Fake leather care/coat

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Whenever we get our new Ford Maverick it will come with fake leather/vinyl seats. Ford calls it ActiveX. What would be your recommendations for care of them?
 
Texchappy said:
Whenever we get our new Ford Maverick it will come with fake leather/vinyl seats. Ford calls it ActiveX. What would be your recommendations for care of them?
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You’ll get two camps. It’s fake and sealed and only needs a wipe down with water. But I’m of the camp, especially with lighter seats, which are susceptible to blue jean transfer (light blue stains), to put some sort of coating on it. As with paint coatings, there are many choices but I like Pinnacle Vinyl and Leather Coating and use it on most hard surfaces within the car.
 
I really like ColourLock Artificial Leather Cleaner, followed by Artificial Leather Protector.



You only need to use those every 6+ months though. For quick wipe downs, I use ONR or similar.
 
I second the PBL Vinyl&Leather coating. Looks really good. Doesn’t seem to attract dust.

I also really like Gyeon LeatherCoat on my semi aniline leather seats. Looks good on pleather too.

I used Gyeon LeatherShield on my moms older pleather seats in her rave4 and it works well also.

I look at modern leather care more like paint protection than leather treatment.

I’m not so much nourishing/protecting actual leather/vinyl but protecting it’s factory coating like I would my clearcoat.


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I use Murphy oil soap in the spray bottle. Even the directions say to use it on leather and vinyl.
 
Texchappy said:
Whenever we get our new Ford Maverick it will come with fake leather/vinyl seats. Ford calls it ActiveX. What would be your recommendations for care of them?
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With your car being new I would recommend to stock up on coloulock mild leather cleaner and colourlock leather shield.
 
I used cquartz leather 2.0 on the wife’s Tesla “vegan leather” interior.


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mattmann said:
I used cquartz leather 2.0 on the wife’s Tesla “vegan leather” interior.


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Not a cheap product, but works amazingly well. Don't have many passengers, but my daily driver, drivers side is going on 8 mos. and still looks good.
 
Rsurfer said:
Not a cheap product, but works amazingly well. Don't have many passengers, but my daily driver, drivers side is going on 8 mos. and still looks good.
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What’s it look & feel like/How does it change the feel & appearance?
 
pro 4x said:
Is a very good product! Been using it for my ZR2 seats for quite some time.
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I agree. I’ve never come across another leather cleaner that manages to be as mild and non abrasive while somehow being able to clean as effectively as Blackfire Leather Complete. You can tell it leaves behind a bit of protective layer behind as well. It delivers on its claims.

There’s nothing wrong with leather coatings/long term protectants, but when it comes to a product for routine wipedowns the Blackfire is ideal, especially on a new vehicle.
 
Revisiting this since the car is finally here. Everyone still sticking by their recommendations?
 
This topic interests me as well.

I'm going to take a look at the colorlock. I like the idea of using a rinseless wash to maintain. IE DFB's suggestion.

Colorlock comes in a 150ml can. Its pricey.

How does it compare to something like Perl?

I'm not up on interior products...
 
noorth said:
This topic interests me as well.

I'm going to take a look at the colorlock. I like the idea of using a rinseless wash to maintain. IE DFB's suggestion.

Colorlock comes in a 150ml can. Its pricey.

How does it compare to something like Perl?

I'm not up on interior products...
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Which 150ml Colour Lock product are you referencing here?

Because Colour Lock only deal with leather, the product offering is extensive and caters to the different types of leather materials.

For cleaning, you will want the Mild or Strong Leather Cleaner. These are foaming cleaners so a bottle will last longer than you would think. If I had to have one, I would just go straight to the Strong version.

For protection, you will want either Leather Sheild (for cars up to three years old) or Leather Protector (for cars three years or older.) Both of these products go a long way, so while they are more expensive, the bottle is going to last a while.

In comparison to Carpro Perl, you are dealing with something on a different spectrum. Perl will not in any way offer any cleaning ability. As a protectant, while it can be used on leather, it was designed to be used on a wider variety of surfaces, in other words it's not specially tailored to leather like the Colour Lock products. Personally, I do not like Perl as an interior product, be that on plastics or leather.
 
DFB said:
Which 150ml Colour Lock product are you referencing here?

Because Colour Lock only deal with leather, the product offering is extensive and caters to the different types of leather materials.

For cleaning, you will want the Mild or Strong Leather Cleaner. These are foaming cleaners so a bottle will last longer than you would think. If I had to have one, I would just go straight to the Strong version.

For protection, you will want either Leather Sheild (for cars up to three years old) or Leather Protector (for cars three years or older.) Both of these products go a long way, so while they are more expensive, the bottle is going to last a while.

In comparison to Carpro Perl, you are dealing with something on a different spectrum. Perl will not in any way offer any cleaning ability. As a protectant, while it can be used on leather, it was designed to be used on a wider variety of surfaces, in other words it's not specially tailored to leather like the Colour Lock products. Personally, I do not like Perl as an interior product, be that on plastics or leather.
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I was looking at the Faux Leather Protector and conditioner. It states you can use it on plastic.

I will clean the interior with my dedicated interior cleaner diluted 1:4 for leather.

How many applications would you get out of one 150ml can - mid-size sedan.

And considering your aussie i was wondering if you ever used or heard about fireball's nappa coat. Looks interesting and it's way cheaper than colorlock.

Is the faux leather protector like a cream or is it a spray?

Thanks!
 
noorth said:
I was looking at the Faux Leather Protector and conditioner. It states you can use it on plastic.

I will clean the interior with my dedicated interior cleaner diluted 1:4 for leather.

How many applications would you get out of one 150ml can - mid-size sedan.

And considering your aussie i was wondering if you ever used or heard about fireball's nappa coat. Looks interesting and it's way cheaper than colorlock.

Thanks!
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I use that product too. It distributes very easily from minimal consumption.





In terms of coverage, I have treated about four vehicles from about half a bottle.

Nappa Coat is not a product I have used so can't comment.
 
DFB said:
I use that product too. It distributes very easily from minimal consumption.





In terms of coverage, I have treated about four vehicles from about half a bottle.

Nappa Coat is not a product I have used so can't comment.
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Oh ok, it's not that pricey after all. After reading the description it gave me the impression it was only good for 1-2 cars. They should change that.

Well it's on top of my list now. Colorlock's leather brush looks very nice too!
 
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