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Offline Fletch..gti

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Leather shine
« on: February 09, 2011, 08:21:15 pm »
Can anyone help please , my drivers seat is leather and is starting to get a shine to it.
How can I get a mat look to it again ????
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Re: Leather shine
« Reply #1 on: February 09, 2011, 09:11:16 pm »
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Re: Leather shine
« Reply #2 on: February 10, 2011, 11:11:25 am »
Some nice work there as usual Jay, do you sell the Swissvax gear or just use it?  if you dont any recommendations of where does, like the OP I need to de-shine my seats, its very noticeable after just installing a new leather arm rest top, colour and shine is completely different.
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Re: Leather shine
« Reply #3 on: February 10, 2011, 02:18:51 pm »
Polishedbliss now stock swissvax  :happy2:
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Re: Leather shine
« Reply #4 on: February 10, 2011, 03:37:12 pm »
As above, use a leather cleaner and brush. Don't bother with conditioners/feeds - VW leather is coated in plastic. Swissvax products are generally good, though some argue that there are cheaper but more effective products out there for some aspects of detailing.

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Re: Leather shine
« Reply #5 on: February 10, 2011, 04:28:11 pm »
Quote from: stealthwolf on February 10, 2011, 03:37:12 pm
As above, use a leather cleaner and brush. Don't bother with conditioners/feeds - VW leather is coated in plastic. Swissvax products are generally good, though some argue that there are cheaper but more effective products out there for some aspects of detailing.


Thats what I was thinking Stealth. I need to rid my leather of the shine too but I'm not really wanting to spend £28 on swissvax leather cleaner.
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Re: Leather shine
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2011, 04:30:03 pm »
Thanks for the replys . I have gliptone cleaner
With this do the same job . Also I have used the conditioner
But by the comments that was a waste of time
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Re: Leather shine
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2011, 04:32:28 pm »
I bought gliptone cleaner and conditioner and IMO they are useless on VW leather and probably the reason why mine is so shiny now!

I think the cleaner has glycerine (sp) in it, this helps soften leather but as said before ours is mostly plastic and even the leather bits are plastic coated.
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Re: Leather shine
« Reply #8 on: February 10, 2011, 04:46:23 pm »
Dusbin for that then , now for swisswax  :laugh:
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Re: Leather shine
« Reply #9 on: February 10, 2011, 05:01:05 pm »
I picked up some zymol leather cleaner (from Halfords - so easy to get hold of) at the weekend and it made a hell of a difference.  Didn't use a brush so I intend to give them another go with that to see what comes out this weekend.
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Re: Leather shine
« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2011, 09:26:37 pm »
Any "zymol" products you see in Halfords, it's just turtle wax with a different label. It's made under license by turtle wax in bury! Lol

With Swissvax, you get what you pay for lol. Bear in mind I'm not "on the sell" I use it because it works
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Re: Leather shine
« Reply #11 on: February 10, 2011, 10:31:22 pm »
Quote from: JPC on February 10, 2011, 09:26:37 pm
I'm not "on the sell"
The thought had crossed my mind!  :grin:
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