Are the mk2 steering wheels naturally shiney?

[Jason87]

As I bought some auto finesse "total" all purpose cleaner but the steering wheel is still shiney. I was hoping this would bring it back to matte?

[StephenFord]

What wheel do you have? Title says 'Mk2', but profile is 2016 year which is Mk3 as far as I'm aware. You can get leather wheels on eBay for £30 odd...

[Jason87]

30 minutes ago, StephenFord said:

What wheel do you have? Title says 'Mk2', but profile is 2016 year which is Mk3 as far as I'm aware. You can get leather wheels on Ebay for £30 odd...

ive got a mk2 1.6 tdci sport on an 11 plate but its the 2010 shape, not sure why my profile says 2016 lol

[TomsFocus]

I bought a leather cruise wheel brand new for my Mk2.5 and it was textured/matt.

If yours is smooth and shiny through years of wear then there's not much you can do.  If it's just rank from years of greasy hands then a degreaser should help.  I use kitchen antibac wipes on mine...

[Jason87]

its mostly shiney on the top. I thought cleaner would restore it back to matte but maybe it cant be done

[F0CUE]

You can maybe try degreasing it could be years of oily skin. This stuff is amazing and very cheap. 

[Luke4efc]

Whenever I've got a car with a filthy interior a "magic eraser" and some all purpose cleaner becomes my best friend.

[JW1982]

A magic eraser and a bit of water is usually more than enough to restore the leather of the steering wheel to the original matte factory finish.

However a magic eraser is basically an abrasive so regular use on the steering wheel should be avoided at all cost. Regular use will damage the surface of the leather.