jcarson112
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Autogeek (Meghan) was nice enough to send me a leather masters kit that was used by Mike Phillips himself!
The kit contained:
• Leather Master Car Interior Strong Leather Cleaner, car leather cleaner, leather seats cleaner
• One Leather Master Car Interior Protection Cream Wipe, leather conditioner wipe, leather protection wipe
• Leather Master Car Interior Ink Away, ink remover, leather seat ink remover
• Leather Master Car Leather Protection & Cleaner Kit, leather master protectant, leather cleaner, leather car seats
First, I’d like to say that I’m sorry it took so long to get to the review (life gets busy and it has been hard to find some people with leather that want their car done in the northwest winters). The vehicle that was used for the review was borrowed from my ladies’ uncle’s dealership. It was a black 2007 Ford F-150 Lariat with a brown leather interior (terrible for photographing).
Now, onto the products. I felt that the packaging of all the products was top notch. This may be a very small thing to some of you, but some similar sized products can have ridiculous bottles that take up unnecessary space inside my cabinets. The smaller bottles of the cleaner and conditioner have a very secure top design that I enjoyed very much. The only complaint I had was that the ‘foamer’ top on the 200ml leather cleaner didn’t foam very much. I have some foaming hand soap dispensers that put out a blizzard of foam compared to the top on the cleaner.
My usual leather cleaner of choice is Lexol because its cheap, locally available, and does a good job. If I run into something that it can’t handle I usually go with a low concentration APC followed by leather cleaner and then a conditioner. That being said, leather master leather cleaner took care of everything inside of the vehicle; including a very grimy steering wheel which needed the more concentrated approach of APC+Lexol I have used in the past.
The product was applied using the directions printed on the label with one exception. Instead of using a sponge or a white cloth to apply the product I used a microfiber applicator pad. This did a good job of lifting dirt while at the same time applying the product evenly across the surface of the seats. I still followed the cleaner with a MF but for the most part it didn’t pick up much else until I ran out of clean applicators.
The conditioner wipes were a good way of covering a large area of leather in a short amount of time. I would definitely recommend them for the seats that don’t get as much use but still need a little TLC. The conditioning cream in the vial I felt did a better job of nourishing the leather and leaving it much more supple and hydrated feeling I guess would be a good way of describing it. There was also a small marker mark where I was able to test the ink lifter. I didn’t take any before/after but I can tell you it does its job well. I feel for things that may not be water based it may take a little more convincing but I think it’s a good buy if you clean a lot of interiors here and there.
Picture of the nasty steering wheel:
How everything was set up:
After Leather Master strong cleaner:
After Lexol:
After APC only:
Picture of the rest of the seat after cleaning with the Strong Cleaner:
Aftermath of the interior (upper right towel is from the steering wheel ONLY):
As I said earlier the color of the interior wasn’t very conducive to before and afters but hopefully the aftermath photo will give you a good idea of the capability of this cleaner. I am very happy with it.
That being said I want to give someone else the opportunity to test this product. Anyone interested in trying the leather masters products I listed above please feel free to PM me and I will get them out to you as soon as I possibly can. I’ll be purchasing my own set of these after I get back from the Caribbean in January.
Thanks again to Autogeek, Meghan, and whoever else okay’d this freebie shipment to me. I enjoyed being able to use this new product.
The kit contained:
• Leather Master Car Interior Strong Leather Cleaner, car leather cleaner, leather seats cleaner
• One Leather Master Car Interior Protection Cream Wipe, leather conditioner wipe, leather protection wipe
• Leather Master Car Interior Ink Away, ink remover, leather seat ink remover
• Leather Master Car Leather Protection & Cleaner Kit, leather master protectant, leather cleaner, leather car seats
First, I’d like to say that I’m sorry it took so long to get to the review (life gets busy and it has been hard to find some people with leather that want their car done in the northwest winters). The vehicle that was used for the review was borrowed from my ladies’ uncle’s dealership. It was a black 2007 Ford F-150 Lariat with a brown leather interior (terrible for photographing).
Now, onto the products. I felt that the packaging of all the products was top notch. This may be a very small thing to some of you, but some similar sized products can have ridiculous bottles that take up unnecessary space inside my cabinets. The smaller bottles of the cleaner and conditioner have a very secure top design that I enjoyed very much. The only complaint I had was that the ‘foamer’ top on the 200ml leather cleaner didn’t foam very much. I have some foaming hand soap dispensers that put out a blizzard of foam compared to the top on the cleaner.
My usual leather cleaner of choice is Lexol because its cheap, locally available, and does a good job. If I run into something that it can’t handle I usually go with a low concentration APC followed by leather cleaner and then a conditioner. That being said, leather master leather cleaner took care of everything inside of the vehicle; including a very grimy steering wheel which needed the more concentrated approach of APC+Lexol I have used in the past.
The product was applied using the directions printed on the label with one exception. Instead of using a sponge or a white cloth to apply the product I used a microfiber applicator pad. This did a good job of lifting dirt while at the same time applying the product evenly across the surface of the seats. I still followed the cleaner with a MF but for the most part it didn’t pick up much else until I ran out of clean applicators.
The conditioner wipes were a good way of covering a large area of leather in a short amount of time. I would definitely recommend them for the seats that don’t get as much use but still need a little TLC. The conditioning cream in the vial I felt did a better job of nourishing the leather and leaving it much more supple and hydrated feeling I guess would be a good way of describing it. There was also a small marker mark where I was able to test the ink lifter. I didn’t take any before/after but I can tell you it does its job well. I feel for things that may not be water based it may take a little more convincing but I think it’s a good buy if you clean a lot of interiors here and there.
Picture of the nasty steering wheel:
How everything was set up:
After Leather Master strong cleaner:
After Lexol:
After APC only:
Picture of the rest of the seat after cleaning with the Strong Cleaner:
Aftermath of the interior (upper right towel is from the steering wheel ONLY):
As I said earlier the color of the interior wasn’t very conducive to before and afters but hopefully the aftermath photo will give you a good idea of the capability of this cleaner. I am very happy with it.
That being said I want to give someone else the opportunity to test this product. Anyone interested in trying the leather masters products I listed above please feel free to PM me and I will get them out to you as soon as I possibly can. I’ll be purchasing my own set of these after I get back from the Caribbean in January.
Thanks again to Autogeek, Meghan, and whoever else okay’d this freebie shipment to me. I enjoyed being able to use this new product.
