The best leather care stuff I've ever used....

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The best leather care stuff I've ever used....

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I've added a few bits to my car cleaning stuff and had to tell you about this leather care stuff called Gliptone (from the USA).

Here's the cleaner spray and soft brush to carefully work the grain, and the separate conditioner..
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I used a microfibre applicator pad, you only need a bit of conditioner....
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Goes on kinda clear and soaks in - I also finished the application with a M/F towel although there's no buffing required. In fact the whole thing was very quick and easy I did the whole interior in 15 mins so at the end I did it again!..Other products I've used have been hard work but this stuff is a breeze.
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The seats actually look different now, clean and soft with a matt/satin finish..
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The smell of the conditioner is fantastic, this stuff is marketed as the only product to impart a fine leather smell and sure enough when I hopped in the car this morning there was a lovely new leather smell 8)

I've also bought this tyre cleaner brush which is very nice, some Meguires Endurance gel and a foam applicator. This gel goes on really nice (and smells nice) and you only need a tiny amount. There's no over-spray or drips too.Image

And finally, some shiney pics on a sunny day yesterday......
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Thanks for reading :cheesy:
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Does that stuff actually restore the leather as well? I need to give mine some tlc, the seats are cracked and looking horrible.
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Yes it does restore.

Have a looky at elite car care dot co dot uk and read the reviews.

I paid £7.14 for the cleaner spray and £7.65 for the conditioner which I think was cheap. I reckon there's enough to do your car 20 times :mrgreen:
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Lovely stuff, cheers welly!
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teamster1975 wrote:Lovely stuff, cheers welly!
I didn't mean I was going to do YOUR car 20 times :o

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Welly wrote:Yes it does restore.

Have a looky at elite car care dot co dot uk and read the reviews.
Have you had a change in career mate? Gone into sales/marketing? :lol:
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Nah, If he was in sales/marketing, he would have put up a hyperlink to improve that sites SEO
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I'd fail to sell water bottles in the desert :(

There's only a handfull of car valleting suppliers on-line but my experience has been higher quality products and fair pricing compared to high street retailers. Plus it gets delivered to your door next-day 8)
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Welly wrote:
teamster1975 wrote:Lovely stuff, cheers welly!
I didn't mean I was going to do YOUR car 20 times :o

:wink:
But you get such lovely results! :lol:
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Gliptone Liquid Leather Gentle Cleaner Spray - 500mlOUT OF STOCK
Gliptone Liquid Leather Conditioner - 250mlOUT OF STOCK
Blue Microfibre Cloths - Multi PurposeOUT OF STOCK

Nice of them to not bother telling you they're out of stock until you've faffed around setting up an account etc :roll:
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I wonder if I bought the last lot? :P
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I got mine from ebay - lot cheaper than buying direct

seller was "the scratch doctor" IIRC
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