So I finished a 2004 BMW last night at 1:30 and I'm pretty proud of it. One neat thing with this detail is that the interior, which is a light gray colour, was pretty dirty. I tried steam on it and it did not get down into the leather to clean it well. The leather cleaner I had did not do the trick either. This process I first tried on the door where it was the worse, and it turned out fantastic!!! I sprayed the area with Folex and then agitated with a brush. This alone did not do much at all. But then, I hit it with the steam and had a white terry cloth. The steam just lifted all the dirt and I quickly wiped it up with hte terry. Did it ever work well! I thought I'd share...
that BMW was never cleaned or what? What kind of dirt did you have on that leather? I remember once I was overcleaning my leather in a previous car I had (2000 Acura TL), and anyway, I was using different cleaners, and thought I had a spot and tried removing it, I ended up removing leather coating...that really sucked at that time... Right now I just spray it with a leather cleaner, let it sit for a minute or two, agitate witha Swissvax leather brush (I love it, best leather brush ever, not too stiff, but does the job well) and wipe off with a terry towel or MF towel... Thanks for the tip though, Richy.
Good tip Richey! I have heard of people spraying leather with a leather cleaner or apc and work it into the leather with a steamer and the results are amazing.
Thx for sharing.. Have you all tried wiping off after cleaning with a chamois before? I tried both and actually favour the chamois more..
No I haven't. The only thing is that the terry gets pretty dirty..the only use my chamois sees now is drying off the tires (which also gets it a little dirty). I will try it out; thnaks.
:nod: glad it worked out for you richy, steam is quite the tool but combining chemical with steam is a whole different ball game :thumb: :thumb:
I found that Woolite and water - 8:1, on a warm damp terry cloth works well. On really dirty seats, I spray the mix on the leather and rub - rinse, repeat!
