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Busa1400



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England 2007 Range Rover Vogue SE TDV8 Santorini Black
Best leather food

I have Parchment leather and it is in good nick but think that it would benefit from some food or conditioning - what do people use ?

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1959terry



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United Kingdom 2015 Range Rover Vogue SE SDV8 Santorini Black

I always use Gliptone conditioner. Easy to apply and leaves a great smell

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Cam-Tech-Craig



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Gliptone is well liked here but do remember, the leather in LR cars is dyed and waterproofed so don’t waste too much time trying to feed it with products that simply evaporate! Thumbs Up

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mzplcg



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United Kingdom 2014 Range Rover Vogue SE SDV8 Corris Grey

As Craig says, pretty much all car leather is heavily treated on the surface with dye. Well, technically they call it a dye because it provides a colour but truthfully it can be likened more to paint. None of the leather "foods" actually sink in, they either evaporate away or leave a sticky residue.

Gliptone is a good cleaner and protector. Well liked in many places, but leather food it isn't regardless of any advertising you might see. The only leather you could feed is that with a fairly raw and open surface, the kind that if you sat on it then you would tear it apart at the stitching.

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Philip



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2019 Range Rover Autobiography SDV8 Aintree Green

Yes, it's all coated with polyurethane. "Conditioner" could only soak in if the surface coating was damaged.

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Busa1400



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England 2007 Range Rover Vogue SE TDV8 Santorini Black

Excellent we live and learn.

So just a case of being careful getting in and out so that the bolster doesn't get scuffed

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kingpleb



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United Kingdom 2005 Range Rover Vogue Td6 Bonatti Grey

Zymol to clean and gliptone but you don't need much at all for a rangey as above it only seeps in around the stitches. The steering wheel is the big thing that benefits from a regular good clean and light feed imo as the stitches benefit loads where I rest my thumbs anyway 😂😊 FFRR MY06 facelift With TDV8 Alloys Zeros/ATR's
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