Semi-Aniline Leather seat treatment

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Hi, My Infiniti has Semi-Aniline seats that are very smooth and with minimum leather grooves and marks. I have treated the seats with Chemical Guys Leather and used their conditioner as it supposed to be safe for all leather surfaces including mine, however no matter how careful I am it leaves some residue/shine even though they advertise that it is not supposed to. I have used it before and the shine and sticky/slippery feeling goes away after few days of use, but I just don't like how it comes out with some patches of residue looking spots.

I am wondering if anything like ONR is a better option to clean and protect maybe? I just wanted use something to keep leather conditioned so in long run prevents it from cracking, but maybe I have done some unnecessary step.

Just for background I have done this 3 months ago and got similar results with the CG but I thought I did not apply it correctly, but apparently its the product that does this.

Any Suggestion is appreciated.
 
FUNX650 said:
IMO:
-No, not this time around.
-But you’d better do better
on the flip-side. :)

Bob
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Thanks Bob, I wiped the excess streaks with dry microfiber towel and it looks uniform now, however I have a bottle of ONR on order. Is it a good idea to wipe the seats down with ONR just to be safe?
 
kamisn said:
Thanks Bob, I wiped the excess streaks
with dry microfiber towel and it looks
uniform now, however I have a bottle of
ONR on order.

Is it a good idea to wipe the seats down
with ONR just to be safe?
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•Since the streaks are gone; and things look
uniform; I wouldn’t bother the seats with ONR.
-Your good to go.

Next time: give this kit a try:
Leather Master Car Leather Protection & Cleaner Kit, Leather Master Ink Away Ink Remover, ink lifter, leather cleaner, leather protection



Bob
 
kamisn said:
The kit has cleaner and cream conditioner,
shouldn’t I avoid any cream conditioner at all?
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That’s strange.
The kit I listed actually has a Protection
Cream, not a cream Conditioner.

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Bob
 
The steering still feels sticky even though I wiped it with water damped microfiber. Shall I use the suggested cleaner or something like ONR to get rid of sticky feel?

I have ONR available but need to order the kit, however certainly don’t want to make it worst than what it is.
 
FUNX650 said:
That’s strange.
The kit I listed actually has a Protection
Cream, not a cream Conditioner.

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Bob
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It says the product is discounted.

I cleaned the steering with soap and also Lexol cleaner and still have sticky feel, did not put any conditioner or coating on it, shall I apply anything?

At this point I am desperate as my car is only three months old and the steering feels so yucky!
 
kamisn said:
It says the product is discounted.
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Well daggone the luck...the Kit I use and
have been recommending for quite some
time has been discontinued.

However:
Their “Leather Protection Cream” has not
met with the same fate. It can be found
as either a stand alone product, or part of
their “Strong Leather Care Kit”.

Leather Master Car Interior Leather Protection Cream, leather conditioner, leather protector

Leather Master Strong Leather Care Kit, strong leather cleaner, Leather Master leather care, leather seat cleaner


Bob
 
I use Griot's Garage interior cleaner and agitate with a detailing boars hair brush. Then wipe off with a microfiber towel. I often will follow-up with a light wipe down using Meguiar's Quick Interior Detailer. Leaves a nice non greasy finish.
 
damonb10 said:
I use Griot's Garage interior cleaner and agitate with a detailing boars hair brush. Then wipe off with a microfiber towel. I often will follow-up with a light wipe down using Meguiar's Quick Interior Detailer. Leaves a nice non greasy finish.
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Here are some links to what I listed that I use. Also, I use these on a 2017 Infiniti Q50 and a 2016 Nissan Rogue.

Griot's Garage Interior Cleaner, Vinyl & Rubber Cleaner, Multi-surface cleaner, Griots Garage

Meguiars Quik Interior Detailer is a pump spray detailer for all car interior rubber, plastic and vinyl surfaces.

I usually buy through Autogeek during their various % off sales, but it is nice that both of these products are available locally if you are in a pinch. I have also used and like 303 Aerospace Protectant.

303 Aerospace Protectant 16 oz.
 
damonb10 said:
Here are some links to what I listed that I use. Also, I use these on a 2017 Infiniti Q50 and a 2016 Nissan Rogue.

