A leather car seat cover provides value to your car with its luxurious look and great smell. The main problem with leather seat covers is that they can experience extreme range of temperatures. Neglecting to take care of them properly make them look worse. Worn out seats or dirty leather seats are sure to spoil the look of your car interiors. Torn leather seats are even expensive to have them recovered.

The leather seats have to be taken care properly. The best way to maintain the look and value of the leather seat cover of your car is to maintain it regularly. Only regular maintenance can keep the car seats in best condition. The following suggestions will give you some tips for maintaining car leather seat covers.

Try to vacuum the loose material from the leather car seat cover, and remove the dusts from the gaps and ridges in the leather seat. Clean all the old messy, dirty, or sticky substance remaining on the seat. Also remove the dirty or sticky substance trapped in the gaps and ridges in the leather seat. Clean the car leather seat covers using cleaning sponges and other car care products & tools that are specially made for cleaning leather seat covers. You can use a stiff nylon brush or a toothbrush for cleaning.

After removing all the dirty substances trapped in the seat, you have to wash the seat completely. Do not wash the leather car seat cover directly with too much water. It will take you longer time to rinse and dry it. Wipe the seat with washcloth moistened in warm water after sprinkling leather cleaner on the cloth. Again wipe the seat with the same washcloth after rinsing the washcloth. Dry the seat using a clean and dry towel. Finally, apply a leather conditioner to the seat. Rub the leather conditioner on the surface of the seat using a damped washcloth sprayed with the leather conditioner. See to that the leather conditioner is applied evenly throughout the seat. Do not apply thick coating of conditioner. After applying the leather conditioner, wait for about half an hour to allow the seat to absorb the applied conditioner. Then, use terry cloth towel to rub off the excess conditioner from the leather surface.

Leather Detergent will help you to clean dirty leather easily and ensure long life for the leather seat. You can try Leather Saver or Restoration Conditioner for your car leather seat cover if you need to protect or bring back the soft feel of your seat. Leather Rejuvenator will help you a lot if you are trying to revive extremely worn out leather seat. Waterproofing your leather seat cover is very much essential. It is very important that cleaning or rubbing must not be done hardly so that you do not scratch the leather. Clean the backrest portion first, and then clean the bottom cushion portion.

Do the maintenance process regularly at least every two months if you need to maintain the condition of the leather seat and the look and value of your car. Always check the condition of your car leather seat cover often. Do the needed repair works immediately without postponing because neglecting to do the repair work can lead to severe damage of the car leather seat cover.

Some automobile service centers offer excellent service to help maintain and repair car leather seat cover.