>>Jag X Type <<
Shame, the leather can be tough to work on as the colouring is quite fragile.
The vast majority of dirt on leather is oils so essentially what you need is a degreaser but one which is mild. If you are not sure of the toughness of the colouring it is always best to go light and use ever harsher chemicals as you go along although I wouldnt use anything too harsh on Jag leather on the X-Type, it is cheap stuff and if cleaned often the colour simply wears away.
For light cleaning a leather trimmer told me he used Johnsons baby soap and a soft nail brush. If the dirt is mild this should clean it up nicely and it also smells rather nice too, I use Johnsons creme baby wash on my own cars leather.
As for the rubber mark, obviously try the baby soap first, if it doesnt work try some well diluted washing up liquid. The difficulty is that it may not be dirt or rubber sitting on the surface but instead discolouration which is beyond cleaning.
If you really think it is something on the surface ( you can usually tell by how it reacts to initial cleaning as to whether you just need something with more kick or if it makes no difference ) then gentle and targeted use of white spirit can be used, the key is not to use alot and not to rub it very hard - a microfibre cloth around the end of your finger soaked in spirit would be a good solution as the micrfibre cloths have good resistance but dont dig into a surface. I would also wipe it immediately with a damp cloth so the spirit doesnt linger on the leather.
As with anything, always try a test area first ( leading edge of drivers seat usually a good place ) and if you use anything stronger than baby soap do not let it linger on the leather as you will get streaks through the dirt which are a pig to hide once you have them.
Also, when using white spirit I would wipe over the whole section of leather as it will remove any dirt.
Last edited by: FoR on Wed 24 Apr 13 at 00:50
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