Gobygred

What is the cause of the material covering the airbag area getting sticky.

What is solution? Can it be cleaned? I tried Simple Green and a good scrubbing. Helped a little.

Thanks in advance.

MrNiceGuy!

The people at C&S Corvettes seem to have a solution.

~Josh

I used this exact bottle bottle of purple power and one microfiber towel. Took about 20 minutes of elbow power.

Gobygred

I'll try it tonight! Thanks!

rrwirsi

Did not have the sticky problem but from what I read on previous post, the cause may be from using some protectorates that chemically react to the covering. I only use a soft hand soap and water solution to clean the interior. No protectorates.

Vetteman Jack

Consider using this process

bjones7131

Mine was stickey as well. I used amonia and one of the green scrubbing pads and it looks great.

c5arlen

Stop eating glazed donuts while you are driving!

Sunwarrior

I used hand sanitizer to get it right off, I soaked the rag and rubbed with a cloth. https://fabersanitizer.com/collections/hand-sanitizer
If you have a Ollies by you, you can get a 1lt bottle for $6.99. https://www.ollies.us/currentflyer/flyer.html
80% Alcohol and with other ingredients, pours just like regular alcohol. Did not change color of cover

DinoBob

I tried this and it worked beautifully. It looks and feels like new.

DinoBob

it’s actually outgassing of chemicals from the airbag vinyl which is a different vinyl. Again, the lemon ammonia trick worked perfectly, using clean rags to wipe it on/off.

georgiacracker

Today I tried glass cleaner (trade name omitted) on my 04 which seemed to work temporarily but the stickyness returned in a few minutes. Maybe it was the diiuted ammonia in the cleaner? So, this did';t work for me - will try lemon ammonia next to hopefully get a permanent fix before moving on down the list. I'm wondering if there's a clear spray we could coat the sticky surface with - more thoughts? I've written the "Tech Nerd" column at Corvette Magazine, who may be familar with a solution. I wonder if someone at the assembly plant or maybe from the airbag manufacturer has anything on this from days gone by?

DinoBob

you need liberal amounts of ammonia and a lot of clean rags as the stickiness must be removed, not just spread. I did mine two months ago and it still looks great. You can’t put anything on the wheel to prevent it as it is outgassing from the vinyl.