Best leather Cleaner and Best leather feed

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Alex
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Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:33 pm

Whats the best leather cleaner to remove slight marks from grey leather?

then whats the best stuff to feed the leather to get it nice and soft again?
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Thu Dec 29, 2011 3:20 am

Alex wrote:Whats the best leather cleaner to remove slight marks from grey leather?

then whats the best stuff to feed the leather to get it nice and soft again?
As above,Gliptone. GT11 and GT12.I have found it quite good on my leather.
I did use tanners preserve on a Cosworth interior,but i think the Gliptone has given better results. 8)
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Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:35 am

I've got the BMW stuff, seems to work quite well.. is Gliptone really that good as I need some more fairly soon?..
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Sun Jan 08, 2012 2:23 pm

Gliptone too. It wont work wonders if the leather is really grubby and cracked but it will get rid of the worst. If too far gone you will really need to re dye.
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Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:53 pm

I have used Gliptone and then scuffmaster to redo my seats. the website is liquidleather.com. They match the colour for you from there extensive database. My seats looked brand new afterwards. I would recommend that yo follow the instructions for cleaning and conditioning exactly. They also do a leather filler if there are serious cracks in the leather.
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Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:00 pm

Thanks, I need to do mine, looks like Gliptone it is!
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Sat Mar 17, 2012 9:16 pm

Alex, I've used Gliptone for everything from touching in slight scuffs to complete colour changes.

Preparation and patience are needed, but it is pretty good stuff.

I'm sure you can get a complete kit with the cleaner, feed and colour wash
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Sat Mar 17, 2012 11:45 pm

Gliptone is really good stuff, heres my interior from my old e36.

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Thu Mar 22, 2012 12:02 pm

^^ Bhups is that using just the cleaner and conditioner or the scuffmaster stuff?
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Thu Mar 22, 2012 7:05 pm

You would seriously be surprised how good your seats will look after washing them and reconditioning them with Gliptone. The scuff master is only really used when they are worn and or cracked and need to be recoloured. Interesting to see if Bhups seats had scuff master put on.
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