Thank you and great question! Yes they can! - If you establish that both products are needed then the proper process is: Mild Cleaner, Leather Shield, Wait 15 minutes, Leather Protector.
Colourlock makes some great leather protection products. I would trust Colourlock way more than I would trust those junky products you get at the big box stores. Not that some of them are terrible, but realistically, most sold in the places around your town are mostly ineffective products. They just add goop and greasy crap all over your leather and vinyl surfaces. I crack up when I look at a person's car and you can immediately tell that they used some sort of sub par product on their seats or other surfaces and it looks greasy, splotchy, and just isn't a good look at all. Your leather should look completely MATTE in appearance like it did in the showroom. You never see goopy and greasy seats unless those dealerships used crappy products or simply didn't know what the heck they were doing in the first place or just hired an inexperienced detailer. Lithium Auto Elixirs also make a great product called LEATHER LOVE. It's a balm type product similar to the Elephant Fat product they show here in the tin as the third stage of protection, usually on very dry and cracked leather. The Lithium formula looks a little bit different and not as greasy at the Elephant Fat product shown above in the video. It is certainly a greasy product, but has a more opaque look to the product and looks like a tin of car wax. The Lithium Leather Love IS MAGIC IN A CAN! MAGIC! It softens leathers, vinyls, vegan leathers and pleather's inside your cabin. It has the ability to actually penetrate down into the pores of the leather and also to rehydrate dry and cracked leathers. Granted, it's not a miracle product, but it's the best one I have ever seen for restoring the hydration to your leather and softening it up and releasing a lot of the noticeable cracking and wear "lines" you see in many leather seats, even including new leather seats. When you start seeing the lines and creases in your leather or man made leathers and vinyls, that is the first sign of the surface drying out. As the leather dries out, it will start to crease up as the leather shrinks due to lack of hydrating oils and components inside the leather, especially on real leather, nappa leathers, etc., but also just as much on your vegan and man made leather products including vinyl. Those man made leatherette products and vinyl will also shrink over time, but most likely those products are much more prone to cracking over time. It's almost inevitable with vinyl as the plastic just gets hard and brittle as it ages. My parents, and even myself have owned many vehicles over the years with full vinyl interiors and they for sure crack over time unless they were meticulously maintained for their entire life and they used some sort of conditioning agent. That shrinkage needs to be attacked using Leather Love or Elephant Fat products , or whatever deep hydration and replenishment product you choose. I think the Leather Love is one of the better products out there. Chamberlains No. 4 Leather Milk (for automotive interiors) is another good product, although touted as a cleaner, it's more of a moisturizer and hydrator. Swissvax Leather Milk is one very similar to the Chamberlains Leather Milk, both of which are rubbed into the leathers, vinyls, and vegan/man made leatherette surfaces, after they are first cleaned, leaving a nice refreshed, matte finish once the excess is buffed away and the leather leaves a rich, satin, OEM look. If you still see too much sheen for your liking, don't hesitate to use a leather cleaner like McKee's 37 70/30 Leather Cleaner. It has 70% surfactants safe for all your leathers and vinyls inside the cabin, and it has 30% of conditioning agents inside the formula so it's the perfect cleaning agent for knocking back the sheen left behind by the Leather Love after you have already buffed it to the final finish. Some people would say that sounds counterproductive as you are talking off the Leather Love's ingredients left behind. Buy that time, whatever ingredients from the Leather Love that were able to be absorbed into the leather itself, has already had time to penetrate, so you are only taking off the very minute sheen and restoring the leather back to it's full MATTE OEM finish better than if just being left after applying the Leather Love. Either way is perfectly fine, although it could be argued that you are washing away the wax protective layer that the Leather Love leaves behind so if you are ok with the finish just being buffed back and the possibility it doesn't have any added protection (which would be minimal at best with abrasion over time). I always follow with one of the quick spray leather coating from either Gyeon, Gtechniq, or whomever else offers a leather spray coating product, and wipe down all the leather, vegan leather, or vinyl's found inside the vehicle. It leaves a more resistant coating that should last about