Car Leather Tutorials

How to Remove Dye Transfer Stains on Leather

Dye transfer from clothing on light leather colours is not uncommon. Automotive and furniture leather are the ones mostly affected. The discolouration is caused by a wide variety of clothing. Jacke...

How to Treat Old, Scaly and Brittle Leather

Some old pigmented, smooth leather can get brittle over time. Such damages cannot be repaired by only using COLOURLOCK Leather Fresh and COLOURLOCK Fluid Leather. Leather Fresh is perfect on scratc...

How to Clean and Protect Artificial Leather and Plastic in Car Interiors

Imitation leather or Artificial leather is also called „faux leather”, “synthetic leather” or “leatherette”. In cars a lot of surfaces are artificial leather or plastic with a leather grain texture...

How to Repair Tears and Holes in Leather with Fluid Leather Filler

Minor damages can easily be repaired with COLOURLOCK Fluid Leather, a coloured filling material which can be used for repairing small holes, tears, deeper scratches and cracks. COLOURLOCK Fluid Le...

How to Clean, Protect and Colour Steering Wheels

Leather steering wheels are exposed to a lot of moisture, skin fats and cosmetic creams and sunlight. Body sweat is especially aggressive against leather. The colour softens and rubs off or the lea...

How to Clean Perforated Leather Car Seats

Leather perforation is a matrix of holes in regular intervals on leather surfaces. This technique is commonly used on automotive upholstery. In the furniture sector, there are only perforations on ...

How to Clean and Maintain Leather Car Seats (Detailed)

On closer examination, it is clear to see that the cleaning and caring of car leather is a little more complex than just picking up and applying any cleaner or conditioner. Leather professionals, d...

How to Clean and Protect Leather Car Seats

99.9 percent of all modern car leathers have a matt finish. Today’s leather is chrome-tanned or synthetically tanned. In the past, vegetable tanning had been the more common method. However, when i...