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asneed06

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Does anyone know what the best leather cleaner or option would be for the Gravity seats?
 
Per page 249 of the owner's manual:

"For Leather and Artificial Leather Seats:
- To clean, use a soft, colorless cloth moistened only with warm water. Do not use polishes, oils, cleaning fluids, solvents, or detergents.
- Avoid vacuuming. Instead, use your moistened cleaning cloth to gently remove any loose particles.
- Application of a leather conditioner is not necessary to maintain the original condition of the seats."

The sales associate recommended that I condition the leather every 6 months despite what the manual says. Does anyone have any opinions on using leather condition or not?
 
Avoid vacuuming?? How are you supposed to get all that crap out of the perforations?
 
It really doesn't matter what you use to clean the leather seats. In all cars, the leather is coated with a protective layer. You are never going to actually touch the leather. All of these leather conditioners and such are just snake oil. I use an interior cleaner for all of the surfaces in my car including the Nappa leather seats. This one currently as it came in a kit I bought at Costco...

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L-Dude said:
Avoid vacuuming?? How are you supposed to get all that crap out of the perforations?
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It’s just a CYA so they don’t have to list every chemical and brand under the sun. My detailers use their standard leather cleaner and it works fine. Just be careful, go light, test in inconspicuous spots, etc.
 
chazglenn3 said:
It really doesn't matter what you use to clean the leather seats. In all cars, the leather is coated with a protective layer. You are never going to actually touch the leather. All of these leather conditioners and such are just snake oil. I use an interior cleaner for all of the surfaces in my car including the Nappa leather seats. This one currently as it came in a kit I bought at Costco...

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Please note: the same is not true for the wood in your car. Which products you use on that is important, as it is not laminated in the same way it is in some vehicles. Treat it nicely.
 
borski said:
Please note: the same is not true for the wood in your car. Which products you use on that is important, as it is not laminated in the same way it is in some vehicles. Treat it nicely.
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Yeah a buddy’s MB needed wood matched and it took close to half a year
 
borski said:
Please note: the same is not true for the wood in your car. Which products you use on that is important, as it is not laminated in the same way it is in some vehicles. Treat it nicely.
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What do you recommend for the wood?
 
borski said:
It’s just a CYA so they don’t have to list every chemical and brand under the sun. My detailers use their standard leather cleaner and it works fine. Just be careful, go light, test in inconspicuous spots, etc.
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It says "avoid vacuuming." No chemicals of any sort involved in this warning.
 
borski said:
Please note: the same is not true for the wood in your car. Which products you use on that is important, as it is not laminated in the same way it is in some vehicles. Treat it nicely.
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Duly noted! I have never had a need to clean the wood in my Polestar 2. I test drove an AGT yesterday with the Santa Cruz interior. Beautiful! That wood is gorgeous!
 
I'm a huge fan of 303 Products, so I use 303 Leather 3-in-1 and 303 aerospace protectant for everything else.
 
L-Dude said:
It says "avoid vacuuming." No chemicals of any sort involved in this warning.
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It also says “Do not use polishes, oils, cleaning fluids, solvents, or detergents.” in the bullet above that.
 
I use Chemical Guys Leather cleaner. Apply directly to microfiber cloth and not to surfaces. Also, don’t forget to clean the steering wheel leather as well.
 
I've used nothing on my leather. Had my Air for four years now. Still looks almost new.

Just a damp cloth if I needed to get an actual mark off.

But I don't have any pets. And I don't let anyone eat in my car. So that helps.
 
Tim-in-CA said:
I use Chemical Guys Leather cleaner. Apply directly to microfiber cloth and not to surfaces. Also, don’t forget to clean the steering wheel leather as well.
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You be careful on that steering wheel, last thing you need is to reduce friction
On the Audi I used to eat an orange every once in a while
 
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