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Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:58 pm

A Triumph owning pal, swears by these wipes on plastics :mad: Had a quick go on a very grubby compact and it seems to do a better job than the BMW own brand plastic refurb spray (doesn't leave a shine either) :)

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Wed Jul 25, 2012 1:18 pm

I recently used some to clean a VW Passat - came up pretty well. They're not that good at shifting deeply ingrained dirt though.
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Wed Jul 25, 2012 1:41 pm

has anyone tried this on leather seats? any good?
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Wed Jul 25, 2012 2:11 pm

I use these

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because they were free,,,, they work well too :)
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Wed Jul 25, 2012 2:11 pm

Mo13 wrote:has anyone tried this on leather seats? any good?
use proper baby wipes on leather as there's nowt in them to harm the leather. Used them when I worked at a car wash valetting.
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Wed Jul 25, 2012 2:14 pm

Baby wipes will fook your leather! Ive used them on a pine table and its gradually took the varnish off over a couple of years 8O
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Haven't you got anything better to do than wipe a pine table with wet wipes for 2 years? :wink:
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Wed Jul 25, 2012 2:56 pm

They are good for cleaning but once cleaned it will need a nice non smearing silicone free dressing

Aerospace 303 or the autoglym vinyl care works well to give a nice natural looking finish. There after a weekly wiper with a micro fibre does the job
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Wed Jul 25, 2012 3:15 pm

DanThe wrote:Baby wipes will fook your leather! Ive used them on a pine table and its gradually took the varnish off over a couple of years 8O
I only use them a few times a year & I've been using them since 2006 on the leather seats in my sport & never had any proplems at all.
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Fri Aug 10, 2012 6:17 pm

I use gliptone leather cleaner and a brush. Dirt tends to ingrained in creases etc.

No idea of the quality of the leather of BMWs but modern leathers tend to have a layer of plastic over the top which means no need for dressing (which would normally sit on top).
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Plastic ? :screwy:
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Fri Aug 10, 2012 8:03 pm

I dunno if the proper term is plastic but certainly in VAG cars, the leather is coated with some plastic type material so it's not "true" leather.
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