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RidgeBack
07-20-2009, 08:15 PM
After reading so many good things about Leatherique I decided to try the Rejuvenator with Pristine Clean.

I've owned my car for 10 years now and although 99% of the time I travel alone in this car I figured that the dirt must have built up by now.

At 08h00 I started. It took about 45 minutes to coat the front and rear seats with Rejuvenator. I then parked the car in the sun. At noon I went out again and put another coat of Rejevenator on the front seats. I cannot recall the last time someone sat in the back of the car so I didn't think the rears needed two coats.

At 15h00 I went to check again and figured I'd start the Pristine Clean process.

I got a bucket of warm water, a couple of mf cloths, and a soft nail-type brush. I put 1/2 of the bottle of PC into a spray bottle and began the cleaning. Scrubbing lightly with the rush after I had massaged the PC all over the leather. then using the damp MF cloth I wiped the seats down. It's pretty easy to tell when there's no Rejuv left on the seats.

Very happy with the outcome and I'd recommend these products. The leather seems more supple and although the water in the bucket wasn't black (it was a mild grey) it did remove dirt.

The bolsters appear a little nicer too and are also more supple.

Here's the pics (excuse the black levels - it's a really old camera and it's hard to tell that the carpets are the M black carpets even though they look grey - the seats too are black)

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b226/oosa_hagar/Cars/LeatheriqueDS1.png

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b226/oosa_hagar/Cars/LeatheriqueDS2.png

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b226/oosa_hagar/Cars/LeatheriquePS1.png

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b226/oosa_hagar/Cars/LeatheriquePS2.png

desynch
07-20-2009, 08:34 PM
Damn that looks pristine.

misswin
07-20-2009, 08:36 PM
no before pics?

JT3
07-20-2009, 08:44 PM
10 years is a long time, congrats

RidgeBack
07-20-2009, 08:45 PM
Damn that looks pristine.

Thanks, I try to keep my cars clean.


no before pics?

I didn't take any this morning (totally forgot about it due to the prep work) but I'll see if I have some old ones. The seats weren't that much different - perhaps the bolsters had dirt in the minute little cracks.

Let me check for some...

Sorry, checked but couldn't find any before pics - cannot recall where I saved the old pics.


10 years is a long time, congrats

Thanks

e36bm3
07-24-2009, 02:59 AM
looks new
great solution