Glow Stick on Black Leather

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My friends 8 yo seems to have broken a glow stick on their Nissan Maxima's new black leather. It looks like it almost faded in those spots. I tried using DG leather cleaner but it is still stained. Anybody else run across something like this? What would you reccommend I use to get this out? Thanks.
 
Not understanding whats in a glow stick, I would think its a chemical of sorts.

If I was going to try anything it would be leatherique, its designed to soak in and lift without agitation. I would also have to think that the leather is stained from the GS, that stuff has to be nasty on the leather
 
From a quick web search:

The chemicals used to create this reaction in glow sticks are usually hydrogen peroxide and a mixture of phenyl oxalate ester and the fluorescent dye that gives the glow stick its color. The hydrogen peroxide is contained in a small glass tube that floats within the mixture inside the plastic glow stick. This is why you must bend a glow stick to make it start glowing. When the stick bends, the glass vial breaks, the hydrogen peroxide is released, the chemical reaction begins and you get the distinctive glow.

I can't think that the peroxide would hurt the leather but I would probably want to research more on the phenyl oxalate ester. Also, anything containing the word "dye" would scare me a bit.

Good luck.
 
Pander5 said:
From a quick web search:

The chemicals used to create this reaction in glow sticks are usually hydrogen peroxide and a mixture of phenyl oxalate ester and the fluorescent dye that gives the glow stick its color. The hydrogen peroxide is contained in a small glass tube that floats within the mixture inside the plastic glow stick. This is why you must bend a glow stick to make it start glowing. When the stick bends, the glass vial breaks, the hydrogen peroxide is released, the chemical reaction begins and you get the distinctive glow.

I can't think that the peroxide would hurt the leather but I would probably want to research more on the phenyl oxalate ester. Also, anything containing the word "dye" would scare me a bit.

Good luck.
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This is why, DC is one of the best detail sites on the net IMO. Great answer on what to look at, and I learned how those glow sticks work:D
 
Maybe you should dab some acrylic paint sealant on it. That stuff seems to work wonders... :D

You might want to look into something like Leatherique.
 
JaredPointer said:
Maybe you should dab some acrylic paint sealant on it. That stuff seems to work wonders... :D

You might want to look into something like Leatherique.
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I'm thinking this should be the standard reply for any issue we can't find a better one for:D:D
 
I'll let him know about the Leaterique as I am not going to make a purchase that big for a few spots on a friends car leather. :D The DG leather cleaner did better than i thought it would but not 100%. Thanks for the help! Sorry it took me so long to respond.:dcrules
 
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