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Title: cleaning steering wheel
Post by: bobreece on 15 November 2009, 20:45

i bought an r32 steering wheel for a very good price of ebay but it has the slightest cut like mark about 2mm can hardly see it but if you look you can see the colour underneath is there anything i can do to polish/rejuvenate the wheel and possiable get it looking 100% again???

Title: cleaning steering wheel
Post by: bobreece on 16 November 2009, 03:03

can anyone recomend a cleaner and a protector/nourishment treatments for leather steering wheel?

Title: Re: cleaning steering wheel
Post by: dragonfly on 16 November 2009, 09:29

Try Gliptone.

Title: Re: cleaning steering wheel
Post by: bobreece on 16 November 2009, 19:30

does a leather steering wheel need a sealant? and if it does should it be oil based or water based?

Title: Re: cleaning steering wheel
Post by: dragonfly on 17 November 2009, 09:03

Quote from: bobreece on 16 November 2009, 19:30

does a leather steering wheel need a sealant? and if it does should it be oil based or water based?

Doesn't need a sealant.  The Gliptone comes in 2 bottles - one for cleaning and the other for nourishing - don't know the ingredients though.

Title: Re: cleaning steering wheel
Post by: bobreece on 19 November 2009, 20:07

used the glipton stuff very good just be carefull with the amount used of the nourisher