Ok I have an 05 TL with Taupe leather seats, I searched up but didnt really find much, bear with me here!

They are looking kinda gross, I use the regular meguires cleaner/conditioner. It doesnt do a good job or i really have to rub hard to clean it, Is there a better conditioner/cleaner out there that doesnt require much elbow grease? and also whats the process? All I do is rub it on and that it.

Please any info!

 

Try Woolite an Water as the cleaner. Once clean, then condition with Megs, or whatever your preference is.

Woolite:Water ~ 5:1 if they haven't been cared for; ~10:1 for routine cleaning.

Wipe/Clean with woolite mixture on a MF towel.
Then rinse with a damp water-only MF towel.
Once dry apply the conditioner lightly. Spray the conditioner on a clean MF towel and wipe.


Could be risky, but if they are *really* nasty, Mr. Clean Magic Eraser might do the trick. BE CAREFUL; TEST a very small area to make sure it doesn't remove the dyes.

 

woolite is great in 5:1 concentration.

 

Oops! Fixed. It's 5 parts water to 1 part Woolite.

 

Leather is the most delicate and difficult to maintain of any vehicle surface. It ages and wears faster than surrounding materials which can depreciate the vehicle's re-sale value. Before using a leather care product, a detailer needs to know the material they are working on, and whether the product chosen is compatible with the material and will not damage it.

Diagnosis is the key, not guess work. Before deciding on what products to use, you need to ascertain what type of leather finish you have and whether the pigmented leather has a polyurethane covering, or is un-coated, finished natural leather. This is critical, as the cleaning / maintenance vary for each type (although all types require a water-based product to maintain hydration - suede type leather like Nubuck is the exception).

Polyurethane covered automotive upholstery - Iz einszett 'Plastik-Reiniger' - an intensive, non-corrosive, non-acidic two-phase deep cleaner, that removes grime build-up thoroughly and effortlessly, these chemicals restore your interiors original texture and resiliency; use to clean all coloured and clear water-based acrylic polyurethane covered automotive upholstery; this product is biodegradable, formalin-free and environmentally friendly.

Unlike cloth or leather, the surface of polyurethane generates static, which attracts dust. As a result, it can quickly become grimy, although vinyl and polyurethane covered upholstery is the easiest to clean. Do not use regular household soap and water as they will permanently remove the sheen

For more information see the “Basic Automotive Leather Care” article; one of a collection of detailing articles I’ve written for DetailingWiki; a series of informative, knowledge based, unbiased articles dedicated to automotive detailing

 

keep the magic eraser off the seats.

 

Woolite as in laundry detergent? Sorry for being such a noob. but also how will i be able to measure the 5:1 ratio?

 

take an empty windex type spay bottle and fill it up about 1/3 with warm water, pour in a cap of woolite and shake it up....i spray it onto my seats if needed and use a damp microfibre cloth to wipe it in and clean it up....

 

woolite laundry detergent? darks or lites? lol

 

Either or.......You can also use just a squirt or two of hand soap in a bucket of warm water. Dip your MF in there, wring it out and wipe the seat down a few times......

 

Get wifes or moms measuring cup and put in 1 oz of Woolite & 5 oz of water ..

A ratio is an expression which compares quantities relative to each other. The most common examples involve two quantities, but in theory any number of quantities can be compared. Mathematically they are represented by separating each quantity with a colon, for example the ratio 2:3, which is read as the ratio "two to three".

The quantities being compared in a ratio might be physical quantities such as speed or temperature, or may simply refer to amounts of particular objects. A common example of the latter case is the ratio of water to cement used in concrete, which is commonly stated as 1:4. This means that the amount of cement used is four times greater than the amount of water used. It does not say anything about the total amounts of cement and water used, nor the amount of concrete being made, because the ratio is only a relative comparison of the two quantities

In general, a ratio of 2:3 means that the amount of the first quantity is (two thirds) of the amount of the second quantity - this pattern works with ratios with more than two terms. This does not mean that a ratio can be converted to a single fraction. A single fraction only represents one part of the ratio. If the ratio deals with objects or amounts of objects, this is often expressed as "for every two parts of the first quantity there are three parts of the second quantity". If these two quantities are the only quantities in a particular situation, for example apples and oranges in a fruit basket containing no other types of fruit, it is sometimes said that "the whole" contains five parts, made up of two parts apples and three parts oranges. In this case, , or 40% of the whole are apples and , or 60% of the whole are oranges. This comparison of a specific quantity to "the whole" is sometimes called a proportion. Proportions are sometimes expressed as percentages as demonstrated above.

I bet that helped.

 

jezztzn - that's the kind of answer I usually give

Use a water-based lether cleaner followed by a leather protectant (especially needed for light colours)


For more information see “Basic Automotive Leather Care”, one of many detailing articles on DetailingWiki; (Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation) a series of informative, knowledge based, unbiased articles dedicated to automotive detailing

This collection of detailing articles on DetailingWiki; (Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation) a series of informative, knowledge based, unbiased articles dedicated to the automotive detailing enthusiast or professional detailer in search of development and education

 

Jon, I fig'd that was one of your quotes.......

 

Lol I scooped it from Wikipedia ...