Steering wheel CRAP !

I chunked mine for a Grant...

SEM makes a soap for vinyl & plastic parts such as steering wheels, trim, etc... I used it after trying all sorts of household cleaners. The SEM soap draws the dirt out of all the little nooks but it still took me a couple of hours to get it to the point that I felt comfortable painting it. (Was very dirty though and wheel was cleaned off the column).

http://semproducts.com/Catalog.asp?prod=86

I took mine off, filled the kitchen sink with some dish soap and some of the hottest water you can stand and soaked it in there. Took about 10 minutes of scrubbing with a soft brush to knock the rest of the really caked on gunk off.

All that black stuff is just dirt and grease from your hands over the years. Mine now looks as good as the day it was made.

Here's the B-4 & After (Mold, Mildew & Hand Grime)

wow, that was nasty!