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Barff
Posted: Fri Jun 08, 18 4:49 pm
by ALLAN
first time we've had the Polara out on a hot day, some point in the past someone has barff over the steering wheel, it's that smell that once noticed you can never ignore
I've removed the wheel cover and washed the wheel with three different soaps and a uPVC cleaner, it's still there! Definitely on the wheel.Help please!!
Re: Barff
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 18 10:43 pm
by Matt74
I think this is common with some steering wheels. I bought one that needs restoring and it has the same smell.
Not pleasant at all!
Re: Barff
Posted: Sat Jun 09, 18 11:36 pm
by Mossy68
Surely can’t be sick over them ?
Perhaps a deterioration of a certain compound used in the construction???
Re: Barff
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 18 6:16 am
by Matt74
Mossy68 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 09, 18 11:36 pm
Surely can’t be sick over them ?
Perhaps a deterioration of a certain compound used in the construction???
No it isn't sick. I think I read somewhere it's the compound they are made from.
Re: Barff
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 18 11:17 am
by latil
Yep,my 70 Fury smelt the same on hot days,thorough clean with alcohol wipes helped a bit.
Re: Barff
Posted: Sun Jun 10, 18 12:24 pm
by mustangbooks
Apparently a lot of old steering wheels contained butyric acid, which is "
a carboxylic acid found in rancid butter, parmesan cheese, and vomit, and has an unpleasant odor and acrid taste, with a sweetish aftertaste (similar to ether)"
"Butyric acid, along with acetic acid, can be reacted with cellulose to produce the organic ester cellulose acetate butyrate (CAB), which is used in a wide variety of tools, parts, and coatings and is more resistant to degradation than cellulose acetate. However, CAB can degrade with exposure to heat and moisture, releasing butyric acid. This process is sometimes observed in the unpleasant, vomit-like odor of aging screwdrivers and other hand tools"
...so I don't think anything will take the smell away once it starts degrading.
Re: Barff
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 18 2:10 pm
by Dave999
think they put that stuff in hershey's chocolate
its tastes like puke
Dave
Re: Barff
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 18 1:38 pm
by Cannonball
Re: Barff
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 18 5:08 pm
by Matt74
I'm going to burn my steering wheel now!
Re: Barff
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 20 9:21 pm
by Steve
Mr Watts, you should write a book!!!
Re: Barff
Posted: Mon Sep 14, 20 10:11 pm
by Trigger_Andy
Thats worryingly descriptive.
Re: Barff
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 20 8:53 am
by Kev
Can it be coated in something (the steering wheel, not Dunc's stink finger
) maybe sprayed in 2 pac satin clear, or something like that.....
Re: Barff
Posted: Fri Oct 02, 20 10:41 am
by morgan
Dave999 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 11, 18 2:10 pm
think they put that stuff in hershey's chocolate
its tastes like puke
Dave
He's right. It does. But Americans dont seem to be able to taste it...?!?
Re: Barff
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 20 7:55 pm
by MilesnMiles
I just read what Dunc said, epic
!