2000 Mercedes Leather Questions

**Questions!** · 08-10-2016

Hi Roger,
I have really enjoyed reading your website and learning more about leather care.
I would like to order a kit from you, but I'm not 100% sure what to buy.
From reading on your page, it seems that I have top-coated, pigmented, perforated and solid leather.
The bolsters are solid, the centers are perforated.

I have tried to take good care of these seats, but they are 16 years old.
The car has never been garaged.
There are no signs of tearing, loss of dye, and only one fairly bad crease in the drivers seat, perforated portion, about 2 inches long.
The interior is charcoal so I can't see dirt, although it is a bit shiny.
A carwash spot applied an interior spray to the dash, it is way to shiny now and I would prefer it to be matte finished again.

I have used Leatherique a couple of times, followed the directions etc but didn't really notice a difference.

I have used Connolly Leather Hide food, it worked about as well as Leatherique.

I most recently used an entire bottle over the course of two weeks of Meguiar's Leather Balm, with little effect.

I have read on your website that sometimes you have to hydrate the leather from the back, which honestly, doesn't seem like an option for me.
The website also seems to imply that your product works well on perforated leather without hydrating from the backside.

I would love to restore these to as close to new as I can get without removing the leather and conditioning the back.
All of the seats feel a little rough to the touch.
They are also shiny and they were matte when they were new.
This was my parent’s car, they owned since new (for 16 years).
They both died unexpectedly a few months ago and I am trying to restore the car to as like new as affordable, as it will become my daily driver for a couple of years, then I'm planning on keeping it.

#1 - Back seat, in pretty good condition, it just feels rough or dry
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