This spring, we bought a new family car to fit our growing needs. Now that the girls are getting older, they are both wanting to bring a friend on all of our weekend adventures. Crazy that teens don't want to hang with just their parents these days, right!? Toting around 6 people in a car all weekend long can sure put some wear and tear on the interior, which means I have my work cut out for me if I want to keep my car looking new as long as possible.
Of course, my love of the beach is no secret. We are there every weekend, and go some week nights too, usually staying until sundown.
You can imagine how nasty the car gets at the end of the day with 6 people dragging in sand. Then it gets even messier with the snacks they eat on the ride home. Look at this- sand all over the floor and stuck in the seats, and who knows what those white smudges are all over the leather.
I give the car a good scrub down each week, and rely on the best products I can find to keep my leather in top notch condition. I recently came across Leather Honey Leather Cleaner and Leather Honey Leather Conditioner, and since the conditioner is ranked as a #1 seller on Amazon, I really wanted to put it to the test on my messy car.
Leather Honey has been providing premium leather care products since 1968. Use each on all types of leather, excluding suede, to clean, protect, and keep your leather looking newer and lasting longer.
The Leather Honey Leather Cleaner comes in a concentrated 4 ounce bottle. When mixed with water, you get up to 32 ounces of cleaner. Per the instructions, I mixed 1 cup of water with 2 tablespoons of the cleaner into an empty spray bottle. Spray onto leather, let sit for a few seconds, then wipe up in a circular motion with a clean, dry cloth.
The Leather Honey Leather Conditioner is used after the cleaner. It is non-toxic, water repellant, controls mildew and leaves no oily residue. Pour a small amount onto a lint-free cloth, and gently rub into leather. Let sit to absorb for at least 2 hours (preferably over night) then wipe off excess. Now, this conditioner is thick, so you don't want to pour out too much at once. I poured a quarter sized dollop onto my cloth to start with, which covered the entire back of one car seat, then worked my way down from there, adding a little more each time.
How did it perform?
Really well! The cleaner did a great job of pulling the dirt from the leather. It dried quickly and didn't leave any sticky or oily residue behind. At first, the conditioner was a little difficult for me to spread onto the seats with my cloth, but once I got the hang of working with the thickness of the product, it went a lot smoother. After it dried, it left my leather seats feeling so soft and left them with that new car shine from when we first bought it. I was pleased it didn't feel oily or greasy, and didn't leave any scent behind either. Since we have a lot of wet bathing suits and beach towels in the car constantly, I absolutely love that it is water repellent. The long lasting formula means one application can last 6 months or longer, so you really get a lot of bang for your buck!
Use Leather Honey to clean, revitalize, and prolong the life on all of your leather goods- boots, handbags, gloves, apparel, furniture, saddles and tack, sports equipment, and motorcycle seats!
Leather Honey is made in the USA and is carefully hand-packed on their family farm in West Virginia. I love this since I am always compelled to buy products made right here at home.
Leather Honey Cleaner and Conditioner are both currently available to purchase on Amazon. If you would like to learn more about these products, or the rest of the Leather Honey line, be sure to visit their website. Stay up to date on new products and promotions by following along on Facebook and Twitter.
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What? You bought a new car and didn't even tell us?
ReplyDeleteThose blue seats look gorgeous, is the car blue outside too?
I could use that cleaner for my computer chair... I never know with what to clean it and the leather cleaners are too expensive
I thought sharing the car purchase would be a bit boring, darling! Of course, I didn't share it on FB, for reasons you already know ;) Can't let the crazies into every detail of my personal life lol!
DeleteI had to photo with my phone to get the whole back seat of the car, and the camera on it isn't the best. The seats are actually a gray color, but with the phone quality and the sheen of the conditioner, it does give it a blue tint in the photos.
Wow, sure looks like it does the trick indeed. All that sand going places sand shouldn't go is annoying haha
ReplyDeleteI'd like to use it on the couch for sure. I love leather conditioners.
ReplyDeleteWe don't have leather seats in the car, but I know what you mean about the after-beach effects on the car seats. Going to the beach is messy.
