- Hey what's up guys, and welcome back
to another episode of Chemical Guys Detail Garage.
On today's episode we have these filthy leather seats,
as you guys can see right in front of me, they are filthy,
they have been neglected,
they are light material, they are light color.
So you're definitely going to notice all the dirt,
grime, body oils that bond to that leather
from long periods amount of time of not cleaning it,
neglect, whenever you get into your car sweating and stuff
like all that stuff collects onto your leather.
So you want to make sure to clean this stuff up
because you know you don't care for your leather
it ends up getting dirty it looks very nasty.
I mean, this right here it looks tan,
but in reality this should be a lot lighter than what it is
and you guys will see once we cleaned it up
but you also want to keep it conditioned as well.
So if you look right here in this area
you'll see that the owner of this vehicle
he didn't maintain the condition of the leather
which led to a cracking.
But that's kind of like a done deal right there
for this right here you're going to have to get
physically repaired.
You're going to have to take this to a shop
or fix it yourself
but that's going to be like a permanent damage
that's not something that you can fix
with like a conditioner or anything like that.
So you have to prevent your leather
from ever getting like this
cracked, faded, discolored,
you want to make sure to clean and condition leather.
Which brings us here today.
So we're going to do that for these leather seats.
So the first thing that we're going to do
is we're going to grab a piece of tape here,
I'm going to mask off this area right here
just cause it's going to be kind of hard to tell the 50 50
on the perforated side,
but I will show you guys how to clean that as well.
I'm going to grab a little piece of tape
just to extend this.
I just get that right there.
That should be good.
Hopefully that sticks.
Grab our tape right here put that to the side
and now we're going to grab our Leather Cleaner.
Now Leather Cleaner is great for well, cleaning leather.
Now this right here it's strictly and only a cleaner,
so this right here it's going to remove all the dirt,
grime, body oils that collect on the leather.
Now this it's safe for all leathers.
So whether it be real leather, synthetic leather,
vegan leather, whatever the case may be
this works on all types of leather.
So it's OEM specify which means it's going to work out great
on all leather seats, even if it's dyed or colored
or anything like that it's going to be safe for it.
To use this you can either use it two of which ways
so the first one would be spraying it directly
and scrubbing it with the brush.
But remember we do have some perforations
of the leather right here so we want to make sure
that we don't spray directly into there
because the chemical's going to get in there
and it's going to make it very hard for us to clean up in
there because it's going to be trapped in there.
So the way I like to do is grab my horse hair brush,
I'll grab my Leather Cleaner
and I'll spray directly onto the brush itself.
Now what this does is it coats the bristles of the brush
so instead of me having to get the product all in the cracks
and stuff like that,
this allows me to just use the power of the brush
to exfoliate and get that scrubbing power.
So now what I'm going to do is
I'm going to start agitating the surface
and you guys will see right away
from me scrubbing it
you'll see that the leather starts getting a lot lighter
and kind of brushing towards the tape here.
So I might not get a hard 50 50 line,
but you guys will see a huge and drastic difference
between the two sides.
As you guys can see Leather Cleaner
is perfect because it foams up nicely
so we get that deep exfoliating clean.
And we're using the brush because
if you guys can see it the leather,
leather has a texture it's not straight,
it's not smooth, it has a texture to it which
you're going to need something in order to get in there.
So now that I've done that little area
I'm going to grab my brown towel here
and I'm going to wipe off the excess of the cleaner.
Wipe, all that stuff off.
And you guys can see it looks a lot lighter
definitely looks a lot cleaner.
I'll wipe off the tape here, check that out guys.
So if you guys couldn't tell with the tape on there
I'm just wiping off the moisture that got under the tape.
You guys can see a hard 50 50 line
of what a clean leather looks like
versus that dirty leather.
Now all that right there, it's dirt, it's grime,
it's body oil it's stuff that collects
over long periods amount of time
which you kind of forget about
whenever you have lighter color leather like this
because it kind of becomes a norm you see this right here
and you're just like, okay, my leather looks great,
it's still looking good but once you actually clean it
that's when the story changes.
So cleaning your leather
huge and crucial part of maintaining the leather
and the way it looks.
So now what I'm going to do is
I'm going to clean the perforated side
so I'm going to take this tape off
I know I kind of like used two different tapes to do this
completely fine.
I'm going to grab my Leather Cleaner here
and I'm going to grab my brush.
