F360 interior deep clean

[Bebs]

I typically use the Lexol products...any experience from a comparison standpoint?

Never used Lexol, sorry

 

[williamsmix]

Never used Lexol, sorry

Back in the 80’s I used Connolly saddle soap and hide food on my cars. The hide food was particularly good at renovating cracked and dried out leather. More recently I’ve been using Autoglym leather cleaner and leather care, which are both easy products to use and give a good result without all the effort that was involved with saddle soap and hide food. However, the modern stuff doesn’t really seem to soak in as deep as the traditional hide food did …

 

[philw696]

I remember when I was a boy at my Dad's Garage here used to have a chap come down from Connolly to do leather work for him and another chap that did Gold Leaf sign writing etc with today's technology and method's I'd imagine not easy finding people today like that.

 

[mjheathcote]

Back in the 80’s I used Connolly saddle soap and hide food on my cars. The hide food was particularly good at renovating cracked and dried out leather. More recently I’ve been using Autoglym leather cleaner and leather care, which are both easy products to use and give a good result without all the effort that was involved with saddle soap and hide food. However, the modern stuff doesn’t really seem to soak in as deep as the traditional hide food did …

If the interior doesn't smell of leather when you open the door after being closed a while, it's fully sealed leather and any conditioner/hide food is a waste of time, it doesn't sink in, in my experience.
Might as well be plether! For example BMW Dakota leather.

 

[Harry]

Great work!
Your small heat gun looks happy with the job too. Does he have a bit of a double chin?

 

[Felonious Crud]

Well done! It’s great stuff Gliptone.
They do a spray bottle that is very useful for a quick clean and leather smell when you don’t want to deep cleanse it all.


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Thanks, fella. I usually use the cream, but a quick pump and spray sounds ideal for a once over.

 

[Felonious Crud]

If the interior doesn't smell of leather when you open the door after being closed a while, it's fully sealed leather and any conditioner/hide food is a waste of time, it doesn't sink in, in my experience.
Might as well be plether! For example BMW Dakota leather.

My Vantage still smells of leather after 9 years. OK, the Gliptone conditioning helps, but the Bridge of Weir Caithness leather Aston used is lovely stuff.

 

[Bebs]

Great work!
Your small heat gun looks happy with the job too. Does he have a bit of a double chin?

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Very well spotted Harry!!

 

[mjheathcote]

My Vantage still smells of leather after 9 years. OK, the Gliptone conditioning helps, but the Bridge of Weir Caithness leather Aston used is lovely stuff.

Although not as much leather as the 3200, my 4200 does have a nice smell, and i've used Gliptone conditioning on the leather bits for years.