Color coming off leather seats

[WAXOFF]

I was detailing a Thunderbird today and it had a very light beige almost yellow seats and they were very dirty and had dirt ground into the cracks and creases of the leather. I used my Tornador with a very diluted 10:1 Megs D101 APC and it looked like the color was coming off the leather as I used the brush to get into the grain of the leather. The only way the seats would look clean was to remove a thin coat of the color. They looked fine when I was done and then I applied Megs D180 leather conditioner. Is this a normal Ford issue. it was a 2005 T Bird and looked like no one had ever cleaned or conditioned the leather properly since new.

 

[SirTanon]

Are you sure that the seats weren't more ivory colored, and just so thoroughly discolored/stained that they LOOKED like they were supposed to be darker?

 

[Jeremy1976]

I'm guessing it was just dirt.

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[WAXOFF]

My brush had a beige or yellow color on the bristles so I dont think it was just dirt.

 

[Jeremy1976]

What kind of brush did you use? Should be a very soft bristle brush and only lightly agitating. I treat leather like paint correction. Always use the least aggressive measures and work your way up if need be. Test small inconspicuous spots.

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