Steering wheel cleaning

**WAXOFF** · 01-21-2018, 02:04 PM

Originally Posted by Coach Steve

Steering wheels are the only part of the job that make me want to vomit sometimes. The amount of filth, germs, who-knows-what that comes off of them is vile! I NEVER clean a steering wheel without gloves on because that's the one place that makes me a firm believer in the adage, "If it's on you, it's in you!"

I wear gloves on the whole job. Especially the interior. You never know what you are encountering.

**Belair** · 01-21-2018, 10:10 PM

I've been using the Leather Masters kit, cleaner then protectant, with good results. Hard to keep the wheel clean though, even with protectant. Been thinking of getting leather driving gloves but a 70ish year old guy in an Avalon would probably look like the Red Baron flying a bi-plane, not like my icon picture of a lambo with a French fighter jet trying to keep up.

**mrq0604** · 01-27-2018, 12:42 PM

I'm not a pro detailer, but leather dye on OP's steering is stripped off. It happened to one of my cars when I cleaned the steering wheel with a steam cleaner (apparently sharp edges on the cleaner scratched the steering wheel despite a couple of layers of towels) I tried many things - steam clean (again!), APC, Lysol, different leather cleaners, etc., but they didn't do anything to improve the condition of the wheel. I think it got better over the couple of years as the colors on the stripped portions faded.