Which preserver for protecting leather seats?
 

My grandson said he used Armour All on his leather seats in his automobile for a few years and he does not like the product. He said the surface of the leather becomes too shiny and that the Armour All seems to buildup after repeated use.

My truck's leather seats are not dirty in the least, but after a year with no preserver applied they need some attention before they start to look neglected. The bench part of the seats look somewhat stretched from the weight of our butts stretching the leather for hours at a time.

Anyway, what do you guys use to protect your leather truck seats with? What negative aspects have you experienced about the various products? What product or products do you find give the most satisfactory results? Thanks for any advice. FAY

Lexol is the best leather product I have found. It comes in a brown bottle and you can get it at most auto stores.

I agree,
Lexol in the orange bottle for cleaning, in the brown bottle for preserving.

I'll plug Meguires One Step Leather Care. I always have leather vehicles and have used it for years.

Just don't hop in truck with tools haning out a back pocket...scrathes need to be redyed. Don't use anthing but a leather cleaner for stains...many cleaners will harm the leather surface.

Don't forget the steering wheel. I park with the bottom of the wheel facing up to take the UV load during the day along with windshield sunshades and tinted side windows. Florida sun is tough on interiors if not maintained.

Whats in Lexol?
 

I have looked on the Lexol container and can find no list of ingredients. While looked at a web site that sells Lexol I can not see any data on lexol's make up. I noticed the same dealer advertising Wolfgang, or something sounding like that, which is made in Germany, and the write up gives it a good rating. They also show the ingredients. I have time to look for the best. Thank-you fellows for the suggestions. If anyone knows the ingredients in Lexol please include them for our consideration.

Mink Oil
 

I have used Mink Oil on all my leather seats from Mercedes on down the line and have never had dry leather or any signs of those ''wrinkles'' than can appear on the bottom seat edges...any good boot store carries it and for 10 bucks you can do front and back seats and any door trim several times which for me is about a yr or so...pretty good price compared to other products out there as well ...I put on a coat the day I buy the vehicle and as needed after that

I use hand lotion.

MikeyB

The owners manual says use only a damp soft cloth to clean the leather.

I have used it for years on my saddles...I believe the main ingrediant in lanolin...

Try the Tannery. I have used it for years in Arizona. Works well and leaves no residue.

Yeah and they say that you dont need fule additives and yet they'll void your warranty for bad fuel...Dont believe them If leather didnt need treatment people wouldnt spend good money on great products like meguiars or lexol

Used Lexol
 

We had a 16 oz jug of Lexol stored in the cabinet that was a spare along with the partly used container of Lexol for the horse tack, and I used the spare jug of Lexol on my truck's leather seats. It seems to be absorbing the tanning oils fine into the smooth and heavier rough hide. What I need to know now is what should I use on the the back rest suede leather inserts to preserve the soft fuzzy leather. The heavier stiff leather is a dark grey color and the insert is very light grey. I made sure I did not wipe any Lexol on the back rest suede insert. What do you fellows use on the soft suede insert?

I used Zaino leather treatment on my 95 Trans Am Convertible. Those seats still looked like new when I sold it 3 years ago. I still have some and that's what I'll be using again.....

Meguiars products hav been pretty good to me..armor all leaves them way too shiny IMO. Especially the wipes..

Lexol all the way.

Meguires leather wipes for me . . . have used them for years . . .work well.

For the suede inserts also or what?
 

ptgarcia, are you telling me you use LEXOL Original Formula also for the suede inserts in the seat back rests? On my brown jug of Lexol it states, "Not recommended for suede or glove soft leather."

suede type leather
 

FirstDodge, I used LEXOL with a sponge and wiped it all over the rough and smooth hide in the seat back rests and bench, but I am apprehensive about using it on the back rest part of the seat consisting of a different color insert done in suede type leather. Does Dodge install different grades of leather upolstery in different trucks? Do some trucks have two or three types of seat leather and others have one type of leather? My truck has rough heavier dark leather for both the back rest and the bench edges, with smooth somewhat heavy dark leather for the center of the bench. The front bucket seats and the split back seat have center pieces in all the seat back rests that is a very light grey colored soft fuzzy suede type leather. I do not want to use something that will cause the insert to look slimy, pasted down or somewhat smooth from the oil, and then I will have a terrible time unsuccessfully trying to scuff it back into a suede condition. I use mink oil on my boots, but I would never use it on suede shoe leather. Actually I use nothing on suede shoes except brush them with a soft copper wire brush, but it does not preserve the suede shoe leather, and its surface wears smooth easily.

I believe that some dealer installed leather is actually installed by a local company. A guy I work with ordered a Big Horn with leather and his does not have the suede like my Laramie. His leather also seems "higher quality" or thicker than mine. That may not mean "higher quality" but feels like it is.

Plain old saddle soap or murphys oil soap work well on all lewather and is non acidic