Repairing leather steering wheel

[peeds13Participant PerthVU SS, VS Clubsport View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 11]

Hi fellas,

As in the title, I’m looking for a way to get the leather looking good again on my steering wheel.

Atm it’s quite faded and worn, especially along the top. I’ve soaked it in dubbin overnight and it did help a lot, but there’s still patches where the finish has completely come off.

Anyone got any other fixes other than getting it recovered?

[Anonymous View build HERE Member since: January 1, 1970 Posts: 0]

Once it’s that bad your only option is getting it re-covered.

[peeds13Participant PerthVU SS, VS Clubsport View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 11]

Yer that’s what I was thinking, oh well might have to have a look on ebay

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

Hey mate, I did mine, came up absolutely spot on, in fact I wanted to leave some wear and tear marks, but if you wanted it could be factory new. This is how I did mine off my build.

Well fitted the finished wheel today, extremely happy with the results. Thought I may as well post some pics, I followed the process CPC posted earlier with the guy on the Brock forum so won’t go into too much detail. Only thing is I didn’t spray at all I used cloths. Personaly I didn’t want it dead smooth, I wanted to keep some of the battle scars but freshen it up. It would be really easy to make it almost like plastic smooth is ya wanted. Some photos

This is the stuff

[peeds13Participant PerthVU SS, VS Clubsport View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 11]

That’s awesome! The before pic is about the same as mine if not worse, it looks like it’s new. Exactly what I’m looking for.

Did you buy it from ebay or can you get it in auto shops?

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

From memory I think I bought mine direct but through the Internet. I reckon it was around $70 or so. Really did work mate, you take it back and it looks worse if that makes sense, but then it ends up mint.

[peeds13Participant PerthVU SS, VS Clubsport View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 11]

Yer that looks like a new wheel to me, I’m just looking online now. I’ll order some and post up pics when I get it done.

Cheers for that

[EJ DUDEParticipant Perth1963 EJ Special View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 39]

Shoe polish is a cheap fix. Hands might get a little dirty tho

[VRSenator065Participant Adelaide SAVR Senator LSx454 1960 Kombi (project) 1921 Nash Hot Rod (future project) View build HERE Member since: February 17, 2015 Posts: 5 777]

EJ DUDE wrote:

Shoe polish is a cheap fix. Hands might get a little dirty tho

I think that’s how CPC on the old forum did his, although his was in reasonable shape. Mine was too far gone for that.

[peeds13Participant PerthVU SS, VS Clubsport View build HERE Member since: March 2, 2015 Posts: 11]

I’ll have a look in the cupboards and see if I’ve got any shoe polish. I’ve ordered one of those kits from ebay anyway, see how it goes!

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