Stains on leather

[ThomasC91]

My OCD goes mad.

I have Dr Leather wipes which apparently are the go to thing for cleaning leather car seats.

My seats on my s90 are black and it leaves residue marks.

What do you normally clean your leather seats with?

[Twilight2017XC90]

303 Aerospace Protectant spray, available on amazon, eBay etc. I do leather seats, dashboard, doors (plastic, seals and leather) and the tyre sides after each wash. When I'm done with interiors, and if my car is washed, I use the same cloth (no additional spray) to wipe all the wiper blades softly and nicely, just one time. Avoid spraying on glass, nothing wrong but it takes a bit of elbow grease to buff off.

[nu11eaf]

I have blonde nappa seats and use Johnson's leather cleaning cream and leather wipes from home bargains for a quick wipe over now and again.

Tip: my grand daughter had a blue pen in the car and managed to sit on it with top off resulting in blue ink smudges on the blonde seat, I thought it would be there for good but I used WD40 on it and amazingly it removed it without a trace.

[Chudy85]

Personally I am using:
gyeon leather cleaner and gyeon leather coat

Highly recommended

[Director76]

Back a few cars back I used to use the Gliptone leather products on my Alfas and SAABs, but last 4 cars (2 x XC90 and 2 x Touaregs before) I just use a weak dilution (1:30) of Autosmart G101 multipurpose cleaner.

Leather is so highly processed these days and synthetic leatherette makes up a big proportion of the seat materials in these Volvos I think it’s hardly worth using dedicated leather products anymore

D76

[Bulldogfour]

My 18 plate V90CC has what looks like a leather dashboard but I'm sceptical. Can anyone say for sure what it is actually made with - before I start using specialised leather cleaners on it?

[Director76]

Originally Posted by Bulldogfour

My 18 plate V90CC has what looks like a leather dashboard but I'm sceptical. Can anyone say for sure what it is actually made with - before I start using specialised leather cleaners on it?

The very early SPA cars did have genuine leather dash trim as an (expensive) option, there were a number of issues (mostly hot climate, eg USA), lots of chat on ‘the other’ forum.

Tailored dash was made standard around MY18 on ‘pro’ models (XC90 at least) and then filtered down to RD and inscription (again speaking for XC90) around MY19/20ish - but by then, as now, it’s a faux leather (leatherette) material, so any old multi purpose cleaner will do. I’d specifically avoid any leather treatment type products as you’d probably end up with the reflection from hell!