Ok, so after buying a handful of different products, and trying everything from kitchen roll to microfibre cloths, I couldn't find anything that would shift the ingrained dirt in the white leather nappa seats... until last night.
I've been cleaning them with some leather wipes in a tube for a while, and this has worked fairly well but has never shifted the ingrained dirt from when I acquired the car (bought it AUC/12 months old).
Digging out some Zymol in the hope that this might be better I set to work with this last night, and various rags to see what effect. Nada. No matter the cloth and no matter the product, the dirt was quite happy to stay.
At some risk, I remembered a JML (I know, laugh) product under the kitchen sink that I use to clean marks off walls and skirtingboard. Its called the JML Magic Eraser (just a sponge) and it was left in the house when I moved in many years back. I recall using it on walls etc and after a few rubs, it removes kick marks, scuffs etc. I'm guessing it must be the texture of the thing as there's no chemicals on it.
So, I squirted the Zymol on the seats, somewhere I wouldn't normally see, and wiped over the JML sponge, whammo, off comes all the dirt, a quick wipe with a kitchen towel to remove the left over and lovely leather is left behind!
It did no harm to the leather at all, in fact, now the Zymol's on there it feels lovely and soft, but this JML sponge thing is a marvel in a box (JML advert over!).
So if anyone else wants to try this, here you go: http://www.amazon.co.uk/JML-5020044770276-Magic-Eraser-V1352/dp/B00097ECGM?tag=z4fo-21
I've ordered another one to keep me going. I've now done the entire seat on the drivers side, and its like brand new, in fact, I had no idea they were this light! :lol:
I've been cleaning them with some leather wipes in a tube for a while, and this has worked fairly well but has never shifted the ingrained dirt from when I acquired the car (bought it AUC/12 months old).
Digging out some Zymol in the hope that this might be better I set to work with this last night, and various rags to see what effect. Nada. No matter the cloth and no matter the product, the dirt was quite happy to stay.
At some risk, I remembered a JML (I know, laugh) product under the kitchen sink that I use to clean marks off walls and skirtingboard. Its called the JML Magic Eraser (just a sponge) and it was left in the house when I moved in many years back. I recall using it on walls etc and after a few rubs, it removes kick marks, scuffs etc. I'm guessing it must be the texture of the thing as there's no chemicals on it.
So, I squirted the Zymol on the seats, somewhere I wouldn't normally see, and wiped over the JML sponge, whammo, off comes all the dirt, a quick wipe with a kitchen towel to remove the left over and lovely leather is left behind!
It did no harm to the leather at all, in fact, now the Zymol's on there it feels lovely and soft, but this JML sponge thing is a marvel in a box (JML advert over!).
So if anyone else wants to try this, here you go: http://www.amazon.co.uk/JML-5020044770276-Magic-Eraser-V1352/dp/B00097ECGM?tag=z4fo-21
I've ordered another one to keep me going. I've now done the entire seat on the drivers side, and its like brand new, in fact, I had no idea they were this light! :lol:
