Nappa leather staining

Jul 26, 2017 | 03:37 AM

CornishPasty

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Nappa leather staining

Is anyone having issues with their leather staining? I have no idea why but the seats and door handles seem to be lightly stained where people are sitting and touching the car. It isn't coming off easily, so I will take it to Mercedes to see what they say

Jul 26, 2017 | 11:17 AM

joshg1001

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staining to what color? Jeans are usually the main culprit. I vowed never to buy another non black interior car ever again because of this issue.

Jul 27, 2017 | 10:44 AM

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What interior do you have? Can you post photos?

Jul 27, 2017 | 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by joshg1001

staining to what color? Jeans are usually the main culprit. I vowed never to buy another non black interior car ever again because of this issue.

The problem is the jeans! Buy prewashed or faded ones and problem solved. I cant stand all black interiors they look boring. Its the only thing I had to swallow when I bought my s2k. I will also never ever buy a black car either, I was a slave to it. The designo flat paint is a billion times easier to maintain. Everything seems to simply wash off and a 5minute spray wax makes it look like it just got out of the factory for more than a month. . 4 mths of driving in the upper Midwest and still not a single paint pit or blemish, amazing stuff. In fact, after buying my first designo paint car, I probably will never buy another with out it.

Jul 27, 2017 | 01:31 PM

ua549

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I love that Meguiar's spray polish you recommended, c4004matic. Absolutely nothing sticks to it. I did my car 3 weeks ago and it is still clean despite the daily rain storms.

Jul 27, 2017 | 01:59 PM

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I only recommend Mercedes own car care products and thats one reason why I use them myself, this Leather cleaner is great and I use it every other cleaning.

Jul 27, 2017 | 05:31 PM

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I only recommend Mercedes own car care products and thats one reason why I use them myself, this Leather cleaner is great and I use it every other cleaning.

Probably a wise idea given that if it damages the interior, its their fault. In my experience I essentially never clean the leather unless it has been soiled. In fact, cleaning leather too much is bad for it. In drier, hotter climates a light touch up with a lanolin conditioner every year or so should be good too.

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Jul 27, 2017 | 05:40 PM

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My 10 year old daily driver has a light beige interior with light beige floor mats. I clean the car inside and outside including the leather once a month. It looks as good as new with no stains, discoloration or cracks/creases in the leather. I use Mercedes car care products, but I've had the car professionally detailed 3 times in 10 years.

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Jul 28, 2017 | 01:06 AM

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I have read that for new or near new leather trims, all you need to do is to do a gentle wipe down with warm damp cloth ?

Jul 28, 2017 | 11:36 AM

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I have read that for new or near new leather trims, all you need to do is to do a gentle wipe down with warm damp cloth ?

Thats my leather care regimen.

Jul 28, 2017 | 03:16 PM

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I have read that for new or near new leather trims, all you need to do is to do a gentle wipe down with warm damp cloth ?

I tried that on a BMW cabriolet I owned about 15 years ago. The leather dried out and cracked within 2 years due to the direct tropical sunlight.
That is when I started using MB care products on all of my cars.