I dunno - I use any old of polish on my shoes and they seem to survive :-)

The usual recommendation for preserving quality leather is some kind of
leather or hide "food".  They usually contain lanolin and a cocktail of
waxes or oils.  However, you should clean the leather first.  I use a warm
solution of pure soap (Lux or whatever you can find in your local
supermarket), and clean cloths.  When it's all completely dry, use some food
and apply sparingly.

Interestingly, my 3-piece suite has a label on it eschewing the use of any
kind of chemical cleaner or "food", so it just gets the soap treatment.

Autoglym have a pretty good rep, so yes, I'd go along with that.  The hide
food I use is a jar from Connolly's (who supply expensive hide to upmarket
manufacturers) which came free with an expensive leather bag yonks ago.  It
lasts ages.

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ISTR that something called "Decasol" was the right stuff for leather
seats.  Haven't had the need for it for years but it used to do rather a
good job on my S-type Jag.

Peter

If I were you, I'd just get the stock Saab Leather Cleaner and Conditioner.
THe stuff is reasonably priced and the dealers usually have plenty of it. I
got the cleaner and conditioner for about $6 each. If it's Saab factory
stuff, it can't be bad.

This stuff works great.
http://www.oakwoodusa.net/mall/leather-conditioner.htm

I use it on a 9000T that is parked all day in the street in the sub-tropical
Queensland sun - that's basically 6 months of summer conditions. The sun
and heat here f*cks leather rather fast unless you regularly condition it.
My leather is still nice and soft after many years of solar abuse.
Also, there is no odorant in this stuff (unlike most auto-shop products).

I use Lexol http://www.lexol.com/

My 1992 with gray leather has been parked in the sun almost every day for the
last 13 years, with no products whatsoever applied to the seats, and they are
in pristine condition. Perhaps it's due to the protective layer of dirt :)

Really though, I'm also thinking about trying to clean/condition them. I've
heard lots of good things about saddle soap for both cleaning and conditioning
on this group.

John

Ikea do a leather cleaner and food pack - works great on domestic upholstery
and didn't damage my first volvo (second one didn't have leather). Even
comes with a sponge.

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My car has dark gray leather and AutoGlym left an annoying white
residue and the leather looked dried out afterwards. Very poor. I
subsequently tried the 'Williams' branded leather cleaner from
Halfords and it not only fixed what the AutoGlym messed up but was
easy to apply, worked well and looked good afterwards.

I use Meguears (how the hell do you spell it) leather
cleaner/conditioner in one (the leather is pretty shabby anyway).

Although they do do a two part seperate cleaner and food/conditioner
too.

I was told that for general cleaning, unscented baby wipes are the best
thing you can use. If it is safe for a babies skin, it can't do much
harm to car leather.

I like Leatherique's ( http://www.leatherique.com/ ) cleaner and
conditioner does pretty good on my '94 9kCSE and did good on my old '88
900 SPG.

Craig

I have a rollerball ink stain on the front passenger seat, is ther any way
to remove it?

Thx.