Best product for treating old vinyl

I got an estimate to recover my seats. 700 dollars. Each. I'll keep on with the baby oil.
My best friend's co-worker does upholstery work kind of as a hobby and a side money maker. So I got the Buddy Buddy deal... 250 for the front buckets including material new Springs and foam totally custom.. but turned out so nice I had him do the back seats too... I had to save for a little bit but that was okay...
Alligator skin...
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