Decent leather cleaner/protectant

[rottenegg]

Can anyone recommend a really good leather cleaner, treatment and protectant type stuff?

I've tried Furniture Clinic, scratch doctor and generic stuff from Halfords but these cleaners seem to lift the dye off my steering wheel!

It's a 2016 F30 with Dakota leather.

Thanks

[BlindedByTheLights]

Don’t use autoglym leather cleaner, has also just stripped the dye out of my F30 wheel. They do a repair kit including dye on Amazon

[rottenegg]

Yeah that was one product I tried, and duly threw it in the bin.

Not sure why the dye comes off the steering wheel so easily. Reaction to skin oils, moisturisers etc? I had to replace my arm rest for the same reason. The dye started coming off where my elbow leans on it.

Is ColourLock stuff any good?

P.S I tried the Furniture clinic repair kit which is a spot on colour match to black dakota, but their own cleaner lifted the dye straight off again, lol

[stevemcs]

Colorlock or Anglewax heaven for leather as cleaners, protection I’ve just swapped to Koch Chemie leather star.

[rottenegg]

stevemcs said:

Colorlock or Anglewax heaven for leather as cleaners, protection I’ve just swapped to Koch Chemie leather star.

Thankee sir, I shall research those products.

Is it just M sport steering wheels that have dodgy dye, or all BMW wheels? Interestingly enough, it's only the top partition that has this problem. The 10 to 2 position and the bottom sections are fine.

[danb79]

Cheapskate.. Get a used one off eBay and send it to Jack @ RSW and get it retrimmed

[Wills2]

Dakota is as tough as old nails you'll be fine using anything on it TBH, it's so plasticized that nothing will really soak into that rhino hide, the steering wheel will have much finer softer leather on it (imagine how bad a dakota covered wheel would feel) and of course it has to face all the sweat and oil you have on your hands, Swissvax do a great leather cleaner but it's not cheap, I wouldn't bother with anything other than a household APC on the dakota seats.

[davettf2]

Best product for cleaning is Pears Soap. Then use your choice of leather protector.

Cheers
Dave

[Court_S]

danb79 said:

Cheapskate.. Get a used one off eBay and send it to Jack @ RSW and get it retrimmed

Is the correct answer.