I read the post about cleaning your sc with soft scrub. and I decided to do it. I am amazed at the difference. So far I have not noticed any negative effects, and it loks and feels better. props to whoever wrote the post earlier. In the pic the white spot is the one spot where i have cleaned, and no it is not bleaching the leather, when you see the final picture of my seat they all match, and I only used soft scrub on the door edge of the drivers seat. Thanks again I definately suggest using this method for deep cleaning your leather! Actually my pic is too big to upload! if there is some way I can put it on, can you guys tell me?

 

what is soft scrub? This is my first time hearing about this cleaning process. Is this better then using lexol leather cleaner?

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check LS400 forum for more info. It's all there.

 

soft scrub thread

neat stuff. Thanks fellas.

 

gonna try that this weekend......


will post before and after pics


my seats are pretty cracked and hard to the touch....we will see!

 

here is the pic of my seat. the spot is the one clean spot

 

Soft Scrub works very well. Last Saturday I looked at my seats, and the driver one was very dirty. I had few spots where the seat was black. So, I decided to try Soft Scrub and what the difference. Now I have to find some time to work on the rear seat.

 

Is there one without bleach or do you use the one with bleach?

 

There is one without bleach. Check the original thread for all the info.

 

Use the lemon scented with no bleach.

I must say I was skeptical of this, I looked at my 90k mile leather and it looked damn good, most people said it was in awesome condition. Yesterday I was bored visiting the parents, pulled it in the garage and did the soft scrub touch. I must say I was amazed, I did the passengers seat and left the drivers seat, showed my mom and she was amazed. After I finished doing all 3 seats I went and did a coat of tanners preserve leather conditioner super thick and let it soak in, my leather looks like I have cut 45-60k miles of useage off of it. I'm going to hit it with another layer of tanners preserve this week just to make sure it's nice and oiled up but I must say anyone who thinks thier leather is clean needs to give this stuff a try.


**on another note, meguires professional 26 yellow paste wax is the ****, 2 coats of that and I can't believe the way the water beads off my car now.**

 

i can't seem to find soft scrub here in canada. The clerk at safeway told me that they had changed labels to a new name or something. Can anybody suggest any other product for me to use?

 

I am in Canada as well, I haven't checked my safeway yet, but if I find anything I will post it, please if anyone else in canada finds something please post or pm me.

 

i've been checking around, and i can't seem to find soft scrub anywhere? where do the people who use it get it? also, after you soft scrub the seats, what's the best conditioner to use?

 

Soft-scrub is abundant everywhere around here. You can find it at Wal-mart or just about any grocery store (I bought mine at Krogers - Verns out west I believe is the same company owned store). It will be found in the household cleaners section in the area where you find Comet and Ajax and other sink and bath-tub cleaners. It is in a big squirt type bottle. It comes in gels, various scents, with and without bleaches, etc. The one we all have used is the lemon scented non-gel type (white bottle) that does not contain bleach. Can't say anything about any of the other formulations, but I personally would not use any that contained bleach. The gel ones are in opaque bottles instead of solid white bottles around here. I'm curious if they might work too and not leave the white residue in the creases that you have to let dry to vacuum out. There is one gel type that does not have bleach (mountain scent I think it was). If anyone tries the non-bleach gel type and has success please post!

 

I gotta add a little caveat to the discussion - -

I'm a boater and have used Softscrub for years, with and w/o bleach. It's a great gelcoat cleaner, doesn't affect the gloss, rinses away well, etc.

I have been reading these posts and agree that it is a good strong low-abrasive cleaner.

I have a '93 SC4 with the Spruce (light blue-gray) interior. My car came from a good home, and its leather is in very good shape. The one place that showed some soil was the typical spot, the door-side bolster on the driver seat backrest, that you rub against every time you get in & out of the car.

I tried some of the Original (non-bleach, non-scented, non-gel, blue label, white bottle) Softscrub on that area. It cleaned it well: the sponge came away showing soil. BUT - it also removed some of the blue-gray dye from the high spots, especially along the bead, piping, whatever, where the face of the bolster joins the side of the seat back.

So, I would say, if your leather is in less-than-pristine shape and pretty dirty, it has probably lost a lot of its original dye anyway, and especially if it is the Tan color, which is pretty close to the native color of the hide anyway, GO FOR IT.

But, if you have other colors, and your leather is basically in pretty good shape, maybe a gentler product like Lexol cleaner would do a good job without the risk of doing any damage.