Is leather conditioner on seats beneficial (with exception of KR's)?

[RedZilla]

Don’t have my truck just yet, but what’s different about the King Ranch seats?

I'm not an expert on leather by any means, but as I mentioned in my comment above, the manual specifically addresses the different care required for the KR leather. It specifically states that the other leathers have a protective coating or sealed finish that doesn't require conditioners and are much less prone to staining and dirt. Conversely the KR leather has no sealed finish and will absorb stains much more easily. It's not the KR leather of a few years ago but it's not the same as the leather in the other trims. Again, the manual is very specific on care, treatment and cleaning for KR Leather.

Here's a link to the Owner's Manual to enjoy while waiting on your truck to arrive.

https://www.fordservicecontent.com/Ford_Content/Catalog/owner_information/2022-Ford-F-250-350-450-550-600-Super-Duty-Owners-Manual-version-1_om_EN-US_04_2021.pdf

 

[Shoes]

I've done a hundred steering wheel restorations, they all involved cleaning with laquer thinner, reapplying dye, and topcoat. Once genuine leather is stained, especially with oil as it penetrates quite well id be extremely surprised to see a product that can lift the oil without harming the topcoat or dyes. That said I've not personally tried the products that are mentioned in this thread. Here is one I fixed. They likely tried to clean up in detail and ended up pulling the dye off.

 

[Blackhawk878]

My wife likes to use lotion, seemingly slather it on right before driving, so I have been keeping up with her wheel shinning with a Sonax product that took the shine away and returned the wheel to a satin look. Not sure how the leather across the manufacturers differs or if that matters.

 

[Truck]

I didn’t do anything to my last leather seats in a JK except keep them clean, and they looked great even 5 years later. They were probably top coated. I’m not a fan of greasing up the interior with cleaning products. They always end up evaporating in heat and then coating the inside of the windshield

 

[Shoes]

Jk Jeep? I've never seen a jeep that had leather seats.(literally done several hundred repairs on jeep seats) They're all vinyl unless maybe you had katzkin or some special model. In the case of vinyl yea you definitely wouldn't want to use leather conditioner as it wouldn't be absorbed and would stay greasy as you say. Its important to know what material you are treating and cleaning. Vinyl is fairly bulletproof to cleaners. Leather is NOT.

 

[Truck]

Dark Saddle Leather interior on a '16 JK sahara, it was pretty hardy and seemed high quality.