three months under normal use environments, longer if the vehicle is lightly used and garage kept, like a weekend toy. Leather Love should leave a nice, rich, matte or satin (low gloss) finish. Some people like a little bit of sheen similar to what I would call SATIN, while others (myself included) prefer a completely matte looking finish on all my interior surfaces except trims that are designed to be high gloss like a piano black finish. Other than that, I want a completely MATTE and OEM looking finish. But again, that's just my own personal preference. I still use a deep conditioning and hydrating agent (Lithium Leather Love) at least once per year on my vehicles to give them a deep conditioning allowing whatever magic agents (their website says the ingredients are natural lipids and lanolin to rehydrate., vitamin E and other essential oils moisturize, and then a bit of Bee’s Wax to help protect and repel stains. Most of their ingredients (if not all) sound like they are derivatives of natural ingredients. A lot of people bash leather "conditioners" and yet the other half of the detailing enthusiast community swears by using them and there have been debates on that topic for years. Even the professionals in the leather restoration's cadre of the experts agree that some forms of conditioning the leather are not only recommended but benefit the leather in the long run. s I have been detailing for 45+ years and in my opinion, on the right surfaces, and with the correct products, leather and vinyl do benefit from conditioning products if they are used correctly and the directions followed. I have even used products like Bicks Saddle Soap Plus as a cleaner step prior to application of either Leather Love or a similar product like the one shown here "Elephant Fat" getting stellar results. One thing is that is made the leather soft supple and noticeably refreshed. The product also has a slight darkening effect but only enough to bring out the natural beauty of the original OEM like finish. If you don't buff out the product with a dry clean microfiber it tends to leave a shine, which I don't personally like which is why I always do a good buffing at the end to bring out the best possible finish.
Thank you Sky's the Limit for the Great Colourlock videos!
Thank you for taking the time to shoot these videos with us Brian!
Great video,can you use protect then shield for extra protection?.
Thank you and great question! Yes they can! - If you establish that both products are needed then the proper process is: Mild Cleaner, Leather Shield, Wait 15 minutes, Leather Protector.
@SkyCarCare awesome thanks for replying,Its my first car that has leather seats lol .
Can you combine Elephant wax, after it sits overnight, with protector and shield? Thanks
Yes you can, in fact we have some tips on this on our description page on our website!
@@SkyCarCarethanks!
which one leaves a matt finish? i have matt seats dont want them to shine!
No Colourlock products leave a shiny finish.
Best,
Corey
Colourlock makes some great leather protection products. I would trust Colourlock way more than I would trust those junky products you get at the big box stores. Not that some of them are terrible, but realistically, most sold in the places around your town are mostly ineffective products. They just add goop and greasy crap all over your leather and vinyl surfaces. I crack up when I look at a person's car and you can immediately tell that they used some sort of sub par product on their seats or other surfaces and it looks greasy, splotchy, and just isn't a good look at all. Your leather should look completely MATTE in appearance like it did in the showroom. You never see goopy and greasy seats unless those dealerships used crappy products or simply didn't know what the heck they were doing in the first place or just hired an inexperienced detailer. Lithium Auto Elixirs also make a great product called LEATHER LOVE. It's a balm type product similar to the Elephant Fat product they show here in the tin as the third stage of protection, usually on very dry and cracked leather. The Lithium formula looks a little bit different and not as greasy at the Elephant Fat product shown above in the video. It is certainly a greasy product, but has a more opaque look to the product and looks like a tin of car wax. The Lithium Leather Love IS MAGIC IN A CAN! MAGIC! It softens leathers, vinyls, vegan leathers and pleather's inside your cabin. It has the ability to actually penetrate down into the pores of the leather and also to rehydrate dry and cracked leathers. Granted, it's not a miracle product, but it's the best one I have ever seen for restoring the hydration to your leather and softening it up and releasing a lot of the noticeable cracking and wear "lines" you see in many leather seats, even including new leather seats. When you start seeing the lines and creases in your leather or man made leathers and vinyls, that is the first sign of the surface drying out. As the leather dries out, it will start to crease up as