When dealing with neglected car leather that is heavily soiled with dirt and oils, traditional cleaning products and techniques will prove very ineffective. Tackling these heavy levels of dirt require additional levels of products and techniques of performance.
An all-purpose cleaner, along with both a scrub brush and scrub sponge will allow you to clean leather car seat to professional standards. Use the following checklist to get the kind of results normally reserved for professionals:
- Mix All-purpose cleaner 10:1 to start with. This means 10 parts distilled water, to 1 part cleaner.
- Break down each leather seat into smaller sections working on one section at a time until desired results have been achieved.
- For heavily soiled car leather, you may have to repeat cleaning steps using both the scrub brush and sponge 4 and 5 times. Each time you will be removing more and more layers of built up dirt.
- Some leathers change color as they are wet from cleaner; this is normal on some older leathers. Simply determine in an inconspicuous area that you are pulling up dirt and not color.
- If you are not original owner of car, the leather may have been re-dyed at one time. Re-dyed leather will often be removed during cleaning process, and you will have to make judgement call as to the lesser of evils: clean leather with uneven color variations due to de-dyed leather, or dirty leather. These cases are very rare and only when you are not the original owner.
- For excessive levels of dirt, you can raise dilution ratio to 4:1 for increased strength of cleaner.
Courtesy of Best Auto Detailing Tips
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