Storm_Rider

Hello all.

I been doing a lot of reading here regarding how everyone maintains their seats and as I was waiting for the leatherique I was using to "bake" in, I read the resident leather expert say it might ruin the seats! I panicked, did some more quick searches and concluded that I better go clean the rejuvenator oil off asap.

After cleaning it off with leatheriques prestine clean and then a final wipe down with just water and a microfiber, I came back here to research what other owners like using. Seems lexol or townsend are top choices.

But a lot of the threads regarding leatherique are rather dated... early 2000s and most recent being like 2005 or so. It's 2009 now and I'm just wondering if leatherique is still regarded as a bad product for our treated seats. It didn't occur to me that a convertible's seats should obviously be different from normal cars. That's why I went with leatherique, it has such fame among luxury cars. But now that I see it's a finished leather, maybe leatherique isn't the right product to use.


I was wondering if anyone around here has been using leatherique and how your seats are holding up. It'd be a shame for me to just toss the leatherique since it is not cheap and I have no other car to use it on.

Is townsend or lexol still the best way to go?


Appreciate any comments or suggestions. Hands on experience speaks volumes over hear say.

blu3shark

I just got lexol, I honestly can't tell the difference after it's dry, maybe I'm doing it wrong...lexol is a good one to use though.

Storm_Rider

i agree, previous owner used lexol religiously, but the seats are still showing signs of creases, inevitable i know..

just wondering if there was better out there than lexol

takeshi

There are a lot of good options out there. Just make sure you're using a proper leather cleaner and conditioner and not something like Armor All.

honda138

lexol - just cleaned and conditioned my leather yesterday with it. great stuff!!!!!

espelirS2K

Lexol dries out leather over time. I'd stay away from it.....

wOlLeyLaBeL

^ then what would you recommend?

philbert

Townsend leather cleaner and conditioner.

kit available from Rick's (at the bottom of this page):
http://www.ricks2k.com/products/AllLeather.php

this is the company direct link:
http://www.leatherinstitute.com/products_consumer.cfm

though you may be better off buying the 32oz bottle of cleaner and 8oz conditioner, rather than the kit with cleaner wipes and the ink remover that you may never use. individual items available here:
http://www.leatherinstitute.com/products_complete.cfm

EOE

Since when does Lexol dry out leather?

espelirS2K

Leather Masters, Gloss-It, Leatherique, Townsend.


EOE, I have never had Lexol NOT dry out leather, on multiple cars. Wait a couple months and you'll see premature cracking. Also, it's well documented on Autopia, which is where I first found out about it, and sure enough after some testing, it was drying out my leather, and the leather of a few customer cars of mine. Maybe it's application: They recommend to do it once a week. This has also been well documented to dry out leather. There is such a thing as OVER conditioning, and it will do just that: dry out the leather.