It seems to be commonly thought that using a leather conditioner on coated leather seats is not really of any benefit. What I often hear is that if the coated leather doesn`t absorb liquids, how is it going to absorb the conditioner. Kinda makes sense, but.....
Making sense doesn`t really appeal to me so I have always used a leather conditioner on my coated leather seats.
I have no idea whether the conditioner penetrates the leather, but the seats in our 2000 Grand Prix with about 60,000 miles on it still look great. I see a lot of cars that are much newer and have far fewer miles that have leather that doesn`t compare.
This is GM coated leather so it isn`t the greatest leather in the world and I can`t help but think taking care of it, both cleaning and conditioning, has to have been a good thing.
Do conditioners penetrate coated leather in some way?
All these words to say:
Use a conditioner= Stays nice.
Don`t use a conditioner= Goes to crap.
Why?
Charles
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