Chemical Guys SPI_109_16 Leather Cleaner & Conditioner Kit

I used it to clean and condition my leather couch. worked beautifully. I’m happy to recommend both the cleaner and the conditioner.

My girlfriend’s Fusion has been neglected for the 2+ years that she has owned it and I finally got a chance to work on the seats a bit. For reference, I didn’t dilute this product at all when I used it. Chemical Guys has some videos on YouTube that suggest cutting this 6:1 or 3:1, depending on how dirty the leather is, etc. – 6:1 for maintenance cleaning, 3:1 for moderate cleaning, etc. I don’t know if they mention using it straight out of the bottle or not, but that’s what I did.

Rear seats don’t get used much, more of a storage area, so I started there. Pulled some dirt, but not much, as expected. Great to see that it didn’t pull any color off of the black leather at the same time. Didn’t do any damage to the leather at all. Just sprayed some of the cleaner on a bit on a microfiber towel and scrubbed lightly at first, then a little harder to see if that made much of a difference (it really didn’t). Then I put a couple of pea-sized dots of the conditioner on a different microfiber towel and worked it into the freshly-cleaned leather. Didn’t notice a huge difference on the rear seats, as they hadn’t seen much abuse (aside from a 6-year old nephew in the back once or twice, never sat in, nothing dumped on them, etc.).

Now, the front seats… wow. Didn’t get much done on these just yet, but I need to find the time do the rest. I started on the bolster section of the seat bottom – the one that your butt and leg slide on when you’re getting in and out of the car, which is usually the first one to deteriorate, crack, and split over time. Glad that I was using the cleaner without diluting it, because MAN was this dirty… I’m sure that getting in and out of the car after the gym a couple times each week didn’t help, but this seat was seriously dirty…
I worked just that section by spraying a microfiber towel and really had to put quite a bit of cleaner on it to get it to break down all of the oils and dirt in the leather. One had swipe turned my green towel almost black where I was putting pressure on it with my hand… Kept spraying clean areas of the towel, putting some mild pressure on the seat and rubbing the cleaner in and I was pulling out some serious dirt… half of one side of the microfiber towel was super dirty when I got done, and that was just one section of the seat! Probably a 3-4″ x 18″ piece of leather… Anyway, she was getting ready to head out, so I got that section fairly clean, then put a couple of dabs of conditioner on the other microfiber towel to work that in, as I didn’t want to leave it unprotected until I got another chance to work on it. Rubbed the conditioner in, got a little bit of dirt transfer from it, so I still have work to do on it, but what a difference…

Just after cleaning one section of a very dirty seat, you can REALLY see the difference in the condition of the leather. The other “high traffic areas” of the seat (seatback side bolster, etc.) are shiny and have a “stickiness” to them from the oils and dirt that they’ve accumulated over the years.

After just using the cleaner, all of that came out and I could run my hand across it without it sticking to it, chattering across it, etc., and the leather felt much smoother. The conditioner just amplifies that difference. The leather felt softer, more supple, even better than I remember it being when she first got the car.
Personally, I’m not a big fan of leather seats… I don’t like dealing with them when it’s cold (even heated seats) and I definitely don’t like them when it’s hot out. I didn’t care for these because they seemed stiff right from the dealer and just didn’t seem particularly comfortable. This cleaner and conditioner has made a huge difference… Can’t wait to see what the full seats feel like when I finally get a chance to really dig into them!

Tips for application:
Fold microfiber towel into 1/4s, spray cleaner onto clean side of microfiber towel, not onto the leather directly, and wipe in gently. Flip towel over, buff off. Work in sections, if you can – if the leather is old or has accumulated much dirt, you should start seeing the difference pretty quickly.
After you get a couple of sections done (seat and seatback, for instance), take a different microfiber towel, fold into 1/4s or 1/8s, add a couple small drops of leather conditioner, spread evenly over the area you’re treating, and then gently rub it into the leather, flip the towel over and buff off any excess.
It doesn’t take much to get the job done – CG always says that with their products “less is more” – and you really don’t need to overdo it on the conditioner.
I did this on a warm day, and I think that helped to make the leather a little more pliable and easy to clean and work with. Considering how dirty these seats are, I’ll be attempting to use a hog hair brush (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013HJDOI/) that I bought on Amazon to see if that helps pull any dirt out of the leather. For this, I’ll probably try diluting the solution a bit, spraying it directly on the leather in small sections, working with the brush, and then immediately wiping off before it gets a chance to dry back onto the seat.

TL;DR – Great product, used cleaner undiluted (dilution suggested by manufacturer’s YouTube videos), did a great job without removing any color from the leather, used conditioner sparingly and results were great. I highly recommend it!

 It cleans and shines very well , but the cleaning process is not easy , if u work hard then its work perfectly

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Did wonders for our new to us 2017 Grand Caravan! I don’t think these seats had been conditioned in quite some time so I did two coats. Cleaner works great and the conditioner really shined them up. The seats weren’t too dirty as we had just purchased it a month ago. I would highly recommend and would purchase again! Attached are before and after photos which hardly do it justice!

I am an Uber driver and one of my passengers decided to apply makeup during the ride. Now I am a very smooth driver but this passenger was the most clumsy person on the earth. After this clown was finished painting my off-white seat covers with red makeup, she left two stains on the seats. I tried to use some armour all to clean it without any luck. I was scrubbing for about 5 mins which is a long time to be constantly scrubbing at full speed. I decided to purchase this product and what seemed like magic, the marks came out of the leather. This product still requires some manual labour to scrub out stains but at least it will give you results for your effort.
I bought the smaller sized package and honestly I think it is worth it because you get A LOT of product. I can probably use that smaller size package for over a year worth of cleaning if not more.

I used this product on my neglected 30 year old motorcycle leathers. Yep, 30 years old over 60,000 miles on them and beside bug splatter oil I’ve only ever treated them once or twice so “thirsty” is an understatement. I think the moisturizer did a great job, can’t expect miracles when working on something this old. Anyway, I didn’t use a cloth or pad like the directions call for because I don’t like half the product being wasted on a rag/pad instead of my leathers. I put on a pair of high quality surgical gloves and slathered the product directly on my leathers, rubbing it in as I did so. The pants drank up three complete and generous applications and the jacket two before the absorption slowed down enough to make the leathers “ wet and shiny”. I then hung the leathers to dry. The photo are from the following day. The leathers have completely absorbed the product with no oily residue. There is a smell, which I would say is neither good or bad, which I am sure will dissipate in a few days. Didn’t have an opportunity to use the cleaner as I had already cleaned the suit in anticipation of the moisturizer coming in. I’ll have to update the review once I see how it handles a hail of bug splatters lol.