Blue jeans rubbing off on Dune leather seating?

[sk]

I'll be the bad guy and say don't EVER use Clorox wipes on leather. The chlorine in them strips the protective oils from the leather. They will dry out quicker and will begin to crack in a few years (all leather will do this eventually but it is accelerated in leathers where the oils have been removed).

 

The best thing is to use a leather cleaner (Lexol is good, Zymol is better but expensive, and there are a lot of other makes out there too). Every time you use the cleaner follow it up with leather conditioner from the same company. The cleaner strips some of the oils away too (but not as bad as Clorox) then the conditioner adds the oils back.

 

As a side note, the blue on the leather really won't hurt it. But it does look "dirty". Either way you should conditioner your leather on a regular basis (at least once a month, preferably more often).

[ahahnu]

I will never own light colored leather for this reason. Had tan leather 15 years ago, then tried grey. Went black leather and never looked back. Cloth just smells bad after a few years.

[SouthernSilveradoGuy85]

I will never own light colored leather for this reason. Had tan leather 15 years ago, then tried grey. Went black leather and never looked back. Cloth just smells bad after a few years.

 

I've never had a problem with cloth smelling bad after a few years. I got my 98 back in '04 which had cloth seats and kept it until right at a year ago and it never smelled bad even after being 16 years old. Even after getting into the truck sweaty or greasy. The only advantage leather has over cloth is being able to clean easier, but haven't had an issue with cleaning cloth., If anything a cheap seat of seat covers will do the job. I'm sure GM uses better quality leather now but I test drove an 06 2500 a few years ago and the leather on the armrest was all cracked up and the truck was only 3-4 years old. Plus cloth doesn't get hot or cold so no need for heated or cooled seats. I don't want leather in anything.

[KMGZ400]

Let me be a little more clear in describing what I use. I use the Lexol cleaner (orange bottle) not the conditioner (brown bottle). I don't doubt the Clorox wipes would work, but I can't personally justify using something as aggressive as Clorox when I can use something made for leather.

Id have to agree... I mean to say that a product that is meant for leather and designed for leather should not be used frequently on the leather don't make much sense! IMO

[ahahnu]

I've never had a problem with cloth smelling bad after a few years. I got my 98 back in '04 which had cloth seats and kept it until right at a year ago and it never smelled bad even after being 16 years old. Even after getting into the truck sweaty or greasy. The only advantage leather has over cloth is being able to clean easier, but haven't had an issue with cleaning cloth., If anything a cheap seat of seat covers will do the job. I'm sure GM uses better quality leather now but I test drove an 06 2500 a few years ago and the leather on the armrest was all cracked up and the truck was only 3-4 years old. Plus cloth doesn't get hot or cold so no need for heated or cooled seats. I don't want leather in anything.

Fair enough. The only cloth I've owned was my first car and I got that used with a little mustiness. Just an observation of cars I've been in. Retained the perfume / cologne or dampness. I also weigh a feather soaking wet and my drivers seat in the cad has less cracks then the passenger.