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Steering wheel cleaning
Hi all
Can anyone help me by passing on some product recommendations and advice on how to try and clean this steering wheel, or is it perhaps too far gone?
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Re: Steering wheel cleaning
•From what it looks like (at least from
my vantage point) that the steering
wheel is made from:
-Meguiar’s M40 would be my NO.1 classic
choice for cleaning/protection/remediation.
[Lest I forget: “Test Spot”
(as a “best practice”) ~M.P.]
Bob
"Be wary of the man who urges an action in which he himself incurs no risk."
~Joaquin de Setanti
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Mine looked kind of like that and maybe a little worse. I tried a few products that really did not help. I was at the point of pulling the wheel and sending it out to be recovered or buying one of those leather wraps but was not fond of the ridge it would leave at the posts. Collinite has a leather cleaner/wax so I tried it. I have been using it for a few years now and reapply as needed 3-6 Months to clean my oily grease so the problem does not reappear. I use a microfiber or yellow sponge applicator to apply. The wheel is as close to new as it is going to get without pulling it and recovering but the leather is soft and back to black again.
Dave
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I've cleaned a couple of greasy / sticky steering wheels using a light APC dilution (I use OPC at 3:1) on a microfiber cloth. Wipe down a second microfiber damp with water to neutralize the APC. Then follow up with some kind of interior protectant (I use 303 AP). Maybe that last step is optional, you don't want a slippery steering wheel. I make sure to buff off the excess 303, and it hasn't been a problem for me.
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Re: Steering wheel cleaning
Originally Posted by
derass
I've cleaned a couple of greasy / sticky steering wheels using a light APC dilution (I use OPC at 3:1) on a microfiber cloth. Wipe down a second microfiber damp with water to neutralize the APC. Then follow up with some kind of interior protectant (I use 303 AP). Maybe that last step is optional, you don't want a slippery steering wheel. I make sure to buff off the excess 303, and it hasn't been a problem for me.
I believe it's not so much the cleaning but the clear coating deteriorating. That is where the Collinite comes into the game as it helps to condition both parts. I know Collinite states to not use on unsealed leather but my coating was completely gone in about a 6 inch section and starting to deteriate. The 885 actually nourished that part and stopped the problem. That was quite a few years ago and the wheel is still doing well.
Dave
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Re: Steering wheel cleaning
I use my Tornador with Megs 101 APC and then a small brush to loosen ground in filth.
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Re: Steering wheel cleaning
Thanks guys.
I’ve tried using APC which is cleaning the steering wheel but not removing the marks and stains.
I thought maybe there is a product that can help at least cover this up?
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Steering wheel cleaning
Originally Posted by
cheekyage
Thanks guys.
I’ve tried using APC which is cleaning the steering wheel but not removing the marks and stains.
I thought maybe there is a product that can help at least cover this up?
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There is... This is what you’re looking for.
https://www.autogeek.net/sm-dove-gray-refinisher.html
I know a fellow detailer who 2 toned the interior door panels in his Chrysler with this kind of stuff [different brand but it’s basically the same] and it turned out looking factory fresh.
They’ve got several colors to choose from in case that’s not the correct shade.
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Re: Steering wheel cleaning
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!"
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Well for dirty steering wheels I always reach for the single product I've been buying here in the almost 7 years of being here and its Optimum Power Clean or "Alien Kleen" because it truely cleans out of this world!
Now as far as conditioning a leather steering wheel I use 303 3 in 1 leather or Griot's leather conditioner, period!
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