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Car Forum / Land Rover Cars / May 2008

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William Tasso - 27 May 2008 23:18 GMT
Greetings

Vehicle: '95 Discovery V8 ES

In this forgotten corner of Land Rover land, the bank holiday weekend was  
up to spec with more rain & wind than you'd want in one go.

The one thing I hate about damp days is the sticky steering wheel thing -  
you know when the wheel feels as though it's slowly disintegrating with  
every turn.  Any cure that doesn't involve replacing the damn thing?

Cheers.
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Land Rover - 110 V8
Discovery - V8

Oily - 27 May 2008 23:52 GMT
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> William Tasso
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> Land Rover - 110 V8
> Discovery - V8

Is it one of the leather covered ones like mine. A good clean and dry off
seems to cure it for a while as I use it for work and it gets a bit mucky if
I leave it.

Martin
SpamTrapSeeSig - 28 May 2008 00:26 GMT
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>seems to cure it for a while as I use it for work and it gets a bit mucky if
>I leave it.

I had mould growing on Marge's steering wheel a while back (leather
version, presumably as Martin's). In desperation I gave it a wipe over
with a very bleach-soaked rag, then a wash off with detergent
(washing-up liquid in water). I thought I'd had done for it, but to my
surprise it came up quite well. A lot of surface crud was loosened by
the bleach and it killed the mould really well.

It's threatening mould again (getting excessively sticky in wet
weather), so I may give it another treatment. Very much caveat emptor
(or whatever) though - if you ruin the finish don't blame me, as Marge
is 19 years old and a bit wobegone and I'd nothing to lose as a result.

Regards,

Simonm.

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Derek - 28 May 2008 17:38 GMT
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I gave mine a wipe over with a cloth doped with methanol worked a treat.
Derek
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Alex Stewart - 28 May 2008 17:57 GMT
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I find those cleaners that use orange oil (Flash
etc) very good at removing accumulated grime from
steering wheels.

Alex
 
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