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09-15-2012, 07:46 PM | #1 |
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Shiny looking steering wheel problems...
Ok I had my Baby for a about 3 months now. I live in STL and for the past 5 months the weather have been 100 degree . Well since then my steering wheel gets shinny and slippery more and more each day. Question is anyone have the remedy... other than steering wheel covers thats will make my steering wheel ugly...??
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do you use a lot of hand lotion? i live in chicago and our weather is very similar and i dont have that problem at all. I actually think the steering wheel has pretty good grip.
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I'm kinda OCD so I always wash my hands before i drive. However you could always try some of this to see if it helps (try it in a small non-visable spot first and make sure you like the result before you commit you whole wheel to it)
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lexol makes my wheel nice n grippy
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As you perspire, your hand sweat (oils) get on your steering wheel. If your hands are dirty, that dirt is getting transferred to your steering wheel and causing it to be shiny. No product will prevent this from happening, but many products actually promote/induce quick and faster resoiling so I wouldn't use anything. What I would do is do a really good cleaning 1st and then reguarly just wipe down the steering wheel (and leather seats/trim) with a damp (water) cotton towel.
Same goes for all your other leather. Keep it clean and avoid using products that claim they protect your leather when all it might be doing is making it worse off. Here's a seat that was cleaned and protected. Tell me what side looks better and more natural:
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^^ Is this a trick question? The left side looks newer, but the right side looks more natural. As to which is better I guess it's personal preference.
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You might need to clarify (RT & LT) seeing that they were taken from both angles. Shiny or natural section? Or is natural really shiny in your eyes?
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I meant right or left side to the driver sitting in the seat.
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Well shiny often implies newer looking and that's probably what the shiny coating product promoters (say that 10 times fast) are leveraging. But with leather, shiny often entails cheap as it is the cheaper leathers that have the shiny coating on them to hide imperfections and make them easier to maintain -- compare a $1200 leather couch to a $2500 one.
As with the couches, which one you choose might depend on how often you spill your bee.. I mean soda or how often you let your dog ride with you
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I'll take the natural look, thanks!
I didn't know not to use those leather cleaners; I thought they were actually doing good. I prefer the natural look, definitely. Are there any products out there that can take out soil and not leave a shiny finish?
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It's not so much the leather cleaners I have issue with, seeing that most tend to be pretty mild. The ones that are not of my liking are the ones that are a all in 1 type = "Clean & Protect". The 3 leather safe products I prefer are (in order of preference): HD TOTAL Optimum Power Clean Leather Masters Strong Cleaner
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Damn, never heard of any of those, lol. Oh well, I don't have enough leather in my car to worry about it, yet.
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