Now, same way like this
I'm going to spray directly onto my brush
because if I sprayed directly onto here
the product is going to go into all those perforations
and it's going to be very, very, very difficult to clean up.
You're going to have to probably get
like a little cotton swab, a Q-tip,
whatever it is that you need to get
that product out of there
because it's not going to look nice
when you cleaned it up
and you still have a bunch of liquid
still trapped in there.
So spray directly onto your horse hair brush
and give it a nice little scrub.
And you can always spray more if necessary
if you need some more cleaning power.
Now this leather right here, like I mentioned
it was very neglected to the point where it's cracked.
So I'm not saying that the work that we're going to be doing
on this vehicle it's going to come out perfect
simply because of the nature of the material.
This leather it's extremely neglected,
it's cracked, it's faded and it's extremely dirty.
So the Leather Cleaner is going to do its best job
to clean this stuff up
also get this little area as well
just because I kind of got a little over there,
but you guys can see like right away
it starts cleaning it up.
And without me even having to put a tape line down
I just cleaned this little section
so you guys can see what I'm talking about.
So I'll grab my brown towel here,
wipe that up.
Check that out.
Nice and clean,
you still have some dirt and grime right here
in this little edge
that I kind of got with
with the first pass on this side.
But you can see there's the little patch
of dirtiness right here versus this side right here.
I'm also going to wipe off the perforated side
that we scrubbed
just to show you guys
the cleanliness of how great the Leather Cleaner did.
So you guys can see a huge difference between the two sides
as far as how clean it is,
obviously this doesn't have anything on it right now
because we removed all the...
It didn't have any conditioner on it to begin with
just because of how dry and how hard the leather is
but if there wasn't anything on there
we've completely knocked that stuff down
because remember Leather Cleaner
it's super, super deep cleaner.
So it's going to move not only your body oils
but any kind of oils you have on there
from any kind of previous coats of conditioner,
so that the next coats of conditioner that you apply
it adheres and bonds directly to the leather
and not to that layer of dirt and grime and body oils
that are on top.
So now that we have that done it's nice and clean
now we can condition this leather right here.
But before we do that,
I mean, we're going to want to clean up
the entire seat before I get to that area.
So I'm going to make sure
to clean up the rest of this section
and I'll show you guys the conditioning process.
All right guys, so quick little
before we get into the conditioning process
I did want to show you guys and share with you guys
something this right here.
So we decided to do the top part of the leather
and we decided just to put a piece of tape line there
and see how dirty it was.
Now, I'll be honest with you guys
when I was scrubbing the leather I was kind of telling,
our photographer videographer here that
it looked like the leather
may have just been a different color
so, from this right here to the bottom.
So I didn't really think that it was cleaning it up
but once we wiped it off and we took off the tape
that's pretty much what we're presented with.
So we saw that amazing difference.
You don't necessarily see the difference
of how clean your leather is until you actually clean it.
Or I mean, how filthy your leather is before you clean it.
That's one of the many wonders of all the stuff
that builds up on your leather,
you definitely don't want this stuff kind of building up
because it's very nasty it's very grimy.
And if you have leather seats like this
you shouldn't be proud of that you have leather seats
so you want to make sure that they're clean
and they're conditioned and they look great at all times.
So we're just finished painting the seat
as you guys can see it looks a lot brighter,
it looks a lot the color that it is.
But remember there were some things that I did not promise
that were going to be removed such as the cracks right here.
Upon cleaning the leather we noticed
that there's a lot of defects in the leather,
you have a lot of cuts right here, tears,
you've got some wear over here
and the stitching is kind of falling apart.
So these are just some of the things
that you can kind of expect
if you don't maintain your leather.
So make sure that whenever you have leather
this is a prime example
of why you should always keep it clean and keep it condition
mainly condition because the conditioning
is what's going to keep the leather nicest and smooth
and nice and supple.
So when you sit on it
it has a nice little kind of cushion to it
and it doesn't overtime start cracking
such as like this side over here.
So on this side, you see all the little cracks
that are on there.
That's all just wear and tear
from the leather not having conditioning
as you guys can see
if I just kind of like push it down my finger
you'll see where like the creases kind of like come down.
That's pretty much where those creases start,
and whenever you sit on it and it's dry, it's faded,
it's going to have that crack.
So when you put pressure on it
and when you sit on it
it's going to start cracking those areas
that have a lot of pressure points
such as like this area right here,
what you're going to put your leg or your hips are,
this is going to have the most wear and tear
on these other seats.
So now, I mean, as far as the leather
we can't really do much about it besides replacing it.
