Steering wheel progress

[Dan Hiebert]

A cautionary note - when I left the D24 out on the driveway to paint in the garage a couple weeks ago, the cold caused all my steering wheel repairs to crack again. That was the "extreme" cold snap when it didn't get over 10 degrees for a couple days. The 30-40 degree range didn't have any effect.

[Bingster]

Being a painter myself, are you certain that those cracks in your wheel after painting are actually the epoxy and not the primer coat showing through due to some surface impurity that caused crazing of the topcoat or primer?

I've had topcoats craze like that and show the primer in the form of hairline cracks.

Maybe before going through a lot of work, sand away the "cracks" with 220 sandpaper. If you break through the primer to the wheel surface, shoot the crack with primer again - wait until completely cured - and shoot the topcoat again on the cracks.

If they seem to disappear, then it was the paint. At this point shoot the entire wheel again for a smooth finish.

With these primers and paints, always make certain the preceeding coat is fully cured before applying a new coat.

[Dan Hiebert]

I'm not certain of the depth of the cracks, I just saw that they're there and filed it away as another project. It still looks really good from outside the car, but they are certainly noticeable when "behind the wheel". Thanks for the tips, I'll attack it that way first. I was all set to take the drastic measures route again.

[OldDad67]

I'm not certain of the depth of the cracks, I just saw that they're there and filed it away as another project. It still looks really good from outside the car, but they are certainly noticeable when "behind the wheel". Thanks for the tips, I'll attack it that way first. I was all set to take the drastic measures route again.

I did a wheel on my 52 Chev that had deep cracks, it's a 57 Corvette wheel. I used a Dremal tool to undercut the cracks at an angle so the Epoxy would have a nice clean surface to stick to. I also drilled small craters in the cracks at different angles so the epoxy would grab better. I primed the wheel and painted it with single stage Urethane. It's been 4 years now and still looks new.

[55 Fargo]

I did a wheel on my 52 Chev that had deep cracks, it's a 57 Corvette wheel. I used a Dremal tool to undercut the cracks at an angle so the Epoxy would have a nice clean surface to stick to. I also drilled small craters in the cracks at different angles so the epoxy would grab better. I primed the wheel and painted it with single stage Urethane. It's been 4 years now and still looks new.

Hey that looks good man, hope my steering wheel repairs come out that well.

Hey 52 Chevy, still have the 216, a friend of mine has been saving 1 for My Son, it is in decent form. He painted it about 10 years ago, the body was super straight, His Wife never drove it, it is My Sons unless we don't want it.

Here is a pic....

[james curl]

I think I might see why she did not want to drive it, she did not have enough testosterone.

[55 Fargo]

I think I might see why she did not want to drive it, she did not have enough testosterone.

Although the paint looks all faded, it is really a good layer of dust on it.

The paint is Centauri, the owners Brother was learning to shoot paint, and although it is not my flavor, the paint job was done quite well.

The nice thing is this car could almost just be wetsanded, and sealer and paint could be shot right over. No dent/dings, to deal with, no rust work, some sanding, maybe a little glaze and new paint over it all.........

[OldDad67]

Hey that looks good man, hope my steering wheel repairs come out that well.

Hey 52 Chevy, still have the 216, a friend of mine has been saving 1 for My Son, it is in decent form. He painted it about 10 years ago, the body was super straight, His Wife never drove it, it is My Sons unless we don't want it.

Here is a pic....

That's pretty cool, don't know about the flames or whatever those are? What are they anyway, don't know that I've ever seen anything quite like it before.