hey, my leather is starting to need some attention... but i have a huge problem with that "new car/fresh leather" smell. it makes me sick to my stomach and give me horrible migraines ... so that being said, i need some leather cleaning/restoring products that do not smell like leather/new car. anyone know good ones?

also... is the dash real leather? do i clean that with the same stuff as seats or would i need something else? if its something else then any help with non-smelly products for that too would be greatly appreciated!

 

The 'new car smell' comes from the adhesives used an vinyl / plastic outgassing not the finished leather

“Proper Finished Leather Cleaning and Care” - http://www.autopia.org/forum/guide-d...ning-care.html

 

its both the smell of leather and the new car smell. i cant even walk into a shoe store or walk through the belt area at walmart because of leather smell...

 

I'm looking for something that restores the leather smell.

 

Finished leather doesn't have any smell, although some dealers will introduce a short life chemical to reproduce what they consider to be a leather 'smell'

Finished leather upholstery is used by 95% as OEM in modern automobiles. It comprises a ~ 150 µ (6 Mil) multi stratum acrylic and polyurethane resin binder system covering over the leather hide; the top strata are the surface pigmentation (colour) and an abrasion resistant urethane is used to improve flexibility, fastness and adhesion to the leather, then two or three aqueous (water- based) pigmented base coat applications.