High-Gloss Burl Wood Grain Appearance

XZ73490 features a distinctive burl wood grain pattern with irregular swirls, curved grain lines and layered color variations. Compared with conventional straight wood grain, the burl-style pattern creates greater visual depth and a more decorative appearance. The high-gloss surface further enhances the grain contrast and produces a polished wood-look effect suitable for steering wheel decoration and selected automotive interior trim.

Red-brown, dark brown, black, grey and other wood-look colors can be developed according to different interior styles. Grain scale, color depth, gloss level and surface appearance can also be adjusted for specific customer projects.

0.7mm Construction with Knitted Fabric Backing

Steering wheel wrapping involves tight curves, small-radius areas, joints and wrapped edges. Materials that are too thick can create excessive build-up, difficult edge finishing or visible wrinkles around these areas.

The 0.7mm construction provides a relatively thin material profile for decorative wrapping, while the knitted fabric backing adds textile support during cutting, bonding and forming. Depending on the shape of the finished component, the backing can be developed with warp-knitted tricot or weft-knitted structures, and the elongation characteristics can be adjusted in the warp, weft or bias direction to better match the forming requirements of the part.

Steering Wheel Application and Performance Requirements

XZ73490 is suitable for steering wheel upper and lower decorative sections, partial steering wheel wrapping, steering wheel covers and selected automotive decorative trim.

Steering wheel surfaces are exposed to repeated hand contact, friction, sweat, skin oils, cleaning and cabin temperature changes. Wrapped materials also remain under continuous tension around curved surfaces. For this reason, different projects may require specific levels of abrasion resistance, scratch resistance, heat aging performance, color stability, elongation and adhesive compatibility.

These performance requirements can be matched according to the customer’s finished-part standard and production process rather than being limited to a single standard specification.

Product Specifications

Customization & Processing Options

Material Matching for Steering Wheel Projects

Wood grain appearance, surface gloss, backing construction and elongation behavior can be adjusted according to the shape of the steering wheel component and the customer’s wrapping process.

For tighter curves and more complex transition areas, backing structure and elongation direction can be selected to improve material conformity and reduce excessive wrinkling or edge build-up.

The material can also be matched with different bonding and forming processes, including adhesive wrapping, hot-melt bonding, heat-activated bonding and heat-assisted forming.

Samples can be evaluated with the customer’s actual substrate, adhesive system and forming process before bulk production.