Revive your melting steering wheels!

[ScubaSteve]

SJBPuma's results inspired me to try this, my steering wheels was pretty ruined i dont think there will be many worse out there and its improved mine considerably, ok its not come up "as new" but its many times better

Make sure you have a tub of leather cleaner restorer at hand because after youve scraped it off it will look crap until you apply some.

Mine to start with

Started scraping away with a butter knife lol

You may find the some parts underneath are just worn and come up a bit dull and "furry" but still when cleaned up looks loads better

What come off

Kebab anyone?

Results

 

[Midnight Blue]

That's what I did, except I used my nails instead of a knife!! TBH it wasn't anywhere near as bad as the first Puma I had ..... I used soapy water between the scrape and the leather conditioner on that one !

 

[Neil]

Wow, that's pretty gunked up :?

 

[ScubaSteve]

indeed, was pretty much like it when i got it, assumed it was leather melting and did nothing about it!

 

[yippeekiay]

Thanks for the quick how to...

Mine was pretty rank like yours but it's only on the right hand side. While I've been doing a ton of driving in the last 2 months I've managed to pick a load off through boredom...lol.

I tried cleaning it a while back but never applied anything over it afterwards so it only lasted a few weeks. I used soapy water so I more or less cleaned it off rather than scraped it. Even so, it still takes the top layer of the leather off which I'm guessing is it's original protection.

Sure I have some leather waxing gear kicking about somewhere that I used for my m'bike leathers.

 

[martinblueprint]

I thought that stuff was the actual leather bulging...not dirt. So it does actually scrape off without revealing bare...whatever's under it?

 

[yippeekiay]

For me, it takes the top layer of leather off, not sure if it was a protection layer or part of the leather tbh as the little breathing holes are still visible.

I suppose if you have to keep scraping regularly you'll eventually go right through as it can't grow back like our own skin...lol