Leather seats

[tecka]

I was using a diluted 1:10 APC / water solution to clean the leather seats of a 2004 Toyota Solara. I was just spraying a terry cloth and rubbing the seats to get them clean. I tried a tooth brush at first but they didn't seem dirty enough to make a difference. But when I was rubbing the seats i saw it was making cracking in the leather alot more visible. I only did 1 half the of the driver seat and decided to stop because I didn't want to finish and have tons of cracks all over the seat.

If I went ahead and finished with the APC and then went back over with a Meguiar's Gold Clas Rich Leather Cleaner would that remove the cracks?

Thanks

[Murr1525]

Re: Leather seats

You mean like the imperfections in the leather, or the leather was actually cracking?

Is the leather in bad shape?

[Matt Majeika]

Re: Leather seats

Could you try to post a picture so we can see? I have some leather concerns of my own and I'd like to compare.

[JoeDirt]

Re: Leather seats

It sounds like the liquid in the brush was 'magnifying' the crack and the leather backer now revealed in the crack...

[JaguarXj6L]

Re: Leather seats

I don't know why the leather would look so poor (with the cracking and all) on such a new car. I've never used APC on my car. For leather (if I'm doing a through cleaning), I'll use Leatherique, but if ever I need a quick clean I would (this still hasn't come up) use Meguiar's Gold Wipes. My 13 going on 14 year old leather looks like new. Of course, I don't know what the PO's did with it before me, but I do know it's all original.

Really, pictures would help loads to diagnose the problem. It could just be a wearing down of the leather.