Re: Taking care of leather interior...

In article <BE3B8739.2C94%handywired@earthlink.net>,
[email]handywired@earthlink.net[/email] says...[color=blue]
> What should I do to maintain the leather on my '95 Land Cruiser? The
> previous owner kept it pretty much perfect and I'd like to do the same. He
> used "saddle soap". Anything better than that I should consider?
>
> -jeff
>
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Saddle soap works well. It also feeds and partially waterproofs as well
as cleans. Horse owners have been yusing it forever for
saddles/tack/boots.

The other leather products listed work well too.
Piece of advice though.

Don't do it too often.
Getting leather feeding/cleaning wrong results in the top of the hide
turning into a soft mush similar to pudding that you can just scrap off
the top of the seats. Looks bad, feels worse, and rubs off into your
clothes (not the cleaner but the leather itself).

Unless you regularly carry hogs, you should only need to feed the
leather about twice a year, and give it a wipe over to remove day to day
marks when you detail/vacuum the rest of the interior.

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