Be careful cleaning those colored steering wheels. A few years ago I decided to clean the decades old gunk off my dark green steering wheel on my 68 Coronet. It cleaned well ,but it also made the original steering wheel paint chip easily.
A couple times I chipped the paint by accidentally hitting it with the seatbelt buckle as I was putting my seatbelt on. Never had this issue with the decades old gunk on the wheel.
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There is no “original” steering wheel paint, they are molded in color. Yours was painted by someone along the way.
Well, how would you know that it was painted by someone along the way. The steering wheel was never painted by anyone. The steering wheel I have is original to the car.
Car was bought by my mother in 68. I acquired the car in 79 and have it to this day. It never was ever cleaned or painted. When I cleaned the steering wheel it was the first time it ever was cleaned.
You stated the paint chipped. So somebody painted it. 1968 steering wheels are molded in color. Look at a cracked one, what color is it in the cracks? Sand or grind one down and see the colored plastic.
Better yet call a steering wheel resto guy and ask how they are made.
The steering wheel outer coating chipped. Sorry that I used the term paint. Underneath is the same green. But it was never painted. Yes, they are molded in color.
But my point is, which I wanted to share to others is to be careful cleaning the steering wheel. This could happen to other steering wheels. Just sharing my experience with this.
