restore/clean leather seats

I was going to suggest Neatsfoot oil but it seems there are far better products now available.
What about the products used on horse tackle and saddles ? A saddle is a very expensive piece of kit and riders usually take very good care of them so the stuff they use is going to be worth considering and at the same time shouldn't leave and residue on the surface to get on clothes.

Paul H

I've been using this to good effect on the P6 recently.
www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=255290541
But I slip it in the SWMBO's trolley at Asda for about the same price.
At under £2.50 it would be rude not to buy it.

if the surface is cracked and abrading, no amount of cleaner or hide-food will do anything other tha cover it up slightly. You need to re-surface it properly with a dye compound. Liquid Leather at Gliptone do some, as suggested above. I used Bespoke Leathering for mine www.bespokeleathering.com/
They have many stock colours on the shelf, but you can send them a sample of the leather (any small trim piece or whatever. Since in one car I only had the seats, I had to cut a 4" square section out of the underside, which they sent back to me to sew back in)that they'll colour-match and sell you a bottle of restorative in various amounts. I got way more than I needed and it was simplicity itself to apply, even with no experience at all I managed to totally resurrect my seats. Really helpful and informative guys, can't recommend them enough.

Here's mine before;





After;

The drivers side bolster on my mx5 has a small amount of wear, no rips or anything too serious, just the top surface scrachted and abraded. I bought some leather dye from here

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221293869984?var=520178906122&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

As stated it was only a small amount of wear so a small sample pot was all i needed, so for under £3 my seat is now looking pretty immaculate again!

This, no question.

I had some P5b seats that were rancid & mouldy after being stored in a shed for several years. Gliptone got them clean and soft. don't be shy with it though...the instruction say to use a soft brush and tickle it, thats plums, get a nail brush and scrub like your life depends on it.

If the seats are faded you can do a colour wash to bring them back up.

Once thats all dry, feed them several times and you;ll have lovely soft leather that smells somewhat erotic!