Griot's Garage Interior Cleaner, Vinyl & Rubber Cleaner, Multi-surface cleaner, Griots Garage

Meguiars Quik Interior Detailer is a pump spray detailer for all car interior rubber, plastic and vinyl surfaces.

I usually buy through Autogeek during their various % off sales, but it is nice that both of these products are available locally if you are in a pinch. I have also used and like 303 Aerospace Protectant.

303 Aerospace Protectant 16 oz.
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The first two are not leather cleaners, the 303, I heard good things about it but not sure how it will work on steering.

This is the correct one for leather:

303 Automotive Leather 3 in 1 Complete Care
 
kamisn said:
The first two are not leather cleaners, the 303, I heard good things about it but not sure how it will work on steering.

This is the correct one for leather:

303 Automotive Leather 3 in 1 Complete Care
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Griot's interior cleaner states on the product page that I provided a link to (and on the bottle itself): "You'll be amazed at how well Griot's Garage Interior Cleaner works at removing stains from your floor mats, seats, fabrics, headliner, door panels, dash and leather!"

303 has been around for years. They've only recently been introducing these other products for what seems like the marketing grab of what people believe and not necessarily what is needed.

If you want something that says leather in the name as a cleaner, then you can go with these items (then follow-up with the interior detailer if you want some protection):
Meguiars D181 Leather Cleaner
Meguiars Gold Class Leather & Vinyl Cleaner, leather seat cleaner, car leather cleaner

Don't fall into the Leather marketing trap. 99% of car leather is coated in essentially plastic. Quoted from the link below, "Most people like yourself are stuck in the past and the industry wants you to remain in your ignorance so they can retain the ability to continue to have you chase your tail shopping for dedicated car leather cleaners and car leather conditioners."

For truly clean leather car seats, learn what the professional uses!

Any leather cleaner that includes a conditioner in my opinion is not worth it for coated leather. Good luck to you.
 
damonb10 said:
Griot's interior cleaner states on the product page that I provided a link to (and on the bottle itself): "You'll be amazed at how well Griot's Garage Interior Cleaner works at removing stains from your floor mats, seats, fabrics, headliner, door panels, dash and leather!"

303 has been around for years. They've only recently been introducing these other products for what seems like the marketing grab of what people believe and not necessarily what is needed.

If you want something that says leather in the name as a cleaner, then you can go with these items (then follow-up with the interior detailer if you want some protection):
Meguiars D181 Leather Cleaner
Meguiars Gold Class Leather & Vinyl Cleaner, leather seat cleaner, car leather cleaner

Don't fall into the Leather marketing trap. 99% of car leather is coated in essentially plastic. Quoted from the link below, "Most people like yourself are stuck in the past and the industry wants you to remain in your ignorance so they can retain the ability to continue to have you chase your tail shopping for dedicated car leather cleaners and car leather conditioners."

For truly clean leather car seats, learn what the professional uses!

Any leather cleaner that includes a conditioner in my opinion is not worth it for coated leather. Good luck to you.
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Interesting article, even though it is applicable to most of leather interiors, however I don't think these rules are applicable to Aniline leather. I also would not feel comfortable to use tire dressing on my leather.

In my case the seats are Semi-Aniline which still has coating and I wished I knew earlier but I think the steering is the regular coated leather and that could be the reason why steering feels so different. My local detailer also suggested to use ONR with 2 Oz/Gal ratio to do interior cleaning including leather.

At this point I may wait little bit and see if the tacky/sticky feel goes away as it is squeaky clean now, if not will clean and apply a good quality protectant like 303 or the others which were suggested in earlier posts.
 
Hi kamisn,

Sorry for the late reply, been a tick busy. Also read your PMs and thus coming to the forum and I don't like to answer questions via PMs or any 2-way interface.


I'm also sorry I don't have any easy or good answer for you. I've been answering the question on sticky leather and sticky vinyl and also sticky plastic for decades now.

My normal first recommendation is to KEEP IT SIMPLE and try simple normal hand soap and water. The idea being to NOT introduced any more hot chemicals to the surface, be they a key substance in the product or simply the "carrying agent" for the other ingredients.


Sad that car manufactures can't simply keep things simple in the first place as you are not the first to experience a "sticky problem".

Besides that, if you still feel something sticky, perhaps contact the dealership? Probably a waste of time but it might be a good next first step before going down the road of applying more and more chemicals.



:)
 
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