Although my car has a satin finish Aniline Leather the drivers seat, no doubt due to constant polishing by my sweaty A, has gone a bit shiney. A quick google suggested nothing more than hot water and a magic eraser sponge was needed. So it proved the sponge and hot water lifted the oils etc and the leather is now matt awaiting me to apply some conditioner which I will do later when fully dry.
This little dodge cost me nothing other than some earache from SWMBO as the sponge came from HER kitchen.  Geoff

I never use anything else but a magic sponge for serious interior cleaning , the results are amazing and because no solvents are used you don't have to worry that the leather has been dried out too much . My eight year old steering wheel looks practically as new. 2008 MY Supercharged
Rimini Red / Jet
four zone climate
remote park heater
and no ugly kid windows.
magnus satis quod turpis satis

I'll give it a try on other stuff, I have some marks around the door handles, the elbow pads and the window from my arm during the good weather all leather and all needing some TLC Geoff

OK... What's a Magic Sponge ?

Dunno what it's made of but it's a white block of firm spongy foam which works wonders. Get ours from the pound shop too.

Tesco do them as well it seems.
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/det...lsrc=aw.ds

my steering wheel leather is quite shiny, i might give this a go?

They are excellent, I use them all the time but do remember they are basically a very fine abrasive, you can ruin your leather finish if you go too mad, it will take the finish off totally...  Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
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It's just melamine foam , which is very fine and gets into the smallest grain or texture but yes it is abrasive so don't lean on it ,just wipe gently until surface is clean . 2008 MY Supercharged
Rimini Red / Jet
four zone climate
remote park heater
and no ugly kid windows.
magnus satis quod turpis satis

Gtechniq's products are the best available and they do a leather product designed to keep the matt finish 2010 defender utility
2010 RRS TDV8 (gone)
2007 discovery 3 (gone)
2004 discovery 4 (gone)
1994 discovery 1
1970 v8 hybrid (gone)
1975 bobtail (gone)

Linky no worky

Probably best just to put "magic eraser" in Google/Amazon/Ebay it's just looks like a little white sponge that works with water only. I would take note of the fact that it is abrasive and use gently. Geoff

''no doubt due to constant polishing by my sweaty A''


i'd start wearing trousers then you wont get a repeat of the problem..


























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It worse than you think Stan - its my sweaty lycra from cycling  Geoff

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They do make FF's with engines if you get fed up with cycling.......  Pete

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2014 L405 Autobiography SDV8 4.4 Loire Blue Ebony interior
2011 L322 Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8 Baltic Blue. Parchment over Navy Interior. Sold
2012 L322 Autobiography 5.0 Supercharged Ipanema Sand, Jet Interior. Sold
2002 L322 Vogue 4.4 V8 Epson Green, Ivory over Aspen Interior (Fatty Offroader) Sold
-Click for Project Fatty off roader-