best way to clean leather upholstery?

[drew at scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca (Drew MacPherson)]

On Wed, 12 May 2004, C Boyko wrote:

> Okay, the answer is obvious. Open the windows, run the car. The diesel fumes 
> should finish it off. (Seriously, I had a friend who lived under the 
> flightline into Pearson, never had any black spot on his roses, he 
> attributed it to the jet exhaust, jet fuel ain't that different than what 
> Carrots runs on)

Regrettably the mildew would finish me off before the soot got to it... :)  
They've had two days of sun and 25C temps to air out - they are improving.  
I will probably give them a wipe with a rubbing alcohol solution and air 
them for another week or two and see how they get along.

> But leather? You may want to talk to a tack shop, old saddles often get 
> moldy. Worth a try, and not likley to harm the leather. Just a thought. Not 
> sure if they'd have something that would penetrate deeply enough.

Yeah, apparently mold/mildew on leather is not that uncommon - and is not 
necessarily a bad thing as it indicates that the leather still has 
moisture in it... 

I was about ready to throw in the towel and go back to cloth, but when I
was cleaning the underside I noticed that the fronts are heated.  Well hot
damn (literally)  won't that go real nice in Carrots - and I just happen
to have a few sets of relays and switches around.

Drew

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