Steering wheel

[aero3113]

Last night I decided to pull my steering wheel and and fix the cracks and repaint it. So far it is looking great. I used high strength epoxy to fill the cracks and the sanded it down smooth. I used krylon primer and then krylon dover white, I still want to do another coat of the white then a couple coats of clear. I will post pics when finished.

[aero3113]

It came out better than expected! I have to wait two weeks to let the paint cure then I can spray the gloss on. Good thing I called krylon to find out when to use the clear, I was going to spray the clear on tonight but they said it would bubble the paint.

http://s408.photobucket.com/albums/pp163/aero3113/Steering%20wheel/

[Bingster]

You did a great job! That'sot easy to get smooth a finish from an old cracked wheel. I have to do mine. What epoxy did you use? I was going to get the Eastwood kit but it's all probably similar.

[aero3113]

I used Vantico Fastweld 10, rapid setting epoxy structural adhesive. This stuff sets very quick and very hard. Im not sure where to get it, I guess you can google it. A friend gave me mine

[aero3113]

Found it, third one down http://www.shopmaninc.com/adhesives.html

[aero3113]

It took about 4 hours of sanding to get it where I was happy

[aero3113]

Not bad for $20

[Norm's Coupe]

Nice job. Looks like a new wheel.

[BobT-47P15]

Looks excellent. Did you take a "before" picture?

[aero3113]

I forgot to this is the best before pic I have, you cant really see the cracks but they are there . The worst ones were near the center you can kind of see them and alot of smaller cracks all around the wheel.

[Alexander]

great work. very inspriring.

anyone know what the color would have been on a 1951 coronet?

[pflaming]

That '50 Plymouth dash brings back memories. Dad bought me a '50 'fast back' without my knowing. I was livid, a "PLYMOUTH"!!! But that car took me from Western NE to Central Calif and back in 1958. Always drove it by the temp guage and never had a problem.