how to take care of leather?

Weelok · 07-08-2012, 02:27 PM

Sounds like some good advice above. For car leather, you definitely need to oil it and I do so about once a month. If you don't, it will fade and crack. It's apples and oranges as a comparison I grant you as cars get exposed to sun and high temperatures. Also, the leather in my car I wouldn't really call leather so it's not near as durable as real leather.

My take away would be periodic gentle cleaning using a micro fibre cloth and a good leather conditioner would be appropriate. You could probably get what you need on Amazon. I can't recommend a conditioner as I'd be hesitant to use the ones I use for my car, Meguiar's Gold Leather Conditioner, unless you get some real leather expert to OK it's use.

07-08-2012, 02:27 PM	#5
Weelok I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Jul 2011 First Name: Dave Location: Reno, NV Posts: 4,145 Trading: (21)	Re: how to take care of leather? Sounds like some good advice above. For car leather, you definitely need to oil it and I do so about once a month. If you don't, it will fade and crack. It's apples and oranges as a comparison I grant you as cars get exposed to sun and high temperatures. Also, the leather in my car I wouldn't really call leather so it's not near as durable as real leather. My take away would be periodic gentle cleaning using a micro fibre cloth and a good leather conditioner would be appropriate. You could probably get what you need on Amazon. I can't recommend a conditioner as I'd be hesitant to use the ones I use for my car, Meguiar's Gold Leather Conditioner, unless you get some real leather expert to OK it's use.