Opinions on Zaino and Leatherique - Leather Cleaning Products

[StephenK]

Curious about opinions on these products..... Zaino: Z9 and Z10 http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/...oduct_Count=14 http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/...oduct_Count=15 Leatherique: Prestine Clean & Rejuvinator Oil http://www.leatherique.com/products.html

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[Rick SL55]

Z10
http://www.detailuniversity.com/foru...er-bottle.html

Leatherique
http://www.detailuniversity.com/forums/leatherique/

[TOGWT]

Many people are unaware of the fact that since the late ‘80s early ‘90s, many of the newer domestic cars and some imports (US) do not use natural leather hides anymore. Approximately 90% of vehicle manufacturers have used (thermoplastic) polyurethane covered split hide leather for their interior upholstery. Vehicle leather upholstery is made from natural hides, chrome tanned and uniquely treated with a light pigmented water-based polyurethane coating or a vinyl covering to make it more viable for automotive seating. It retains the softness of natural top-grain leather but resists fading in direct sunlight, which besides body oil / salt, is leathers worst enemy.

While leather that is vinyl-coated is relatively easy to care for by virtue of its protective plastic surface, it is also inaccessible for purposes of maintenance. Meaning, of course, there is absolutely no point to using leather conditioners on plastic coated leather.


The majority of automotive upholstery is protected leather, these leathers have aspects of a natural finish, but more uniform in appearance, split leather (By-cast) will also stretch more than top grain leather and is therefore subject to show creasing. The heavier pigments can create much darker colours, protected leather has a substantial finish applied that makes them more resistant to heavy wear and stains. The heavier pigments and finish do affect the softness and scent, so these leathers often don't feel or smell like real leather. These leathers are more common in the automotive industry.


To determine if your leather is protected with a polyurethane covering; lightly scratch the surface to see if it leaves a lighter colour, or place a few drops of water on the upholstery surface; if it ‘beads’ it’s a pigmented polyurethane coated finish. Liquids will not penetrate protected leather. These leathers are more common in the automotive industry Using split leather produced from the lower cut or split of the hide is a relatively new development. It is normally produced in darker colours and when stretched, it lightens. It also scratches quite easily. This type of leather is now coming on to the furniture market, but has been used for automotive upholstery, handbags and belts for some time. As the top surface has high polyurethane finish, normal leather creams or oils provide absolutely no value (see conditioners).


For more information see “Basic Automotive Leather Upholstery Care” one of a collection of detailing articles on DetailingWiki; (Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation) a series of informative, knowledge based, unbiased articles dedicated to automotive detailing

This is one of a collection of detailing articles on DetailingWiki; (Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation) a series of informative, knowledge based, unbiased articles dedicated to the automotive detailing enthusiast or professional detailer in search of development and education

[GL Troll]

Z-10 has a great leather smell. Other than that, ditto what Togwt said.

[CynCarvin32]

Originally Posted by StephenK

Curious about opinions on these products.....

Zaino: Z9 and Z10

http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/...oduct_Count=14

http://www.zainostore.com/Merchant2/...oduct_Count=15

Leatherique: Prestine Clean & Rejuvinator Oil

http://www.leatherique.com/products.html

Leatherique is the best product for cleaning and conditioning leather. It will leave the leather in your 600 feeling softer than new, it will feel stronger as it increases the strength of the leather, and it will have absolutely no shine which is very important.

I am in the process of doing my Sl55 right now. I am on the third and last day of conditioning the leather. After that I will clean it all off with pristine clean and all should be done.

It is an absolutely amazing product. Worth every bit of its fairly steep price. Place an order for the product and do a 2-3 day series of conditionings once or twice a year and the car's leather will look new every day. You will still have to worry about wear as nothing will fix that but keeping it fed with leatherique will help prevent further damage.