Best leather treatment

[Old Mopar Guy]

The best leather treatment.
I have been detailing personally and professionally since 1977.
I love this stuff!

The best leather treatment!

I use it religiously on all my vehicles and leather couch and chairs in our house. We have a hairy little dog and his hair wipes right off the couch! Mama is very happy!!!

I gave these out as Christmas gifts to my guy friends. They all loved it!

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[diymirage]

Wow, not what I was expecting from that title, what a let down

 

[Treburkulosis]

So what did you use before CG came out? Glad it works for you. I never personally cared for it. It left the leather a little too greasy. I used Meguiars Pro series for years and I still use M40 on all of the hard plastics. You can’t touch that in quality. I switched over to Shine Supply Leather Conditioner about 15 years ago. I have brought back leather on a 1929 Cadillac that had been sitting since the late 1930s and everything in between. A lot of my car show buddies use CG for the convenience of being able to walk into a Walmart or auto parts store and pick it up. I try and explain to them in the big picture its the same price by the time use what it takes with CG to get it right vs buying product B and using way less, saving money, and getting a far better product. Your leather looks great! Keep it up! What ever you are doing you are doing it right!

 

[Mlarv5]

I have been using Jax Wax for all my detailing products. Their product Shine All does a great job on the interior, the Super Blue tire/ rubber dressing leaves the tire clean looking without that shiny plastic look.

 

[zrock]

I switched to CG a few years back and find its the best product i have ever used.. Even find it keeps things cleaner longer.

 

[Treburkulosis]

I have been using Jax Wax for all my detailing products. Their product Shine All does a great job on the interior, the Super Blue tire/ rubber dressing leaves the tire clean looking without that shiny plastic look.

I hate CG tire shine products. They leave the tires looking greasy with no way to tone down the shine. Then the browning starts… I use a combo or Shine Supply and Carpro. Then there are the two loaner products. Meguairs M40 and Koch Chemie Speed Glass. Glad you are liking Jax Wax I have heard some good reviews about it.

 

[Treburkulosis]

I switched to CG a few years back and find its the best product i have ever used.. Even find it keeps things cleaner longer.

CG was a really good line of products until they sold. I tried some stuff after the sale and even I got fooled on my own wifes leather. I cleaned it real good and conditioned it with CG leather. I didn’t think anything about it. I back it out every morning. I kept noticing as the weeks went on that the seats weren’t showing signs of the conditioner wearing down. I didn’t think much of it until almost a month in when I went to do a maintenance wash on it. I really started looking at the leather. It was so dirty and sticky yet the conditioner held all of that in there. It sure made for longer clean up trying to not only removed the conditioner that had now stuck to the seat, but all the sweat and dead skin cells that you typically see anyways that were now lodged in all of that mess. The way everything that they make to clean and condition like tires being pre mixed it doesn’t work nearly as well and you have to use double what it would take to just buy some good stuff and mix it yourself. That is where most people miss the point. Yes is a gallon of Shine supply solution to clean with going to cost me 34.99 yes. Am I going to get 40-50 32oz bottles out of it plus 20-25 refills in my tornador cleaning gun? Yes. It will also save my butt countless hours and clean at far more superior level. You can order just like I can. If I remember correctly as well M40 is cheaper per gallon vs VRP. M40 is far superior as well and has stood the test of time. Again I understand why people go with CG as it’s convenient. It just is not a good product at all.

 

[Old Mopar Guy]

After I apply it, I switch microfiber cloths and wipe down.
Here is Arizona it seems to soak in faster than the cooler climate at my Seattle home. Hence the shiny part you mentioned.
I've noticed is looks difference in the coat (Shiny or not) on different leathers as well.

 

[Gary Fields]

I used oil refined from whooping crane eggs, works better than Granpa's whale oil.

 

[Treburkulosis]

After I apply it, I switch microfiber cloths and wipe down.
Here is Arizona it seems to soak in faster than the cooler climate at my Seattle home. Hence the shiny part you mentioned.
I've noticed is looks difference in the coat (Shiny or not) on different leathers as well.

Are you sure it’s clean? I am going to go with the Arizona leather is not truly clean due to the heat sweat and sun. I would make sure it’s truly clean. When it is done it should look like this. I did this one over the weekend and I bet the leather has only been cleaned a handful of times in the 124k miles and 6 years of its life. It’s also a Texas SUV so it should be similar in sheen when its dirty and clean.

 

[joesstripclub]

I'm a fan of Meguiars 40 also, good to get into all the cracks and crevices. Use it on the seats too. Leather conditioner would make sense if you could get real leather in anything.

 

[Treburkulosis]

I'm a fan of Meguiars 40 also, good to get into all the cracks and crevices. Use it on the seats too. Leather conditioner would make sense if you could get real leather in anything.

Agreed with M40 I like to add funny sayings to my cleaning products. This is M40’s. On the pleather or vegan leather seats M40 works great. It’s what they used for years on the old vinyl seats. You can use it on leather if you wanted to. It wouldn’t hurt it at all or dry it out.

 

[Hardracer]

I use whatever kind of Meguiars also..stuff in the black bottle...lol.
Use it on everything in the truck

 

[Pull Ya]

M40 does a good job. If you save your allowance, you can give this a try https://www.polishangel.us/collections/leather/products/polishangel-charisma-leather-conditioner
Jay

 

[BrentM]

My favorite leather conditioner is Zaino Z-10. I have been using this on my 2017 Limited interior since new and it still looks new. smells great too.

 

[Treburkulosis]

M40 does a good job. If you save your allowance, you can give this a try https://www.polishangel.us/collections/leather/products/polishangel-charisma-leather-conditioner
Jay

M40 is fantastic. It works great on the new Vegan leather.

 

[Treburkulosis]

That is 130k mile 2016 leather that had never been properly taken care of. I cleaned it with Koch Chemie Pol star and my scrub ninja. Then dressed it with Shine supply leather conditioner. It’s what I have used on every detail I have done and even on the #17 Ferrari and 33 Rolls Royce Phantom that Barbara Huttons Husband got killed in. The dash is M40 if anyone was wanting to know what it looks like.

 

[G/T jonny]

That 2016 ‘not-a-ram’ looks really really nice.

 

[Ritchie_Rich]

Good old fashioned saddle soap.

 

[BossHogg]

Good old fashioned saddle soap.

Yes, for us old-timers, who treated leather jackets, shoes, belts, and interior leather, saddle soap as a cleaning agent and mink oil as a conditioner and water proofer were our go-to products, and still are for me. The secret to cleaning is using a high-quality horsehair brush and saddle soap as the cleaning agent.

To claim that one product is the best without conducting a scientific comparison of similar products isn't compelling. I use mink oil on my riding jacket, gun belts, and the interior of my trucks. Of course, the leather seating in your vehicle should be genuine leather, not a hybrid mix.

I wish there was a way I could give an internet touch and feel of my 2015 Longhorn's leather, that could likely cause a run on mink oil.