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Review & How-To: Clean And Protect Your Leather With McKee's 37 Leather Products
For this review and how-to article, I'm going to be reviewing the following products:
McKee's 37 Leather Shampoo 70/30
McKee's 37 Leather Guard UV50
McKee's 37 has another leather product, the McKee’s 37 All In One Leather Lotion. I've reviewed that product before. If you're interested, my review is here:
Review & How-To: Spruce Up Your Interior With McKee's 37 Interior Products
Price:
Leather Shampoo 70/30:
$17.99 for 16oz
$47.99 for 128oz
Leather Guard UV50:
$19.99 for 8oz
Review:
Here are the description and directions of each product just in case you're interested:
The test subject for this review is a pre-owned Acura TL. The leather isn't bad but it's shiny and looks a little bit dirty. Here are some before pictures of the leather seats/interior:
In the pics above, I already wiped down the leather with soapy water to get the initial crud off.
Nick said for the best results, we need to agitate the McKee's 37 Leather Shampoo 70/30 with the Famous Detailing Brush:
To see if the product is working, I have to put a tape line down LOL!
First, spray the product on the leather surface you're working on
Product on the leather:
Then agitate the leather with your Famous Detailing Brush
You can see that I wasn't getting much suds unlike most of the people who have used this already. I was able to find a solution for this. You need to spray some leather shampoo directly on the bristles of the Famous Detailing Brush. After doing so, suds instantly came about. Sorry I didn't have a picture of me spraying the product on the brush. It was hard to take that by myself LOL!
After agitating the leather, wipe off the excess shampoo:
Here's a 50/50 shot. I know the difference is faint but if you look at the white line reflection in the perforated area, you can see the clean side has a dull reflection while the dirty side has a clear reflection. You can also see the bolster support towards the center of the car has a matte finish to it while the one towards the driver side of the car has a little shine. It's really hard to capture on camera but it's clear in person.
This is the only time we would like a dull reflection from lights! Hahahaha!
Close up shot of the dirty area:
Close up shot of the cleaned area:
I also wanted to do a 50/50 on the dirtiest part of the seat. It's where all the wear and tear happens. This is typically the area where your jeans scrape the leather as you get in and out of your car.
Spray the McKee's 37 Leather Shampoo 70/30 and agitate it with the Famous Detailing Brush
Wipe off the excess using a microfiber towel:
Here's a 50/50 shot of the same area. As you can see, the leather on the right side looks cleaner, brighter and less black lines. I know the difference is faint but it's there.
I'm sure I can get a better clean by using a stiffer bristle brush but I didn't want to damage the leather.
Now repeat the entire process on all the leather surfaces inside your car.
Spray the product on the leather surface you're working on
Agitate the shampoo using your brush:
Wipe off the excess shampoo. Here's the microfiber towel from just cleaning the vertical section of the driver seat:
The seat after:
This car also had a leather wrapped steering wheel. You know I'm going to clean that with this shampoo too:
I had already made an initial pass of soapy water prior to doing this. When I did that, the microfiber towel was so filthy. I didn't think I'd pull much dirt out from the McKee's 37 Leather Shampoo 70/30 but boy I was wrong. Here's the dirt I pulled from cleaning the steering wheel again:
After you're doing cleaning all the leather surfaces in your interior. It's time to use the McKee's 37 Leather Guard UV50.
Spray some leather guard in a clean foam applicator pad:
Spread the product around in circles:
Wait approximately a minute then wipe off the excess using a microfiber towel.
Just a note, the leather guard makes your leather surfaces shiny. So if you don't like shiny leather then this product may not be for you. I'm sure you can buff off the leather more to create a matte finish but you might be removing the leather guard you applied.
Here's the interior of the vehicle after using the McKee's 37 Leather Shampoo 70/30 and McKee's 37 Leather Guard UV50:
Thoughts and Observations:
Leather Shampoo 70/30:
This is a great leather cleaner. It cleans the surface effectively and leaves behind a matte/natural finish. It has a very pleasant smell like new leather smell. I really like how this product creates suds as it's being agitated. Suds make me feel that it's cleaning better. I think that a brush with stiffer bristles than the famous detailing brush will even yield better cleaning ability. But please be careful not to damage or scratch the leather surface
Leather Guard UV50:
I honestly didn't think this product would do anything but I was wrong. There was a shine being left behind by this product so you know there was something on your leather after using this product. Not only that but the leather felt a lot slicker when I was getting in and out of the driver seat. I'm comparing this to when it didn't have any leather guard. This product is very easy to apply and spread around. But it makes the leather surface shiny so if you don't like shiny leather then this product may not be for you.
Conclusion:
Both these McKee's 37 leather products are amazing. If you need something to clean and protect your leather, you need to consider these products. They work extremely well and as advertised.
Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed this review. Comments are appreciated.
For this review and how-to article, I'm going to be reviewing the following products:
McKee's 37 Leather Shampoo 70/30
McKee's 37 Leather Guard UV50
McKee's 37 has another leather product, the McKee’s 37 All In One Leather Lotion. I've reviewed that product before. If you're interested, my review is here:
Review & How-To: Spruce Up Your Interior With McKee's 37 Interior Products
Price:
Leather Shampoo 70/30:
$17.99 for 16oz
$47.99 for 128oz
Leather Guard UV50:
$19.99 for 8oz
Review:
Here are the description and directions of each product just in case you're interested:
The test subject for this review is a pre-owned Acura TL. The leather isn't bad but it's shiny and looks a little bit dirty. Here are some before pictures of the leather seats/interior:
In the pics above, I already wiped down the leather with soapy water to get the initial crud off.
Nick said for the best results, we need to agitate the McKee's 37 Leather Shampoo 70/30 with the Famous Detailing Brush:
To see if the product is working, I have to put a tape line down LOL!
First, spray the product on the leather surface you're working on
Product on the leather:
Then agitate the leather with your Famous Detailing Brush
You can see that I wasn't getting much suds unlike most of the people who have used this already. I was able to find a solution for this. You need to spray some leather shampoo directly on the bristles of the Famous Detailing Brush. After doing so, suds instantly came about. Sorry I didn't have a picture of me spraying the product on the brush. It was hard to take that by myself LOL!
After agitating the leather, wipe off the excess shampoo:
Here's a 50/50 shot. I know the difference is faint but if you look at the white line reflection in the perforated area, you can see the clean side has a dull reflection while the dirty side has a clear reflection. You can also see the bolster support towards the center of the car has a matte finish to it while the one towards the driver side of the car has a little shine. It's really hard to capture on camera but it's clear in person.
This is the only time we would like a dull reflection from lights! Hahahaha!
Close up shot of the dirty area:
Close up shot of the cleaned area:
I also wanted to do a 50/50 on the dirtiest part of the seat. It's where all the wear and tear happens. This is typically the area where your jeans scrape the leather as you get in and out of your car.
Spray the McKee's 37 Leather Shampoo 70/30 and agitate it with the Famous Detailing Brush
Wipe off the excess using a microfiber towel:
Here's a 50/50 shot of the same area. As you can see, the leather on the right side looks cleaner, brighter and less black lines. I know the difference is faint but it's there.
I'm sure I can get a better clean by using a stiffer bristle brush but I didn't want to damage the leather.
Now repeat the entire process on all the leather surfaces inside your car.
Spray the product on the leather surface you're working on
Agitate the shampoo using your brush:
Wipe off the excess shampoo. Here's the microfiber towel from just cleaning the vertical section of the driver seat:
The seat after:
This car also had a leather wrapped steering wheel. You know I'm going to clean that with this shampoo too:
I had already made an initial pass of soapy water prior to doing this. When I did that, the microfiber towel was so filthy. I didn't think I'd pull much dirt out from the McKee's 37 Leather Shampoo 70/30 but boy I was wrong. Here's the dirt I pulled from cleaning the steering wheel again:
After you're doing cleaning all the leather surfaces in your interior. It's time to use the McKee's 37 Leather Guard UV50.
Spray some leather guard in a clean foam applicator pad:
Spread the product around in circles:
Wait approximately a minute then wipe off the excess using a microfiber towel.
Just a note, the leather guard makes your leather surfaces shiny. So if you don't like shiny leather then this product may not be for you. I'm sure you can buff off the leather more to create a matte finish but you might be removing the leather guard you applied.
Here's the interior of the vehicle after using the McKee's 37 Leather Shampoo 70/30 and McKee's 37 Leather Guard UV50:
Thoughts and Observations:
Leather Shampoo 70/30:
This is a great leather cleaner. It cleans the surface effectively and leaves behind a matte/natural finish. It has a very pleasant smell like new leather smell. I really like how this product creates suds as it's being agitated. Suds make me feel that it's cleaning better. I think that a brush with stiffer bristles than the famous detailing brush will even yield better cleaning ability. But please be careful not to damage or scratch the leather surface
Leather Guard UV50:
I honestly didn't think this product would do anything but I was wrong. There was a shine being left behind by this product so you know there was something on your leather after using this product. Not only that but the leather felt a lot slicker when I was getting in and out of the driver seat. I'm comparing this to when it didn't have any leather guard. This product is very easy to apply and spread around. But it makes the leather surface shiny so if you don't like shiny leather then this product may not be for you.
Conclusion:
Both these McKee's 37 leather products are amazing. If you need something to clean and protect your leather, you need to consider these products. They work extremely well and as advertised.
Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed this review. Comments are appreciated.
