leather protection

[gd02 cob]

What you need is one of these. It keeps the car at a constant temperature which results in no moisture and then the car is ready to use when a good dry bright winters day turns up.

Nick

[neil still building it]

as regards leather care products i can recommend 'oakwood '
products from personnal experience available
tell then neil sent you ...!
from email: oakwood@onetel.com
http://www.oakwoodeurope.co.uk
European contact :-
PO Box 14, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 7YR England
Ph/Fax +44 (0) 1372 375 869
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[Clarkson]

No need for that leather care stuff,use your wifes Niva hand cream. Been using that stuff on my seats and home sofa for years!:thumb:

[David Large]

Er, why don't you use your cars instead of putting light bulbs in them?

[rangrov]

Hi guys me again ive tried the oakwood and it is good, if you want to go mad use oakwood and then renapur, me i just feed it it with a good cream once a year then use the renapur every 3 months, you'r leather stays supple and the main thing it is waterproof, and lets face it with our weather waterproof is a must. catch you later..:thumb:

[tony c]

We have had this conversation before about so called leather care products. As some of you know, I manufacture leather, both for domestic upholstery and automotive and the greatest cause of surface deterioration is from the application of products such as Renapur. It is impossible for one product to care for all types of leather but its a very easy way of making money which is why there are so many products on the market. Most leather care products contain silicone which will make it waterproof but will also soften the surface coating and lead to premature wear. The person with the right idea is D.Clarkson who uses Nivea but even better than that is Johnsons Baby Lotion. Dont waste your money

Tony

[rangrov]

Hi there over the years ive had loads of cars with leather seats and they all need some kind of cream to keep it soft and supple, i found ranapur to be great, i have been on to renapur and they deny any chemical ingrediant wot so ever, and certanly no silicon, there main ingrediants are jojoba oil from plants and natural beeswax, most modern leather car interiors now are spray painted then treated there is not much tanning happening, i can only say wot i have used and renapur does the job i have a pair of walking boots i have had for 6 years the sole is thread bear but the uppers are like new, supple with no premature wear. And as i said before i have no connection with renapur only that i use the product regular. :thumb:

[tony c]

Walking boots will be made from vegetable tanned leather which is the same type of leather used for saddles and horse tack. In fact it was also used in motor vehicles up to the 1950's. This type of leather needs to be fed with oils and waxes to keep it supple and waterproof otherwise it will dry out and crack.
Automotive leather is chromium tanned for durability and has sufficient fat added during the tanning process to create the required suppleness. It is then sprayed with several coats of pigment which seals the leather and creates a very hardwearing flexible coating to withstand the heavy use it will be exposed to. The last thing you want with an automotive leather is for it to become too soft and supple otherwise it will stretch and look like Nora Batty's stockings. You want it to remain firm and tight. By feeding the leather with one on the many products available it will result in the pigment coat becoming soft and will allow the leather to stretch. With a Cobra, the seats don't take the punishment of an every day car so what I have said above is not so important but be more careful with your tin top.

Tony

[mustangguy64]

Originally Posted by slider

Great suggestion Pete!
I was thinking of cannabalising it and using the fan on my rad, the condensor coils as brake pipe, the grill as a new grill mesh, the castors as .........
........oh and the cabinet surround as a sump guard.
What'ja'reckon????

Sounds like it's an ideal donor for a Cobra!:thumb: If it wasn't for the fact it will get back to Sue I'd ask if any of the recommended products are good for keeping the missus in shape Don't it now, best start sleeping in the nice warm garage with the Cobra

See you Sunday

[slider]

Pete,
Great to see you and Sue and the rest of the East-Mid gang on Sunday.
Thanks for organising this Helen - glad you were able to remind me what I'd ordered to eat!!!
Tony - Im sure we can get inventive and overcome the lack of female creature comforts (I mean essentials) so you two can camp at LeMans too!!!!

Sunday feels like ages ago..... been to Winchester, Reigate, and London since then, and now on way to the office in Sweden for rest of week.

Thanks for the Nivea and Baby Oil - used it on Sunday evening (though not on the Cobra interior!!) He He :thumb:

Hope you all have a great crimbo.
Bob,

Just as a thought - though will post this seperately - if anybody wants to get hold of used small-block chevy engines I may be able to source several from U.S.