Well, when I had my '65 jag, I'd clean up the leather seats with saddle soap
first, then either use some animal-based oil such as the ones used for
saddles if the leather was too dry (you use a brush and let it dry for a few
hours, sometimes a day or so, it smells great, like in an old british car! -
supposely it may be too rich but I've never encountered any problem with it),
or simply use the very popular "Connolly Hide Food" that is the official
leather cream from Connolly (who makes leather for Rolls-Royce, Jaguar and a
whole bunch of extremely great car brands).
If you want to go the easy and cheap way for the cleaning part you can start
with a sponge, water and dishsoap and you'll be amazed with the cleaning
results (I've watched this done in a Jaguar garage on a second hand car, and
man, that was really efficient!). Just make sure you wipe off the extra soap!
Depending on the dryness of the seats, I'd use either of the aforementioned
solutions to feed the leather, then.
The only thing not to use is a silicon based product because it shines real
good at first, but then it cracks up the leather (it's a matter of time, of
course), such as on leather shoes.
Good luck! JP
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