HOW TO: Professionally maintain and protect your leather seats so they NEVER crack - Page 3

**VyzR** · 5-28-05, 21:00

Just nitpicking here, but...
You mention using watered down Pine-sol as a cleaner, then go on to say that a cleaner with no oil should be used....
Doesn't Pine-sol have pine oil in it?
I would really love to do your tutorial on my leather, and I just wanna know IF I can really use Pine-sol (because I have some here, and don't really want to buy a bottle of something else if I can get away with it).

-Brock.

**Graham_A_M** · 5-30-05, 2:27

oh sorry for not responding... I've been away from the computer for a while. Pine-sol will work.. when I said oil-based cleaner.. I meant Murphy's or some other kind of specific "oil soap" Pine sol is fine.. Actually I'd recommend a good mult-purpose from an automotive store.. just water it down at LEAST 1:1 if not more. If you see a dye coming out as you wipe your seats.. that means your cleaner is at least twice too strong. Use These mult-purpose household cleaners as a last resort since they weren't essencially designed for leather... just wood... countertops and other things like Toilets and so on. Dont forget to scrub the heck out of the leather too..

**Graham_A_M** · 5-30-05, 2:31

So Goatcrap... you need this edited so it can be made into a sticky? Asides from spell-check: what else?

**VyzR** · 5-31-05, 2:30

holy christ, took me almost an hour to do my driver seat!!
i kept scrubbing and scrubbing and all this brown shiznet kept coming off, took me almost 4 times over the whole seat to get it all clean.
but it sure is soft, thanx a lot mate!

-brock.

**Fastest95PGT** · 5-31-05, 7:50

Any other brands of lotion you would suggest? Perhaps a website to buy it from since you're suggesting we probably can't some of the best locally.

**Goatcrapp** · 5-31-05, 9:41

just basic error checking, also - are the pics on a reliable host? if not we'll have to move them.

good post, i look forward to being able to sticky it.

**Graham_A_M** · 5-31-05, 12:48

No.. the pics are on quite a finicky server. my pic host was geocities again... since Imageshack doesn't seem to work for me... I'll edit this tonight and PM you with the edited version.

**Graham_A_M** · 6-1-05, 14:06

Alright... well the spell check is done... its now ready to be made into a sticky

**Graham_A_M** · 8-1-05, 15:50

HI Mods.. is this post going to get posted in the 2nd gen projects soon? its been spell checked and all just like Goatcrap asked... not to sure why its not made into a sticky already.

**Fastest95PGT** · 8-1-05, 15:53

I would still love to do this.. but haven't found a suitable leather conditioner.

Anyone got a link to somewhere on the net that I can just order it from?

**agiatrix** · 8-1-05, 15:55

probably because it hasn't had a response since 6-1 and got buried (free bump) good post!

**Panther37** · 10-31-05, 7:42

Why isn't this a sticky?

I left my sunroof open and now my driver's seat has "hard spots." They are not completly ridgid as if I spilled glue but they are not right. How should I fix this?

**RevZempoe** · 10-31-05, 10:00

has my vote for sticky...definitely useful for us leather owners.

**Fastest95PGT** · 10-31-05, 10:04

I still need to find some lotion to use. I'm going to use a dishwashing detergent solution to clean them once I find some lotion I can either source locally or find on the net for a reasonable price.

**Keegan** · 10-31-05, 11:25

Great thread. I went to give karma to Graham_A_M and then I remembered that I gave it already back when he first posted this

This is one of the most useful threads on the site in my opinion. Very helpful!

5-31-05, 7:50	#35 (permalink)
Fastest95PGT Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: In ur house killing ur d00ds, MaPOC Age: 28 iTrader: (2)	Any other brands of lotion you would suggest? Perhaps a website to buy it from since you're suggesting we probably can't some of the best locally.
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5-31-05, 9:41	#36 (permalink)
Goatcrapp Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: brooklyn, NY Age: 29 iTrader: (2)	just basic error checking, also - are the pics on a reliable host? if not we'll have to move them. good post, i look forward to being able to sticky it.
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8-1-05, 15:53	#40 (permalink)
Fastest95PGT Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: In ur house killing ur d00ds, MaPOC Age: 28 iTrader: (2)	I would still love to do this.. but haven't found a suitable leather conditioner. Anyone got a link to somewhere on the net that I can just order it from?
	Jeff ~ 1995 PGT ZE-T MSnS-E v3 (317whp @ 8.5psi / 275whp @ 5.5psi) PARTING A LOT OF 2g STUFF

8-1-05, 15:55	#41 (permalink)
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10-31-05, 7:42	#42 (permalink)
Panther37 The Mod With the Mostest. Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Patrick AFB, FL, USA Age: 27 iTrader: (0)	Why isn't this a sticky? I left my sunroof open and now my driver's seat has "hard spots." They are not completly ridgid as if I spilled glue but they are not right. How should I fix this?
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5-28-05, 21:00	#31 (permalink)
VyzR Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Aylmer, Quebec, Canada Age: 27 iTrader: (0)	Just nitpicking here, but... You mention using watered down Pine-sol as a cleaner, then go on to say that a cleaner with no oil should be used.... Doesn't Pine-sol have pine oil in it? I would really love to do your tutorial on my leather, and I just wanna know IF I can really use Pine-sol (because I have some here, and don't really want to buy a bottle of something else if I can get away with it). -Brock.

5-31-05, 2:30	#34 (permalink)
VyzR Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Aylmer, Quebec, Canada Age: 27 iTrader: (0)	holy christ, took me almost an hour to do my driver seat!! i kept scrubbing and scrubbing and all this brown shiznet kept coming off, took me almost 4 times over the whole seat to get it all clean. but it sure is soft, thanx a lot mate! -brock.

10-31-05, 10:00	#43 (permalink)
RevZempoe Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Richmond, VA, USA Age: 25 iTrader: (0)	has my vote for sticky...definitely useful for us leather owners.
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10-31-05, 10:04	#44 (permalink)
Fastest95PGT Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: In ur house killing ur d00ds, MaPOC Age: 28 iTrader: (2)	I still need to find some lotion to use. I'm going to use a dishwashing detergent solution to clean them once I find some lotion I can either source locally or find on the net for a reasonable price.
	Jeff ~ 1995 PGT ZE-T MSnS-E v3 (317whp @ 8.5psi / 275whp @ 5.5psi) PARTING A LOT OF 2g STUFF

10-31-05, 11:25	#45 (permalink)
Keegan Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Vancouver BC/Olney, MD iTrader: (0)	Great thread. I went to give karma to Graham_A_M and then I remembered that I gave it already back when he first posted this This is one of the most useful threads on the site in my opinion. Very helpful!