Panama

We have porcelain color seats in our car. I have avoided any strong cleaners or really any cleaners at all.... I mainly use a cloth and water to clean interior things.

We bought the car from MB lease. The car was more clean and detailed than any I have bought. The only thing I could find was a smidgen of grime when I extended the seat belt that they missed. What a bunch of slackers...LOL. They did a perfect detail job.

I wear jeans a good bit. I wipe the car seats down quite often with them being a sort of off-white. Any residue always comes off but it seems like I have to apply more elbow grease than I did a couple of years ago. I understand MB put a special UV treatment or seat treatment on the cars when new. I wonder if it is wearing off????? I don't know.

Looking for suggestions for what MB used...or maybe some suggestions for something to help with the protection... I am scared to just start putting stuff on them without knowing what the heck I doing- and I don't. Any help/experience is appreciated.

crconsulting

They are Semi-Aniline Leather.
Here’s a decent article that may help:
https://thenewswheel.com/how-are-aniline-and-semi-aniline-leather-different
or this thread:
https://mbworld.org/forums/coupe-roa...ml#post8575384

I use Colourlock from Germany made specifically for Aniline leathers.
As always apply on a small section that isn’t visible first, to make sure the results are acceptable….

I have used their Mercedes specific Porelain dye on a couple of cars and it’s fantastic. Perfect match if applied properly.
https://www.colourlock.com/Mercedes-...006-en-MB-125/

Panama

CR ....

Great info. Thank you. The link to the Porcelain dye is something I will someday need if we keep the SL. Our knees are getting older and.........

Thank you for taking the time to reply. I feel as though I should do something and could not find much in the owner's manual. Porcelain (white) is something that scares me. I have never had a car with white seats and the MB porcelain intimidates me. You should have seen my face after driving it with jeans on....LOL.... I bet I could sell that photo.

We really like the Porcelain look with the Brilliant Blue Metallic exterior though....but scary to have white interior.

Thank you, sir.