Category 5 Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 I love the matte black leather in our brand new edge but somehow one of us spilled a drop of purell hand sanitizer on the center armrest. The leather seems fine after wiping it right off but now the spot where it landed is kind of shiny instead of matte. It breaks my heart and some leather cleaner faile to restore it. I tried meguires leather wipes. I almost want to purchase a new armrest. It is like a dead pixel in an otherwise new and beautiful car. Anybody know how I can fix it or how much the replacement part would be? Seems strange that such an occurrence could affect the leather though. In my 4runner I have dropped purell on the leather dozens of times and simply wipe it up with never an ill effect. Is the leather in the due not treated or something? As much as I love this car it seems like its these little Things that differentiate our new Ford from our Toyota or other foreign cars we've had in the past. At any rate, if you can help please do, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Posted October 23, 2011 Report Share Posted October 23, 2011 Baby wipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlong Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Finish the job by wiping purell on the rest of the interior. Sorry, couldn't resist. Hope you find something that works. You may try taking it to a car wash that does interior detailing and see if they can fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Category 5 Posted October 24, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Finish the job by wiping purell on the rest of the interior. Sorry, couldn't resist. Hope you find something that works. You may try taking it to a car wash that does interior detailing and see if they can fix it. LOL. jlong that did actually occur to me. Of course it'd be a desperate move and it'd never work...but it did occur to me. I wonder what it is that they put on the leather to give it that satin matte look instead of being shiny. Whatever that is, that's what I rubbed off. the leather itself is actually fine. No distress or anything, it's just shiny there now while the rest is matte. Need a good leather protectant for the rest of the car to prevent this from happening again. Any recommendations? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Ultima Interior Guard Plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igcitng Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 The alcohol in it may have worn the finish off of the leather, it is mostly alcohol. There are also a bunch of very greasy moisturizing ingredients in that stuff so it could also be the oily residue left behind. A bit of baking soda sitting on it for a bit may pull some of the oil out and/or you cound try a tiny bit of Dawn dish soap on it to see if it will pull out the oils, it has grease cutters in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal3thousand Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 Ultima Interior Guard Plus. I'm using this stuff now. Definitely helps protect the interior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 I'm using this stuff now. Definitely helps protect the interior. It's made out of sunshine, rainbows, and the smiles of young children everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingo Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 (edited) The double-post fairy came to visit me. Edited October 24, 2011 by Dingo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cal3thousand Posted October 24, 2011 Report Share Posted October 24, 2011 It's made out of sunshine, rainbows, and the smiles of young children everywhere. Don't forget the unicorn horn shavings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgieguy Posted October 27, 2011 Report Share Posted October 27, 2011 Be careful using baby wipes on treated leather. Theyre ingredients are meant to neutralize the uric acid in duh..... Urine. This makes them very basic, which is not so good for cleaning leather which prefers a ph neutral cleaner or conditioner. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Category 5 Posted November 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 2, 2011 Is that ultima interior guard good on the shiny center part and the chrome trim on the shifter/door handles? Looks like neat stuff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richy Posted November 3, 2011 Report Share Posted November 3, 2011 Is that ultima interior guard good on the shiny center part and the chrome trim on the shifter/door handles? Looks like neat stuff! Yes, it's an awesome product!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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