Leather conditioner for car seats and sofa

[Brian Minkin]

OK I will pipe in.  Most commercial leather cleaners use some sort of fine grit or solvent and some a combination of both.  I would not touch my seats with them. Almost all modern seats are surface dyed as opposed to vat dyed and these cleaners will take off the finish.  I redye many seats every year for owners who had a opps using these commercial cleaners.  I recommend using a bar of Ivory soap. Ivory soap in a bar is pure soap with no additives and will not dry out your leather. Put the soap in warm water for about ten minutes agitating it several times and it will create a soapy solution. Use a soft 3M scrubby (They come in different stiffness) and dip it into the soapy solution and clean one panel at a time with the scrubby.  After cleaning a panel wipe of the dirt with a terry or micro fiber towel.  Once all the seating surfaces are cleaned this way wet a towel with plain water and wipe them down to pick up any soap residue.  After this condition with your choice of conditioner.