Anybody ever see Meguiars wheel cleaner do this to leather?

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My buddy put a bottle of that stuff in his passenger seat and it leaked out onto the leather, causing this horrendous stain. It won't come out with the common leather cleaning products, any ideas?View attachment 31096
 
Looks like some discoloration similar to when you leave a sweating cold drink on a wood/plastic surface I would clean the area with warm water, and cleaner(steam works too) then apply a few coats(3 to 4) of leather protection with 10 minute dry time in between each coat, and see how that turn out cause it seems like the protection is missing in that spot too
 
Which Meg's wheel cleaner? They all have different active ingredients that will react different with leather/leather topcoat.

Leather doctor has several kits for dealing with a variety of issues and roger knows his stuff when it comes to leather.

I would gather up the info about the wheel cleaner constituents and head over to the leather doctor forum for assistance, linking the url would be very against the rules so you'll have to find it yourself.

Please post back with the solution and results
 
It was "Hot Wheels All rim and tire cleaner", in the red bottle. Thanks for the advice, I'll go check in with the Doc.
 
Steam the area, them while the seat is still hot apply your cleaner and agitate. After that steam again and pick up lifted debris with a microfibera. As stated above a leather conditioner will help too but only after you have tried cleaning it.
 
Here is the MSDS for the How Rim Meg Wheel Cleaner

Note: CORROSIVE w/ pH 13.56.

The leather is SCREWED!! Your best bet is to contact Leatherique and speak to their tech department to do a sand down and redye of the seat. It can be salvaged but the cost and time involved will be great. May want to talk to dealership for a replacement skin or go to a salvage yard to pick on up used.
 
Dr_Pain said:
Here is the MSDS for the How Rim Meg Wheel Cleaner

Note: CORROSIVE w/ pH 13.56.

The leather is SCREWED!! Your best bet is to contact Leatherique and speak to their tech department to do a sand down and redye of the seat. It can be salvaged but the cost and time involved will be great. May want to talk to dealership for a replacement skin or go to a salvage yard to pick on up used.
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Just curious why you suggested a redye if the damage only appears to be on the top layer (urethane coating)? The dye's are applied to the hide before the urethane coating is applied.
 
rwright said:
Just curious why you suggested a redye if the damage only appears to be on the top layer (urethane coating)? The dye's are applied to the hide before the urethane coating is applied.
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The "corrosion" seem to have etched deep, deep enough that a spot sanding will remove some pigment. To recoat without a redye will leave a "lightened" spot. If he does not care about a match, then no worries. If he does not care about the etching then no need to sand. He can spray the top layer and call it a day, but a true repair will require a sanding, redye, and recoating.
 
Dr_Pain said:
The "corrosion" seem to have etched deep, deep enough that a spot sanding will remove some pigment. To recoat without a redye will leave a "lightened" spot. If he does not care about a match, then no worries. If he does not care about the etching then no need to sand. He can spray the top layer and call it a day, but a true repair will require a sanding, redye, and recoating.
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Fair enough, I can see your logic. If the OP cleans the section with dye transfer, then I can +1 on the redye. If he is cleaning with zero dye transfer, then I'm thinking a spot sanding with urethane repair should work. This is not my specialty and I cannot tell 100% based on the picture provided. Maybe a redye would be necessary.

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forrest@mothers said:
Contact Meguiar's and let them suggest a plan.
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is definitely the best course of action though.
 
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