the leather shrinks due to lack of hydrating oils and components inside the leather, especially on real leather, nappa leathers, etc., but also just as much on your vegan and man made leather products including vinyl. Those man made leatherette products and vinyl will also shrink over time, but most likely those products are much more prone to cracking over time. It's almost inevitable with vinyl as the plastic just gets hard and brittle as it ages. My parents, and even myself have owned many vehicles over the years with full vinyl interiors and they for sure crack over time unless they were meticulously maintained for their entire life and they used some sort of conditioning agent. That shrinkage needs to be attacked using Leather Love or Elephant Fat products , or whatever deep hydration and replenishment product you choose. I think the Leather Love is one of the better products out there. Chamberlains No. 4 Leather Milk (for automotive interiors) is another good product, although touted as a cleaner, it's more of a moisturizer and hydrator. Swissvax Leather Milk is one very similar to the Chamberlains Leather Milk, both of which are rubbed into the leathers, vinyls, and vegan/man made leatherette surfaces, after they are first cleaned, leaving a nice refreshed, matte finish once the excess is buffed away and the leather leaves a rich, satin, OEM look. If you still see too much sheen for your liking, don't hesitate to use a leather cleaner like McKee's 37 70/30 Leather Cleaner. It has 70% surfactants safe for all your leathers and vinyls inside the cabin, and it has 30% of conditioning agents inside the formula so it's the perfect cleaning agent for knocking back the sheen left behind by the Leather Love after you have already buffed it to the final finish. Some people would say that sounds counterproductive as you are talking off the Leather Love's ingredients left behind. Buy that time, whatever ingredients from the Leather Love that were able to be absorbed into the leather itself, has already had time to penetrate, so you are only taking off the very minute sheen and restoring the leather back to it's full MATTE OEM finish better than if just being left after applying the Leather Love. Either way is perfectly fine, although it could be argued that you are washing away the wax protective layer that the Leather Love leaves behind so if you are ok with the finish just being buffed back and the possibility it doesn't have any added protection (which would be minimal at best with abrasion over time). I always follow with one of the quick spray leather coating from either Gyeon, Gtechniq, or whomever else offers a leather spray coating product, and wipe down all the leather, vegan leather, or vinyl's found inside the vehicle. It leaves a more resistant coating that should last about three months under normal use environments, longer if the vehicle is lightly used and garage kept, like a weekend toy. Leather Love should leave a nice, rich, matte or satin (low gloss) finish. Some people like a little bit of sheen similar to what I would call SATIN, while others (myself included) prefer a completely matte looking finish on all my interior surfaces except trims that are designed to be high gloss like a piano black finish. Other than that, I want a completely MATTE and OEM looking finish. But again, that's just my own personal preference. I still use a deep conditioning and hydrating agent (Lithium Leather Love) at least once per year on my vehicles to give them a deep conditioning allowing whatever magic agents (their website says the ingredients are natural lipids and lanolin to rehydrate., vitamin E and other essential oils moisturize, and then a bit of Bee’s Wax to help protect and repel stains. Most of their ingredients (if not all) sound like they are derivatives of natural ingredients. A lot of people bash leather "conditioners" and yet the other half of the detailing enthusiast community swears by using them and there have been debates on that topic for years. Even the professionals in the leather restoration's cadre of the experts agree that some forms of conditioning the leather are not only recommended but benefit the leather in the long run. s I have been detailing for 45+ years and in my opinion, on the right surfaces, and with the correct products, leather and vinyl do benefit from conditioning products if they are used correctly and the directions followed. I have even used products like Bicks Saddle Soap Plus as a cleaner step prior to application of either Leather Love or a similar product like the one shown here "Elephant Fat" getting stellar results. One thing is that is made the leather soft supple and noticeably refreshed. The product also has a slight darkening effect but only enough to bring out the natural beauty of the original OEM like finish. If you don't buff out the product with a dry clean microfiber it tends to leave a shine, which I don't personally like which is why I always do a good buffing at the end to bring out the best possible finish.