Melting Steering Wheel

Diagro · 10 Jun 2014 at 12:25

hey

As we all know some steering wheels can suffer from a sort of melting caused by heat.

This is evident in the Clio Mk2 Cars.

I bought a second hand wheel that had both thumb grips in great condition but the leather has suffered some melt in places, Which i don't like.

I'm looking into a way to remove this melt and bring back a nice smooth finish to the leather on the cheap (<£20).

Does anyone have any idea on how to remove the melting effect and finish the leather off nice? Its off the car so i can take my time on it if need be.

My Plan is to make it look and feel nice and then do the same to my original wheel and replace its thumb grips.

Thanks All

PiKe · 10 Jun 2014 at 12:30

Wrap it in electrical tape, alternating colours if you feel daring.

Diagro · 10 Jun 2014 at 12:37

PiKe said:
Wrap it in electrical tape, alternating colours if you feel daring.

That's not exactly what i had in mind mate

sovietspybob · 10 Jun 2014 at 12:39

I didn't think there was really much you can do when the leather is damaged like that. If leather is a bit dry or cracked sure you can use balms and stain it back to colour but i'm not sure what you could do when it does that weird melty thing apart from getting it re-trimmed.

Diagro · 10 Jun 2014 at 13:00

Well I can infact "shave" the melt off but it then leaves lines on the leather. I'm sure there must be a way to smooth it all out

PiKe · 10 Jun 2014 at 13:09

Diagro said:
That's not exactly what i had in mind mate

Maccy · 10 Jun 2014 at 13:39

You'd be best off sending it away to get retrimmed by someone who knows what they're doing tbh.

Diagro · 10 Jun 2014 at 14:03

Maccy said:
You'd be best off sending it away to get retrimmed by someone who knows what they're doing tbh.

Had various quotes for that, all over £100.

And tbh its a spare wheel so i don't mind trying myself and if it screws up i will just use Snappy from CS to do it.

Jez · 10 Jun 2014 at 14:39

How can leather melt? Its a hide, it will burn but not ever melt.

Skyboat · 10 Jun 2014 at 14:56

It'll be faux leather. Same melting issue with the Ford Puma

Diagro · 10 Jun 2014 at 16:24

I think i may end up Buying some of that leather trim from Ebay and stitching it on myself, I will report back when i start with an update and also the final look.