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10-23-2007, 08:08 PM
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Leather Care
Recently Ive seem some discussion that leather "conditioners" might actually be bad for coated leathers. And that you're better off using a protectant such as 303 or Leather Masters protection cream. http://www.detailuniversity.com/foru...-thoughts.html
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10-23-2007, 09:21 PM
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That's interesting, I've been wondering the same. Actually I went to Lexus asking weather my leather is coated leather or not, still waiting for an answer. My guess would be that it's not coated, becuase when I cleaned it with Lexol product it sure absorbed the conditioner oh another thing I did recently was I used my 1000W lights and warmed up the leather first and then applied the conditioner, leather absorbed the conditioner like you wouldn't imagine. I could be wrong but I'm guessing my leather in my Lexus is not coated but that's just my guess.
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10-23-2007, 09:22 PM
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Id be willing to bet that its coated. Did you drop water on it to see if it turned the leather darker, or just beaded?
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10-23-2007, 09:29 PM
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hmmm...nope haven't done that but I should. You might be right, coated leather seems to be on all new vehicles. I'll drop some water on it and see if it gets darker.
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10-23-2007, 10:16 PM
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I would have to go coated, really havent seen any vehicles that arent unless very high end.
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10-24-2007, 10:39 AM
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I had posted at Detail University a comment I got back from Lexol. They said that Lexol works fine on top coated and regular leather. Lexol claims that coated leather is not the same as it was a few years back and it is not impermeable barrier that some say it is. Oils can migrate into the leather especially as it ages due to the barrier developing microcracks (lexol party line).
Leather Master (the one touted for top coated leather) is a water based product with oil...so is Lexol. They all use synthetic oils not the real animal derived fats. I have used Meg's on top coated leather seats and it seemed to absorb it too so the purists are not correct.
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10-24-2007, 10:42 AM
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I love pinnacle leather conditioner on my leather seats!
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10-24-2007, 10:43 AM
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I definitely believe the conditioners absorb even into coated leathers. But it seems like they are saying some conditioners arent good for the leather.
On AG, someone was saying the guy from Lexol wrote something up about how the conditioners cant absorb into the leather. But I guess that was back when things were different.
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10-24-2007, 05:03 PM
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Pirex I would like it also if it didnt make my seats so shiny.
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