Alcantara cleaner/protectant question

[koatic]

Anyone use a good product for cleaning/protecting the Alcantara suede part of the seats?
I have looked into Pinnacle Black Label which has a Suede-Soft Alcantara Cleaner and separate protectant product. Sonax seems good but only has a cleaner and no protectant. Not sure about Chemical Guys total interior product that is supposed to clean and protect in one.

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[optronix]

Lots of stuff out there, most of it will do roughly the same thing. Personally I've used the Sonax cleaner, and GTechniq Smart Fabric for protectant. No complaints with the results, but I haven't thoroughly tested them either.

What I will add is that it's most important with Alcantara to be gentle when cleaning. What I mean by this is mostly just be consistent so dirt and oils won't noticeably saturate the material, so you can avoid cleaning aggressively to get rid of it. Clean it every time you clean the interior, which should be at least monthly.

This is the only time I've ever had a problem with alcantara- I got lazy and didn't clean the steering wheel and shifter on a 981 Boxster GTS I had for several months, and then tried to clean it myself and got way too aggressive and pretty much ruined them both. It was a $450 mistake to replace the OEM shift knob, and would have been $1200 to replace the steering wheel... but it's also important to note that car was a convertible and I drove it frequently with sunscreen on my hands. So very clearly it was an abuse/neglect situation inflicted by an idiot, so should be used as a lesson to others and considered the exception for alcantara ownership, not the rule.

Seats would only be a problem like this if you wear short shorts/skirts (no gender assumptions here...) and sunscreen or moisturizers on your legs... OR you like to make coffee runs for multiple people and put the drink carrier on the seat. See previous reference to idiocy.

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[lauren01]

Colourlock cleaning & protection kit. Comes with a nice brush too.

 

[kjechel]

Anyone use a good product for cleaning/protecting the Alcantara suede part of the seats?
I have looked into Pinnacle Black Label which has a Suede-Soft Alcantara Cleaner and separate protectant product. Sonax seems good but only has a cleaner and no protectant. Not sure about Chemical Guys total interior product that is supposed to clean and protect in one.

Colourlock cleaning & protection kit. Comes with a nice brush too.

I've been researching the same. I'm going to try the Colourlock Kit $49.99 on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09P1P7GKY. Here is the GTechniq Smart Fabric Protectant https://gtechniq.com/shop/auto/interior/i1v3-smart-fabric. I didn't find it at Amazon.

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