, sodium castorate (from castor), sodium cocoate, sodium tallowate, sucrose, water, and parfum (fragrance). Sometimes one adds sodium laureth sulfate. This kind of soap is used by people with sensitive, easily-irritated skin because it prevents skin dryness with its MOISTURIZING properties. .

where to buy green pans?

green pan shop???

slob said:

green pan shop???

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Mr Grunt says the pound shop - they sell evrything 'parrently

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Scrub that!!