Submariner1
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Does anyone remember the Old MB leathercare product. It was a bit like very slightly milky but almost clear stuff. ( it almost had a sort of alcholol like quality) Wipe it on and it penetrated the leather, and cleaned it well. A once over wipe with a clean towel left a lovely matt look.
Is there anything similar today? I.e. Almost clear, that drys Matt i.e. not white?
I am looking for something almost clear, so if it clogs the holes in ventilated seats it wont leave drastic white filling in the holes.
These seat really needed moisturising, thank goodness no cracking, and they came up beautifully with some of the greasy Maquires stuff. But that is a pig to use, as if you leave it on too long, it goes white in the grain, and a nightmare for the pin holes of the ventilated seats.
Its so difficult to get the leathercare to penetrate deep into the leather, yet not flood the pin holes. Took about 6 very thin applications.
The old stuff would have done it better in 2 goes.
An old boy, who used to work for a Bentley refurbisher once explained; if you have leather that has not had constant care, the first time you do it , do it really well, and complete it before you drive on it.
He said a flaw with theses modern surface treated leathers was if they were very dry, and you only did the top treated ( he called them painted surfaces ) you can soften the surface, that is then on top of an inflexible leather, and this can actually lead to stretching of the top treated coating, which sort of shears it off with the swaying of the car, over time. He said you really have to work in a lot of leather creme, so the whole leather becomes supple right the way through. One can see the logic.
But doing that on perforated leather is a labourios process, with numerous coats, as it gradually sinks in.... to avoid flooding the perforated holes that then go white with some cleaners/conditioners
Is there anything similar today? I.e. Almost clear, that drys Matt i.e. not white?
I am looking for something almost clear, so if it clogs the holes in ventilated seats it wont leave drastic white filling in the holes.
These seat really needed moisturising, thank goodness no cracking, and they came up beautifully with some of the greasy Maquires stuff. But that is a pig to use, as if you leave it on too long, it goes white in the grain, and a nightmare for the pin holes of the ventilated seats.
Its so difficult to get the leathercare to penetrate deep into the leather, yet not flood the pin holes. Took about 6 very thin applications.
The old stuff would have done it better in 2 goes.
An old boy, who used to work for a Bentley refurbisher once explained; if you have leather that has not had constant care, the first time you do it , do it really well, and complete it before you drive on it.
He said a flaw with theses modern surface treated leathers was if they were very dry, and you only did the top treated ( he called them painted surfaces ) you can soften the surface, that is then on top of an inflexible leather, and this can actually lead to stretching of the top treated coating, which sort of shears it off with the swaying of the car, over time. He said you really have to work in a lot of leather creme, so the whole leather becomes supple right the way through. One can see the logic.
But doing that on perforated leather is a labourios process, with numerous coats, as it gradually sinks in.... to avoid flooding the perforated holes that then go white with some cleaners/conditioners
