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    Re: What does everyone use to protect leather ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Accumulator View Post
    Gee, you`re lucky! While I absolutely agree with David Fermani about "just keep it clean", when leather goes from stiff-as-cardboard to soft/supple it can really make ya feel like you`ve accomplished something. At least that`s one upside to buying vehicles with issues, most any improvement is pretty satisfying. Spending forever doing that stuff to the good cars that didn`t really *need* it? Eh, not so much satisfaction there...
    I agree with you too. I love and use conditioners. Especially Zaino Z9 & 10. I actually use them on my client’s private Porsche collection as well as my wife’s Cayenne. The smell ✅ softness/feel ✅ and darkening effect ✅ is really awesome (satisfying). But (and that’s a huge BUT!) it requires constant upkeep so that it doesn’t become counterproductive by attracting resoiling. As long as you’re constantly cleaning and refreshing the surface with more light cleaning/protecting it can be a wonderful outcome.
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    Re: What does everyone use to protect leather ?

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    These actually make the leather softer ?


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    They make it feel like how leather should feel if that makes sense. The guys at colourlock have done their homework and I would take the word of them given that leather is their specialty.
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    Re: What does everyone use to protect leather ?

    Quote Originally Posted by The Guz View Post
    They make it feel like how leather should feel if that makes sense. The guys at colourlock have done their homework and I would take the word of them given that leather is their specialty.
    Ever used leather masters before ?


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    Re: What does everyone use to protect leather ?

    I have not.
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    Re: What does everyone use to protect leather ?

    David Fermani- Hey, that`s interesting! My experience with the ones I use was, luckily, different in that I didn`t have to constantly redo `em. I "condition" (couldn`t resist those scare-quotes since people say it can`t happen on coated stuff ) the leather in the Tahoe and `93 Audi maybe every four/five *years* and often think "that didn`t need doing".

    No, I don`t expect others to have that experience too, just another case of where I`ll count my lucky stars and figure that YMMV.

    Oh, and heh heh...I make this Leather Care stuff hard enough on myself already in that I simply can`t *stand* my vehicles smelling like luggage shops/leather care products (I want them to smell like they did when new...yeah, even after so many years and all that dog-hauling ).

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    Re: What does everyone use to protect leather ?

    What about Connolly`s Leather Care? Seems in an earlier formulation Connolly`s Hide Care (?) this was used by Rolls Royce and other super expensive cars` leathers?

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    Re: What does everyone use to protect leather ?

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    What about Connolly`s Leather Care? Seems in an earlier formulation Connolly`s Hide Care (?) this was used by Rolls Royce and other super expensive cars` leathers?
    My Hide Food (recommended by Jaguar too) always went bad, presumably due to not being kept in the `fridge. I took that as a sign that it wasn`t stuff I wanted to apply to my interior.

    How does that new version compare? Anybody tried both?

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    Re: What does everyone use to protect leather ?

    When it`s not raining I need to go out to the shop and see what that sorta-similar-to Connolly`s stuff product I have is. It`s not *nearly* as slimy and it smells *almost* as good as letting the cars smell showroom; a very "clean" scent that reminds me of high-end soap and quickly fades to nothing at all. I`ve only used it a handful of times on my wife`s A8, back before the Interior QDs came out.

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    Re: What does everyone use to protect leather ?

    Anyone use leather honey ?


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