Leather Afterlife Leather Conditioner - The Best Leather Conditioner & Restorer for Cars, Furniture, Boots, Saddles, Purses & More 8 oz

I bought this product and let it sit on my detail shelf for a few months because I am a new father. The plan was to get the interior totally revamped and cleaned prior to her riding in it but things get complicated with newborns. The car she rides in is a midlife luxury vehicle with excellent maintenance and low miles. The years have taken their toll on the leather though, so this product enters with a cape and an aura of redemption to transform my plasticy leather back into the supple texture it was born with. After a few applications, I realized that my leather is just drinking it up and getting better the more I add. I am afraid the years of cheap interior conditioner/cleaner combos have done nothing to protect it so it is impressive that Leather Afterlife can put some life back into my interior. My wife calls the back and butt cushions "buttery" now. Definitely clean the seats prior and let them dry out completely afterwards like the instructions indicate so it is ready to absorb. Leather Afterlife soaks in very well if on the warmer side, so leave it in your garage during the day. After applying, just let it sit on leather surfaces overnight without any fans or airflow. I am ordering more. My wife wants her boots revived and she wants the rest of the leather surfaces to be as pleasing to the touch as the seats. I couldn't be happier with the results.

My volvo c30 is the first car I've owned with leather seats so I'm not the most knowledgeable when it comes to leather care, but I'm learning. I am a car enthusiast so I did my research before deciding what to do about my aging leather seats. The car is a 2009, and I purchased it in 2013 with little knowledge as to what had been done to the seats prior to my purchase. There's some minor cracking in the leather, and over the past year it had become more and more dry as I wasn't conditioning the leather only cleaning it with Liquid Glass Interior cleaner. Based on the reviews of this product and the price I gave this a shot. I applied it with the car parked in the sun with the windows up to allow it to really soak into the warm leather. I did two applications on the front seats and only one on the back as they're still in pristine condition. The Leather Afterlife was allowed to absorb for two hours each time. Now this isn't a miracle in a bottle, once you're leather is cracked no amount of conditioning will "un-crack it". But the leather is soft and supple again, even better than when I bought the car! My seats are almost a white color (Ivory possibly?) and they didn't discolor at all. The finish is a nice matte look and there's no greasy residue after buffing off any excess. Best part is, I'd guess I used something like 3 tablespoons of the liquid for the entire car. Can't wait to apply it again in another couple of months to keep the leather in great shape for years to come.

This is an edited review; originally I gave the product 3 stars because I didn't like the consistency. It will still take some getting used to because I've been using creamy silicone-based products, but this product works well. I tried it on several purses and shoes, and it is noticeably more moisturizing than the silicone product. The leather now has a soft glow and looks refreshed. I also like that this product doesn't make a big dark blot when it first touches the leather. Just be cautious with it because a little goes a long way. Good product and thanks to the manufacturer for their response to my original review.

No unpleasant odor, goes on easily, doesn't permanently darken leather. I wish I knew what was in it, but it doesn't seem to have anything that I would regret putting on leather. My problem is that we've used many leather products over the years for cleaning, renewing, and protecting against water. Some of them have turned out not to be compatible. For example, if you've ever put a product containing silicone on your leather, oil-containing products used later will produce unattractive spotty results. And very few products tell you what they contain, so it's just guesswork. That's why the title of my review is "So far, so good". If it turns out at some later time that Leather Afterlife is incompatible with some product that I want to use, or if it turns out that it doesn't protect well or for very long, I'll update this review. UPDATE 2017-08-15: On my second bottle. Still works well. I've decided that the oil is possibly something like neatsfoot oil used to condition baseball mitts and other leathers. Or maybe it's an entirely vegetable product, I don't know, but it works well, hasn't gotten gummy or waxy, and keeps the leather soft to prevent cracking. The darkening fades after a week or so, and I never minded it, anyway. Only complaint: it's a bit expensive compared to neatsfoot oil, which I might try when this bottle runs out.