What are you guys using to clean your leather?

[kakerlak]

As I expected, these ivory seats are quickly picking up the blue from my jeans, which I can live with, but there was a bit of the black dirty shop hands smudging on the armrest when I got the car and I'm dying to see if I can get them cleaner.

I'm concerned about gunking up all the perforations in the seats if I used anything like the old leather food creams we used to use back when I was a kid (and I kind of suspect these modern leather surfaces are more sealed where there's no point to trying to get them to absorb something, anyway).

Bonus question: what are y'all using on the rubberized door panel surfaces (the hand wells you use to close the doors have the same shop smudges)? I'm terrified that coating will go sticky someday, like most "soft-touch" plastics seem to after about a decade.

 

[TexasGrrl]

Weiman Leather Cleaner & Conditioner Spray - same about the jeans and lighter leather~!​

 

[kakerlak]

Weiman Leather Cleaner & Conditioner Spray - same about the jeans and lighter leather~!​

I use their products on my counters and floors! Didn't realize they were into this market, too, but that's a brand I trust.

Really appreciate the recommendation -- I just had this paralyzing mental image of poking cleaner residue out of the perforations one by one with a toothpick if I chose the wrong product, lol.

 

[Ragnar]

Just be sure to spray the product on a micro cloth and apply rather than spraying directly on the leather….

 

[Jlapaglia]

I would recommend cleaning the areas first with a little warm soap and water. If things are really dirty, I use a little dawn dish soap and warm water to clean the area, then dry it, then do the leather or surface treatment.

 

[surprisinguy]

Dawn is one of the best cleaners around for just about anything... - Try putting a 1/4 cup in your wash for microfibre towels