My new (to me) 1999 Durango SLT has leather seats in... some kind of condition.

I've had new cars with nice leather and used whatever leather stuff I found on the shelf at the store. I've had old cars with ****ty wrecked leather that I might have applied the same stuff to- or not bothered with.

My Durango seems to be right at the turning point. They are not in BAD condition at all- but certainly not new quality. I want to do the best job I can at restoring and maintaining them.

I am interested in products and techniques for the application and re-use.

Suggestions?

 

I use Meguiars, but the my seats will get small creases in them over the course a few years. The problem lies in that the seats are trimmed in leather, but the majority of it is plastic naugahyde,
FF

 

Hhmmm, I guess what I am really asking then is if there is anything I can do to maintain the naugahyde?

 

Isn't naugahyde "faux" leather (vinyl)? If so, use an APC diluted for heavy or light duty cleaning; depending how dirty they are. Clean the seats well with a towel and a brush, then apply a vinyl dressing.

 

 

If you have real leather you would know it. Most leathers seats are coated leather and only in the seating surfaces. The rest is vinyl. To care for coated leather, you really treat them like vinyl. You should use a mild cleaner and just use a protectant type product on them. These protectants and conditioners often have various ingredients like lanolin, etc. that act as a barrier. They have various fake leather scents and some leave the seats very slippery. You do not need to pay attention to oils (like mink oil, neatsfoot, etc) since they are often only in trace amounts and most every automotive leather is water based (not like some high oil content true leather conditioners).

 

I just picked up a bottle of Meguiars gold class rich leather conditioner like pictured above, hopefully i'll be using it on my durango in the next few days.

Btw The process for the seats will be, clean with OOMPH armor cleaner, crank on the heat and seat warmers and warm up the seats to open up the pores, and spray the conditioner thickly and rub it nicely into the seats, wipe and repeat with another light layer.

 

I use Meguiars in just about every vehicle I touch that has Leather seats. Only one that I don't use it on is our 2004 that has real stressed saddle leather in it. That one gets saddle oil... You have to on those or they will crack and bleach out.

On my 2010, I spray them down just about every week or so to keep the leather supple or at least I hope considering that my seats are perforated.

 

Vinyl has pores?

Sorry I got really sick right at new years and am pretty much just moving around again.

 

I have even used it on my cell phone case, and my wallet.