- Today, we're going to be cleaning up
leather in this Lexus RX 300.
in the back seats you can see that dirt
and debris is all just built up on there.
And that's something that we don't want,
especially if you want to sell
the vehicle one day or trade it in.
You want to make sure you have a clean interior,
exterior, and just have everything prepared
for the next person that owns it.
So, today we're going to clean it up with leather cleaner,
leather conditioner, and protect it with leather protectant.
We're going to start off with cleaning
the leather with leather cleaner.
There's a lot of little gunk and dirt stuck
into the surface and in the little nooks and crannies.
So you want to make sure to get leather cleaner
that's going to lift up all that dirt and debris.
And we're going to use our long bristle brush
just to clean up the leather.
Let's start with the process.
You're going to get your long bristle brush.
And you're going to get your leather cleaner.
spray it into the brush, there we go.
And you're asking, why can I just
spray straight onto the surface?
You want to have it in the brush,
so it's easier to agitate into the surface.
Especially if you're just pushing,
you know, the liquid all over the place.
It doesn't really get as deep as you having it
in the brush and agitating it into the surface.
So, let's agitate the surface.
I have it taped off right here,
just so you can tell which one's the 50-50,
which one's clean, and which one's not.
You can see right here all the dirt and debris right there.
So, let's scrub left,
right, just to agitate the surface.
As you can see, a lot of the dirt just started disappearing.
That's because the deep cleaners are really lifting up
all the debris and dirt that is really deep in there,
especially if you just try to use the spray by itself
and a microfiber pad that would get it out as well.
But this is going to get way deeper
because we are scrubbing all that dirt out of there.
So, let's , get all these tight spots right here.
And if you feel like you don't have enough liquid,
then spray some more.
You don't have to be so greedy with the product.
Just scrub that.
Scrub these little tight crevices
right here that we've been missing.
There you go, let's , and do a little wipe down.
You can see how much dirt we're about to pickup.
Look at that, look at all that dirt.
That was all deep into the surface.
And now that we educated it out,
scrubbed it out, it's all gone.
So once it starts to look like this
it's going to need some more tender love and care.
So, we're going to start with our conditioner.
It's a moisturizer
that you're going to put into the leather,
just so you can give it some vitamin E.
It's going to rejuvenate the surface.
Just like if you would put lotion on your skin
when it's all dried out, especially with leather,
if you don't put conditioner on there
there's going to start cracking,
its' going to be so dried out.
And especially if someone's sitting
on it, it's doing a lot of movement.
That's going to cause cracking, especially.
So, let's apply some weather conditioner.
To apply it you're going to want
to put it onto your microfiber pad.
And you're just going to
put a line straight down the middle.
If you have perforated seats that have holes in them
you're going to want to work the product into the surface.
For this type of sense, where we're having
a flat surface I'm still going to work it in.
Just because there's little holes into the stitching,
and I just don't want the product to get into there.
So, let's put one line in there.
There we go.
And then we'll work
that into the surface right there.
So, apply your conditioner.
Just work that in.
It's going to give you
a natural shine without making it slippery.
It's going to be really dry to the touch.
It has that natural leather scent.
And just work it in.
Make sure that it's all moisturized.
There we go.
So, let's just clean up
this surface one more time, just to make sure
there's no more leftover liquids or any chemicals on it.
Just to make sure we're going to dab
it with our microfiber towel.
We're going to do that to the surface,
just to make sure there's no product left.
After you apply leather conditioner,
you're going to want to apply leather protected serum,
just because on the surface there's going to be
a lot of things that are
still going to be coming in like dirt,
you know, body oils from other people, and moisture.
You want to protect from that.
That's what leather protected serum is going to do.
It's dry to the touch.
It has advanced UV protection, especially if you have
a long sunroof that goes against your whole vehicle.
You want to make sure to protect
your leather seats from the sun.
And also, it has essential oils in it as well.
So, let's apply this.
I got my secondary microfiber here.
You don't want to use the same one
just in case you accidentally use
the same side and apply the same liquid.
You want to make sure you have the right chemical dyes
product to put on your second microfiber pad.
Let's apply this.
And you can just open up your leather protected serum,
put it onto the microfiber pad.
Just like I said, it all depends
if you have perforated seats or just flat leather seats.
You can work it into the surface.
But I choose to work it into the microfiber pad
just because there's little holes in the stitching.
Still going to do that, work that in.
And then, boom, just like that.
We're going to apply it to the surface now.
Just go in one motion, up and down, up and down.
Just work it in there.
Make sure that it covers all the surface right there.
So, there you go.
Usually, I do this process in about six months
just because I have my girlfriend in here.
I have my little sister come in here all the time.
So the leather always is going to
get dirty in that span of time.
So, it varies on if you have people
in your car or if you don't use your car
that often it varies when you should do this process.
So, enjoy this time-lapse of the whole left side.
I'm going to show you the before and after and the 50-50.
And there we go, the time lapse is over.
We cleaned up the whole left side of the vehicle.
Let's remove the tape and show you how dirty
it is on the right side compared to the left side.
So, as you can see, right after I removed
the tape you can tell that the right side
has that dirt line in the middle,
where it's just really filthy compared to the left side,
where it is clean, conditioned, and protected.
Now that this vehicle is protected
on the left side of the leather seat
I'm going to have to do the right side myself.
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This is AJ from Chemical Guys Detail Garage.
See you on the next episode.