The seats are significantly cleaner. But , no , they weren't insanely dirty -- But in the right light you can see where there are a little edge of the 'old' dirt was.. to tell just how much was cleaned.
In other words they were alot dirtier than it looked, because the color hides it so well.
I know the lighting in the pictures makes it hard to tell -- But the shots were taken in the sunlight, and its raining still right now, so I can't get the same lighting.
Not to mention it isn't really the way it looks to a camera lense that shows what has been done. The camera doesn't pick it up like in person. Somewhat the same problem I had trying to get watcher etchings to show earlier -- I had to take 30 pictures on all different manual settings adjusting lighting with a halogen light to get even a few spots to show up. Cameras just don't pick details out like the human eye can,..
Bottom line, the product works, no doubt. I am very, very pleased. Not only does it condition it extremely well, and soften it up (taking years off the leather wear) -- but it causes massive dirt to come out. Which gives it a 'new' leather smell.
I would highly recommend this to anyone,.. the price is justified, the work is justified.
Again though, I just can't get across how much better it looks, and FEELS. I wish I could convey that through a before and after that made people go wow - But this isn't paint dye hehe.. At best you'll see a cleaner seat, and the color I have is rather dark, inside a tinted car, in a dark interior.
Now, as for the seams.. minor cracks -- (I don't have many) -- So hard to show them off. I have a spot by the driver door, where everyone has the most wear from getting in and out on the side.. But nothing that goes through the leather, just some more 'wrinkles' than the adjacent panel.
There isn't anything that will miraculously reverse the wear and tear damage on leather -- If its worn down, there isn't much you can do.
The biggest effects people see from before and after on those types of seams, are when people have very dirty seats, especially on black or very light leather -- Then they clean them immensely, and the cracks appear much smaller because the dirt isn't embelleshing them. (Cleaning out the crevaces per se).
But you say in the coming days the leather will alter itself a bit more? Do you mean more conditioning will take place because its still inside of course? Or?
Again, on the 'worn' area on the bolster, I don't have that really to show off -- (I'm not upset I don't hehe) -- But I don't have a before of a highly worn area.. So finding the most worn spot on the after, won't give any perspective without a 'before' shot of the same area.
I think the leatherique and its chemicals act as a filler in some ways as well -- Maybe not in the traditional sense where it wears off quickly,.. but somehow it causes the dye to move around, spread -- Because I did have some scratches/scuffs in spots -- Those are all nice and smooth tone now, no more scuffs. I have a good example of that , that I think I can show well from a before shot I took -- (The middle armrest pulldown in the backseat -- if you look at the before shot.. I will take an after here shortly if the sun comes out and show you what I mean).
Immediately upon getting in the vehicle, the seats conform around the body much better than they did before . (It was quite comfortable before, mind you) -- but now it molds more to the body.. That was immediately noticeable.
Something else,.. I can tell each time I get in and out, it feels a little smoother. Like me rubbing against the leather and 'wearing it in a bit' with my body/clothes. Sort of like I'm wearing in 'new' leather. Sounds silly and makes no sense to me, but it is what it is.
