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restoring the leather smell #136602
21/06/2006 18:30
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Is there any way to make the seats smell of leather ? or ideally restore the natural leather smell?

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Hiding a small cow in the boot may help, however I've not tried it. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> A good leather conditioner should help bring back the smell a bit.



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Re: restoring the leather smell #136604
21/06/2006 18:38
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I use meguiars gold class leather cleaner/conditioner - i dont notice it myself but most people who get in the car comment on the leather smell.

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For most stuff I'd agree Meguiars is the way to go, but for leather (admitedly not used in the coop so far, but for many other cars) I think Gliptone is a better option, at least IMHO <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Re: restoring the leather smell #136606
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Liquid Leather does the job - I think that's the same as/made by Gliptone?





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Re: restoring the leather smell #136607
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Indeed Cappo.
Very good stuff, always come highly recommended on here.


Re: restoring the leather smell #136608
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I use the Autoglym stuff which does the job, howvever I think I'll try liquid leather next.

Has anyone gone from auotglym to liquid leather? Which did they find better and why?

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Gliptone Stuff works well - but takes a good while to absorb the conditioner. I'd use Autoglym leather cleaner + conditioner if you want the leather smell - easily best I've used for this. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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I use This One . For me, is the best product for leather care. You could use the Leather Care or Leather Rejuvenator. I am using the Rejuvenator (Very Greasy) now because when I bought the car the interior was really bad.

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heard gliptone was better - but after id bought the meguiars....

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liquid leather for me gets 10/10. the cleaner is okay, but the conditioner smeels gorgoeus for a month or tow <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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Hiding a small cow in the boot may help

Pinin caught with small cow, earlier today.
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Re: restoring the leather smell #136614
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just been to halfrauds, got a few things but they only had autoglym leather cleaner, and at the time there were no autoglym recommendations so i didnt buy it. hehe, darn it, will have to go back again another day.

thanks for all the replies though guys, really helpful forum <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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ideally you want a leather cleaner AND a conditioner as two seperate items to get the best conditioning for your leather. Liquid leather sent me my stuff within 3 days

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Why not use the following product:

New Car Smell

Then again, the following might be better fun:

Cowcodriver

Re: restoring the leather smell #136617
21/06/2006 23:44
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I have used autoglym, its ok but the smell is nothing like what leather should smell like. I now use glyptone.

Re: restoring the leather smell #136618
22/06/2006 01:11
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are there any treatments to restore the colour of the leather? my plus recaros have a white patch where the seatbelt rubs.

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have a look on liquid leathers website mate, they do custom dyes if i remember correctly

Re: restoring the leather smell #136620
22/06/2006 05:26
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hey get one of those german chicks [or guys] that do that knee slapping thang!! bet they would leave a smell of old leather, hellgar would only be to pleased to oblige

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Liquid leather is amazing, I've used it on my seats and it's done a great job and a nice leather smell too.
I got mine on ebay from d.c.motorcare, fast delivery too!


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Re: restoring the leather smell #136622
02/07/2006 21:58
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yep, liquid leather by gliptone is great. my m3 leather is practically new and unused - now its got the smell!!

must admit that the cleaner wasnt the best around - in fact, it didnt actually clean anything like what the advertising suggested.


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