Crappy 18yr old seats

[Brett Dikeman]

On Jul 29, 2005, at 3:55 PM, barry at moonbeast.com wrote:

> The seats in my car are one of the remaining few items that really,  
> really need
> addressing.
>
> They are the electric beige leather heated seats, with the usual seam
> splitting, hardening, and cracking.

If you have any surfaces which aren't damaged but just very stiff and  
dried out- and you'd like to try saving them- Lexol would be the way  
to go.  If the leather is dirty, first use the lexol cleaner, but go  
easy on the water when following the instructions.

Liberally apply the Lexol conditioner soon after cleaning.  You might  
want to wait a day or two before gently buffing the leather with a  
clean towel to remove surface residue, although it the leather is  
very dry, there might not be anything to buff out.  Lexol recommends  
using the conditioner on leather which is warm for best effect.

Lexol's Neatsfoot oil might be worth a try if the usual conditioner  
doesn't do the trick, though I haven't used it on car seats, so no  
experience there.

HTH,
Brett
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