Cream leather: help!

[bobsavage789]

Ironically, I bought a seat protector to stop the cream leather seat (not my choice; I bought it used!) being damaged by an Isofix base. Cleaning out the back today revealed this:




I’ve tried leather cleaning wipes and good old-fashioned soapy water and elbow grease so far, neither to any avail.

Any advice/suggestions?

 

[rayaans]

You need a proper leather cleaner. Leather wipes aren't great. Try dodo juice supernatural leather cleaner. If it doesn't work unfortunately it's dyed the leather

 

[whitenemesis]

Try Gliptone GT25 Dye Transfer & Ink Remover Cream

 

[bobsavage789]

Thanks for the recommendations: I’ve ordered some Dodo Juice (what a ridiculous name…), purely as it’s the cheaper of the two.

 

[monkeh]

that sucks, try and protect something and make it worse.
you could try a MF cloth and very diluted all purpose cleaner such as Autosmart G10 in warm water (Try a non seen area first though) I did this on Jaguar seats but not my MB seats yet
Apparently "Leather" seats are now coated with a layer of Vinyl which needs different products to clean them, leather conditioner for example is supposed to damage the protective layer
I cant find the really good blog from acar detailer, only this from a quick google

Leather Conditioners Are Junk! What You Should Be Using:

I often get asked what the best leather conditioner for your car is. The answer isn't exactly simple. The best leather conditioner for your

canadiangearhead.com

 

[MikeInWimbledon]

You just need a leather cleaner.
"Leather" has always been protected by coatings - there's nothing naturally "cow" about a car seat finish.
"Wipes" are good for random maintenance, but you need a cleaner, and a little TLC to clean your seat.