ReplyDeleteThis would be fabulous on our leather seats. They are getting so icky!
ReplyDeleteThat's a nice ride! I love the interior, and I love Leather Honey! I love the before and afters of the shoes. I need some of this for my pumps.
ReplyDeleteMy first car had leather seats, that was nice
ReplyDeleteWow. That cleaned up so nice. Looks like fantastic products.
ReplyDeleteI would use Leather Honey Leather Conditioner on my favorite leather handbags to keep them looking new and pretty! :-)
ReplyDeleteTracy @ Ascending Butterfly
Congrats on the new car. :) I love the leather conditioner, it's cool that it works so nicely!
ReplyDeleteWe just went on a long road trip and my leather seats need some attention stat! I have not heard of this product but really love the rating system on Amazon and find it's accurate to my experience of the products they carry. Will check this out, thanks!
ReplyDeleteIt's just crazy that kids want to hang out with their friends! Parents are so cool! Well, at least our cars will be cool with nice leather.
ReplyDeleteI've never tried this before,but I'd love to bring a little life back into my handbags. I'm sure I'd find a ton of things to use it on.
ReplyDeleteLeather interiors really do make a car feel classier! You do have to put in the maintenance on it though!
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ReplyDeleteLooks so good, for my shoes ESPECIALLY ;)
That is so great! I have a purse I would love to use this on.
ReplyDeleteOh I need to invest in this! We're getting ready to move to the beach and we have leather seats! ahh. Totally need to get some of this!
ReplyDeleteOh, how awesome! I've been looking for something to use in my car, and this looks perfect!
ReplyDeleteI would use leather honey on my jeep seats. In the Fall I always detail my Jeep for winter.
ReplyDeleteNo leather here. We used to have leather furniture and would have loved a good quality product for it then. Sounds like this is really good stuff!
ReplyDeleteThe results look fantastic. My car has black leather seats. I will have to pick some of this up to try in my car.
ReplyDeleteOh wow that's pretty awesome. We don't have any leather here anymore, but this is great to know about!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter has a leather messenger bag she loves taking to school. It is in dire need of a good cleaning.
ReplyDeleteYour leather looks extremely nice! Upkeeping leather can be such a hard task.
ReplyDeleteit will be very beneficial for me as well..our Jeep needs some pampering :)
ReplyDeleteThis is handy! Does it smell like honey too? :)))
ReplyDeleteAi @ Sakura Haruka
I never owned a car with leather seating! That would be a goal of mine and this looks like an efficient product to keep the seats clean and fresh,
ReplyDeleteYour seats turned out amazing which reminds me that I need to clean my sofas.
ReplyDeleteI would use it on my car's seats first. They're getting so worn out! And our sofas!
ReplyDeleteI would love to use the Leather Honey Conditioner on my purse. It's a handmade leather purse that I treasure.
ReplyDeleteWe just ordered a new 2016 GMC with heated leather seats. I would like to try the Leather Honey to keep them cleaned and conditioned.
ReplyDeleteI would use this leather cleaner on my husband's car seats.
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My husband has leather seats in his truck. It's a 2003, so the leather really needs conditioned. He used to do it fairly often, but not so much in the last 5 or 6 years. I'd love to see how this works on his seats.
ReplyDeleteI would like to try the leather honey cleaner on the what used to be a white leather sofa. That would be a true test!
ReplyDeleteI would use it on our furniture and our cars.
ReplyDeleteMy couch, my dogs like to lay on it and it is a light color leather.
ReplyDeleteI would use the Leather Honey conditioner on my car seats. It would also be good to use on my leather boots and coat.
ReplyDeleteI would use it on my car seats they need something like this I was just looking at leather conditioner in the auto parts store yesterday
ReplyDeleteI would use it on my car seats first. They really do need a good cleaning and this would make them look brand new.
ReplyDeleteLaurie Emerson
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I would use it on my couch. It is full of toddler goo and really needs to be scrubbed down and conditioned.
ReplyDeleteI would use this leather product on my leather shoes.
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