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Old 07-05-2010, 01:35 AM
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just bought myself some leather clean & conditioner, and on the back of the tin says do not use on perforated leather.

is this what it says on the back of your tins/bottles, and have you used it on perforated leather?
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could be because you can get white crusty bits of dried leather cleaner in the the perforations. Mine looks like its got white speckles all over it, I used autoglum.

I've used a soft brush and a pin to get the worse bits out.

If I use any such products now I apply the stuff to a moist cleaning cloth and work it into the cleaning cloth first.
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that's good to know, my suspicions were correct; nothing todo with it being perforated per-say, but just an aesthetics thing..
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I use Gliptone cleaner then conditioner and get the same the result some holes filled in. It's worth going over with a toothpick after a couple of days, I find leaving it a while some of conditioner soaks in anyway.
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Sonus leather cleaner doesn't leave white bits.
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poor boys leather care has been fine for my last 4 cars and the s2k
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Zymol used here, in conjunction with the meguairs brush. Impressed by what they shifted. Regular use has healed a few minor cracks, cleaned out the perforations and left a lovely clean aroma.
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Originally Posted by NineBolts,Jul 5 2010, 01:52 AM
could be because you can get white crusty bits of dried leather cleaner in the the perforations. Mine looks like its got white speckles all over it, I used autoglum.

I've used a soft brush and a pin to get the worse bits out.

If I use any such products now I apply the stuff to a moist cleaning cloth and work it into the cleaning cloth first.
yeh mines got the same, white bits in the perforated leather =/

howd u sort it? a pin u say?
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Originally Posted by rtbiscuit,Jul 5 2010, 03:08 AM
poor boys leather care has been fine for my last 4 cars and the s2k


I use it too - brilliant
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I used some Williams F1 Cleaner, no idea who it was made by, found it in the garage and it was pretty old, but brought the leather up a treat and brought the smell back too! Bonus.

No white bits either, woop woop!


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