Pledge and Dove

[pcunite]

Re: Pledge and Dove

If I told you I use dove soap diluted in water to clean my leather seats, and pledge to coat all my vinyl surfaces, and the leather seats as well; you would say....?

I would like to see Shaun Carollo get a good answer on this. I have been using a product called leatherique on my 2000 model year leather seats. I realize they are spray painted but just curious to know what is the best for modern automobile leather seats. Leather is porous and needs oils right?

The product works great on my leather shoes but they are 100% calf skin.

[Bence]

Re: Pledge and Dove

New, good quality automotive plastics have matte, somewhat porous surface for excellent tactile communication, overall haptics & natural optics. Anything that has a shine is undesirable. Low quality plastics can or may have a slightly oily appearance, but their use is limited to secondary surfaces, and they are mainly indicators of cost cutting.

Of course, having a certain gloss is a personal preference, but a greasy-looking interior surface is a somewhat subpar approach; I'd say crappy and embarrassing. For this kind of result, one can grab a piece of bacon (dressing & applicator in one!) and smear it around...

[Murr1525]

Re: Pledge and Dove

Anything the boss wants...

[Totoland Mach]

Re: Pledge and Dove

boy, that's a subjective area: Little shiney to some might be way to shiney to others. I think the objective in our little corner of the world is new appearing, especially leather areas.

Anyhow, that's what the shop owner wants, and by golly, that's what I do! LOL

Toto

[Murr1525]

Re: Pledge and Dove

Thats interesting.. I always considered 'like-new' to be a little shiny...

[Totoland Mach]

Re: Pledge and Dove

Cobalt2006: The shop owner wants the BMW's to be in "as new" appearance, so we don't use anything that adds gloss to plastic, leather, or vinyl.

I use a little gloss on my own vehicles (Pathfinder and Mach 1) with NXT products, but that's a different scenario.

Totoland Mach

[JG_Detailing]

Re: Pledge and Dove

Well, I don't know about the Pledge part, but I clean at least 2 leather interiors per week (off-lease BMW's) and I use a mild soapy solution and a boar's hair brush to scrub the leather. It works well and doesn't leave a shiney finish on the leather.

For interior plastic and vinyl, I use Meguiar's Interior Quick Detailer (sorry if I got the name wrong...I'm not at the shop). It isn't greasy or shiney and leaves a nice "new" appearance to the door panels, etc.

BMW X-5 Interior after cleaning


Totoland Mach

Nice interior! The only thing I have to ask is about your dashboard. It's so dull looking. I like a shinny surface.

[the other pc]

Re: Pledge and Dove

If you the read the instructions on the can Pledge does say you can use it for vinyl and leather. Is it a good idea? Well, it’s a fast idea anyway.

Remember, it’s made for janitors to clean multiple surfaces in office buildings, not for museum curators to preserve precious artifacts. The MSDS says it’s mostly water and hydrocarbon solvents so it’s no surprise that it cleans quickly.


PC.

[Totoland Mach]

Re: Pledge and Dove

CharlesW: I wouldn't use Dove because of that, but I just use a mild dishwashing liquid like Dawn or Ajax liquid and dilute it 10:1

Totoland Mach

[CharlesW]

Re: Pledge and Dove

Dove seems like it would probably be mild enough to not harm the leather, but would the lotion it contains be something you would want on your leather?
From the Dove website:
"It contains soothing ingredients and 1/4 moisturizing lotion"

[Totoland Mach]

Re: Pledge and Dove

If I told you I use dove soap diluted in water to clean my leather seats, and pledge to coat all my vinyl surfaces, and the leather seats as well; you would say....?

Well, I don't know about the Pledge part, but I clean at least 2 leather interiors per week (off-lease BMW's) and I use a mild soapy solution and a boar's hair brush to scrub the leather. It works well and doesn't leave a shiney finish on the leather.

For interior plastic and vinyl, I use Meguiar's Interior Quick Detailer (sorry if I got the name wrong...I'm not at the shop). It isn't greasy or shiney and leaves a nice "new" appearance to the door panels, etc.

BMW X-5 Interior after cleaning


Totoland Mach

[CharlesW]

Re: Pledge and Dove

....and a guy got a free car battery after 8 years since it looked new after the use of Pledge!?!?

later he adds the date code wasn't punched out?!?!

That one?

A little off-topic, but isn't that fraud?

After thinking about it, I decided it isn't really fraud, it's stealing.

(Sorry, I didn't notice this was the Pro Detailers forum.)

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Pledge and Dove

....and a guy got a free car battery after 8 years since it looked new after the use of Pledge!?!?

later he adds the date code wasn't punched out?!?!

That one?

Uh, yeah, that one.



Chex, I love your new signature line!!!!! LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

[gb387]

Re: Pledge and Dove

Wasn't a similar discussion taking place at bobistheoilguy forum? Those guys really need to stick to discussing motor oil and lubricants because, seriously, nobody over there has a clue about paint care.

....and a guy got a free car battery after 8 years since it looked new after the use of Pledge!?!?

later he adds the date code wasn't punched out?!?!

That one?

[Chex]

Re: Pledge and Dove

yeah, bring some Cheap car wash shampoo from here. you can find it as low as 80 cents per liter.

there are some cheap products here that do work great and not deteriorate, but most of them just lack of quality.

that's why high quality products like meguiars' should be purchased with more frequency so local and national companies improve their quality!

the biggest challenge is to change 80% of the peoples' culture regarding car care and choosing from a high quality product rather than a poor quality product.