Leather going shiny :(

[Sarah]

The leather in my car is going a bit shiny, how do I bring it back to a nice matt finish?

I have been using race glaze leather cleaner and balm about every 6 months.

Does it just need cleaning more often?

[JPC]

Just use the cleaner and not the balm! It's the balm making it shiny probably. Just clean it every three months

[stealthwolf]

As above. VW leather has a plastic coating so pretty muh nothing gets into the leather. Any feeds/balms etc will just sit on the surface.

[Sarah]

Ah ok thanks guys :)

It's a full retrim in red nappa so not standard vw leather, not using balm still applys yes?

[stealthwolf]

Depends on the leather but modern ones still tend to have a coating. Try just cleaning it wihout using a balm.

[JPC]

It will still be coated leather. Don't use any balms or conditioner

[stealthwolf]

Jay, any idea on whether you can still get dye transfer despite coatings?

[JPC]

Yeh you can get due transfer on coated leather easily.