Steering wheel cleaning

[tomw00]

Hi All,

My race-tex steering wheel has become fairly grim. It's now sticky and unpleasant to hold.
Any suggestions for cleaning it or a recommendation for a company who could?
I am based in Sussex so anywhere in the South East.

Tom

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[TAYC4S]

I don't have it but that does not sound nice at all. What I have heard is to use any softish nylon brush (maybe a toothbrush) to spruce up but, first a slightly damp microfiber towel to lightly brush over the race Tex. That should help lift any dirt/oil (from hands/use etc).

I have no idea if it will work as I have leather but that's what I had heard works...? Good luck

 

[Chas1]

Hi All,

My race-tex steering wheel has become fairly grim. It's now sticky and unpleasant to hold.
Any suggestions for cleaning it or a recommendation for a company who could?
I am based in Sussex so anywhere in the South East.

Tom

I like the feel of the race tex but didn’t want it precisely because of concern over the cleaning and wear and tear.

 

[ron james]

I use a product called SONAX on mine which is sold on amazon - it comes in kit form with soft brush specifically designed for the job -it gets excellent results

 

[ron james]

SONAX XTREME

 

[Clod Reed]

The very reason I went for leather …been there done that on other cars …race tex never again??

 

[XLR82XS]

HI-TECH extra foamy. Incredible stuff been using it over 25 years.

 

[Throb]

I picked up my new GTS ST one week ago, so I'm also interested in the answers to this.

I did a search on YouTube and there are loads of videos on how to clean alcantara, especially steering wheels.

Here are just two...

 

[mutanthands]

I just use the Porsche Textile care set.
I keep the brush in the centre armrest and give the wheel (or any racetex area with regular contact) a gentle brush probably once a week, or after a long sweaty drive!
Takes a minute or two at most.

We’ve had the car almost 8 months and the GTS interior still looks and feels brand new, even with a toddler!
The trick is to keep on top of it before it becomes an issue.

 

[ardevd]

It’s pretty easy to get the race tex steering wheel back to mint condition. Here’s my process.

1 - Clean the steering wheel with a microfiber cloth dipped in luke warm water with some mild laundry detergent. Scrub it gently.
2 - Use a new cloth with luke warm clean water and give the wheel another pass.
3 - Dry the wheel with a third piece of cloth.
4 - Use a soft shoe brush and brush work your way all over the wheel.

tada: mint condition raceTex that looks nice and feels even better than when you got the car.

 

[tomw00]

Thanks for all the advice everyone. I ended up using Sonax Xtreme, a shoe brush, a repurposed bottle of my wife's moisturiser spray filled with water and several microfibre cloths.

I have posted a before and after shot below. I am pretty pleased the results.

 

[Throb]

Thanks for all the advice everyone. I ended up using Sonax Xtreme, a shoe brush, a repurposed bottle of my wife's moisturiser spray filled with water and several microfibre cloths.

I have posted a before and after shot below. I am pretty pleased the results.

Thanks a lot for the before and after shots. Does the Sonax spray have an odour to it?

What do you use the water for? Could you maybe give us a brief step-by-step explanation of what you did?

Thanks!

 

[tomw00]

Thanks a lot for the before and after shots. Does the Sonax spray have an odour to it?

What do you use the water for? Could you maybe give us a brief step-by-step explanation of what you did?

Thanks!

Sonax Xtreme has a faint citrus odour ( i think ) - it's bit hard to apply direct so I spraying it on a cloth.
The steps I took:-

• spray Sonax on a cloth an apply
• this gets through the shiny,compacted layer
• brush in
• apply water as a mist
• let it soak in
• remove dirty water with a cloth

The cloth was pretty filthy at the end of this. The end result seems pretty good to me. Maybe the water isn't necessary but I figured there would be water soluble components as well as sonax soluble.

 

[mutanthands]

Looks so much better...you filthy animal...

 

[tomw00]

Looks so much better...you filthy animal...

note to self - don't eat burgers in the car

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