'Leather' Seats in BMW F30

'Leather' Seats in BMW F30

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_Hoppers

Original Poster:

1,488 posts

79 months

Wednesday 12th June 2024
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Following on from the the 'BMW using plastic and not real leather for seats?' thread, I've been using Colourlock cleaners and protection on my 2013 F30. Given that my chairs are apparently not leather, am I wasting my money/time on using this product or does it benefit/protect the 'plastic'?!

_Hoppers

Original Poster:

1,488 posts

79 months

Wednesday 12th June 2024
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I think I might have answered my own question?

https://www.colourlock.co.uk/Artificial-Leather-Cl...

Belle427

10,417 posts

247 months

Thursday 13th June 2024
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I dont think it has any benefit personally, id just get a spray on wipe off cleaner designed for vinyl.

drmotorsport

869 posts

257 months

Thursday 13th June 2024
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I use Dr Leather for my 'leather' seats which still need cleaning of course. Modern leather is generally non absorbent coated plastics and so traditional leather care products just sit on the surface. No point in trying to feed or condition plastic!

_Hoppers

Original Poster:

1,488 posts

79 months

Monday 17th June 2024
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Belle427 said:
I dont think it has any benefit personally, id just get a spray on wipe off cleaner designed for vinyl.
Do you have any product suggestions? I like the Colorlock cleaner as it leaves the 'leather' with a matt finish. I could continue to use Colorlock I suppose but if there's anything cheaper.....

Summit_Detailing

2,148 posts

207 months

Monday 17th June 2024
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Dr Leather cleaner is very good or Gtechniq tri-clean which is a much more versatile product.

Cheers,

Chris

_Hoppers

Original Poster:

1,488 posts

79 months

Monday 17th June 2024
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Summit_Detailing said:
Dr Leather cleaner is very good or Gtechniq tri-clean which is a much more versatile product.

Cheers,

Chris
Cheers Chris (and drmoorsport), I'll look into those

Robertb

2,672 posts

252 months

Monday 17th June 2024
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The Colourlock cleaner won’t do any harm, in fact it works well on synthetic surfaces.

No point shelling out for a new product.

_Hoppers

Original Poster:

1,488 posts

79 months

Tuesday 18th June 2024
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Robertb said:
The Colourlock cleaner won’t do any harm, in fact it works well on synthetic surfaces.

No point shelling out for a new product.
I'm running a bit low on the Colorlock cleaner so will need to re-stock soon

Uncle Meat

866 posts

264 months

Tuesday 18th June 2024
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I use the Dodo Juice stuff on my coated leather (works just as well on faux leather apparently)
https://supernaturalcarcare.com/products/supernatu...

and then the associated sealant on top.