bbielas

Just bought a 2005 a4 1.8t sport/lighting/luxury! Whats the best products/technique to clean the leather/leatherette seats as well as the dash?

Thanks

German Driver

i generally stick with meguiars products but have in past used zymol. meguiars is prolly gest for your buck along with klasse. meguiars makes it quite easy to use their products with website dedicated to explaining how to use each product and which is best.

make sure you stay clear of anything with silcon as it will crack surface after time. for my dash i use a product called hud brite. it is in a spray can and foams up and smells minty. i am not a fan of shiny oily dashes. this product eliminates the dash from becoming magnetic and clinging to dust particles. its probably best you can get. i was introduced to this years ago when i was detailing. its also on the market with the name minty. i know its avail online so ill try to track it down. its also very good cleaner for all vinyl and leather. not a preservative but cleaner. i recommend using meguiars medallion leather protectant. have used zymol but compared to price of meguiars which is still high at like $23 imo its not worth it. i'm sure it can be found cheaper though. hope this helps.

if the seats are really dirty meguires makes a product called all-purpose cleaner. i buy it in 5gallon jugs and its dilluted depending on what you need it for. 12-1 carpets 4-1/8-1 degreaser or bug juice. if u dilute it to what the directions say and use a scrub brush jsut douse the entire seat. you would be suprised how well this product works.

bbielas

Thanks for the detailed information...thats extremely helpful.

Cheers

FireBirdSC

try the search feature in the detailing area

d4m0n

...and Lexol Vinylex on the the plastic/non-leather surfaces. Every 2 weeks, I give all of it a once over with Lemon Pledge (an well-respected body shop gave me the tip about using Pledge). Apparently, it's actually a pretty decent product to use on leather and plastic molding, plus it's easy.

fongaroos

i got the cleaner and conditioner at pepboys.

i just used it yesterday. it cleans the leather pretty good i guess. and the combination of the cleaner and conditioner leave this very nice PSEUDO-new car smell.

whenever i use it people always ask me how i keep the new car smell.

MikeS02A4

can you use Lexol on 'leatherette'?

FireBirdSC

Meguiars also has a plastic/vinyl spray that you can use

fongaroos

ohh gosh... i dont know... i have leather so i use it on that...