But what we can do is apply a coat of Leather Conditioner
to kind of prevent this from further getting damaged.
So what I'm going to do now
is I'm going to grab our Leather Conditioner
and I'm going to grab one of our microfiber applicators here
and I'm going to apply a few drops.
Now, this leather it's extremely dry
so I'm going to do is I'm going to blot it out.
And I want you guys to kind of notice
the tone that it gives the leather.
So usually on a black color leather
you'll be able to see
because it'll leave a shiny
on these lighter colored leathers.
You won't really see them so much as shiny
but they do give a light shine
and certain angles when the light reflects on it.
But what's mainly purpose of this leather conditioner
is to keep the leather nice and soft and supple.
So that's going to go to penetrate the leather right now
so it's going to kind of act like a lotion.
It's going to condition the leather,
give it that nice smooth feel again
and it also kind of revives the color a little bit.
If I kind of like, just do a little section right here
I don't know if you guys can catch it on camera
but this has a nice little shine to it
whereas this is just kind of like the original color
of the leather.
Now at first was like I said
a darker color leather
you would see more of like a high shine,
but on these lighter color leathers
you're not really going to get too much of that.
So that works out great because I mean, no
the shine doesn't really determine
it's not the determining factor of
your leather being conditioned or not
the conditioner penetrates into the leather.
So such as like lotion, whenever you put lotion
sure it gives your skin a nice little glow
but I mean, you're not out there looking like
you just put oil all over yourself.
So I'm just going to finish up
with applying the conditioner
now, one thing I did forget to mention, well,
we haven't got there yet exactly.
But whenever it comes to these perforations
you want to make sure not to do what I did at the first.
So when I applied the Leather Conditioner
out to this section
it's a little bit different application
versus the perforated side because right here
you don't have all the pores of the leather
that the product is going to get caught into.
So what I like doing here is on this perforated area
I like to work in the product into the applicator
just because whenever I set it down
it's not going to blot it
into one of the holes of the perforations.
So just work it in real good and you're good to go.
You can apply it, and as you guys can see
that doesn't get all in there.
So make sure that whenever you apply it
to your perforated leather,
make sure to work it into the applicator
before you blotch it into all the holes.
Now I'm going to move on to this top area,
as you guys saw we de-cleaning the top area
and you guys saw the difference
of what the dirty side looks like.
Like I mentioned, a lot of this stuff that
builds up on this leather
it's actually from your own body
Your own body have body oils
when you sweat in your car
whenever you get into your car after a gym workout
and your back is all sweaty, all that stuff
it's not just magically disappearing
it's actually landing on your leather
and it's seeping on there.
And over time we're going to create this layer
that's going to look nasty and dirty and all oily,
so make sure to clean up your leather often.
Whenever you clean you leather
you just want to make it a habit of doing it every so often.
Now with leather conditioner
and the whole cleaning process
there really isn't a set day of how often
kind of like a wax.
A wax typically can last you a couple months
with Leather Conditioner,
it all depends on where you store your vehicle.
So just like your coat of wax
if you parked your car in the garage,
if you park your car in the garage here with your leather
obviously the proximity lasts a lot longer
because it's under less UV rays.
So when it comes to the leather you just kind of have to,
you kind of have to figure it out on your own
and just kind of assess the leather,
see if it needs the cleaning,
see if it needs the conditioning.
If it's dry, if it's faded, if it's hard,
that may be one of the indications
that you want to condition your leather.
If it's dirty, if it's oily, if it's blotchy,
that may be one of the conditions
that you would want to pay attention to
if you need to clean your leather.
So it all depends on
how you maintain the leather
the condition that you put your leather into
and it all just kind of combines into one factor.
So like I mentioned guys this video was not about
restoring this leather to brand new,
we are faced with different scenarios every day.
It may not be your own car, it maybe your own car,
who knows, but if it's your own car remember
clean the condition as often as you can
to make sure that it stays in its best condition.
In this case some of this leather
was not able to be restored
just because it was a little bit too far gone
but we definitely can help out and slow down the process
of the leather wearing now and failing in the future.
So we definitely did a huge difference on this leather,
it definitely looks a lot better.
The leather looks a lot cleaner
and we don't have any kind of layers or body oils
that are nasty on the leather so all in all,
I think this was a success.
This leather looks great and you guys
are definitely going to love using these products
on your own leather.
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As always my name is Joey.
This is Chemical Guys Detail Garage
and we will see you guys next time.