Topic: painting your steering wheel???
Anyone ever have an luck spray painting their steering wheel? If so,
what kind of paint works well?
Re: painting your steering wheel???
john wrote:
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> Anyone ever have an luck spray painting their steering wheel? If so,
> what kind of paint works well?
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Hi John,
I recall that Rustomotive (the POR15 people) have a steering wheel
restoration kit, I don't know if it includes painting. I think
their web side is http://www.por15.com/. Check it out. Fred W.
Re: painting your steering wheel???
John: take a look at John Henry's site: http://www.thebugshop.org/
He has a nice article under "tech" that details the process of
restoring/painiting the steering wheel. Good luck. Clancy
P.S. Hey, Fred, Nice to have you back around here! C.
john wrote:
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> Anyone ever have an luck spray painting their steering wheel? If so,
> what kind of paint works well?
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Re: painting your steering wheel???
john wrote:
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> Anyone ever have an luck spray painting their steering wheel? If so,
> what kind of paint works well?
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I have that same question. I figured that with regular paint, it
probably would wear off on your hands (especially cause I only drive
the thing in summer) Does anybody know if powdercoating is a viable
option?
Re: painting your steering wheel???
Ernie wrote:
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> john wrote:
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>> Anyone ever have an luck spray painting their steering wheel? If so,
>> what kind of paint works well?
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> I have that same question. I figured that with regular paint, it
> probably would wear off on your hands (especially cause I only drive
> the thing in summer) Does anybody know if powdercoating is a viable
> option?
>
I'm sure the heat required to cure (melt) powdercoat would damage the
plastic of the wheel. Koch's is considered the best of the wheel
restorers, and they use a catalyst-cured polyurethane, like DuPont
Imron. Hazardous fumes while spraying, but cures to a plastic
coating that is as tough as anything. I used to make custom bicycle
frames, and used this stuff. Excellent!
Re: painting your steering wheel???
TomB wrote:
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> I'm sure the heat required to cure (melt) powdercoat would damage
the
> plastic of the wheel. Koch's is considered the best of the wheel
> restorers, and they use a catalyst-cured polyurethane, like DuPont
> Imron. Hazardous fumes while spraying, but cures to a plastic
> coating that is as tough as anything. I used to make custom bicycle
> frames, and used this stuff. Excellent!
>
--- Yeah, that's what i was wondering about. I know powdercoating
has to be "baked" on but I don't know the temp required. That was
my concerning issue. I have a spare wheel that's actually in
somewhat better shape than my original and am kind of debating
experimenting on one of them.
Re: painting your steering wheel???
john wrote:
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> Anyone ever have an luck spray painting their steering wheel? If so,
> what kind of paint works well?
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Hi John,
I restored two steering wheels using jbweld to fill in the cracks and
missing chunks. Then filed smooth and sanded. I used the aerosol
paint that you can buy from Woflsburg West. I used a 300 degree
heatgun to warm the wheel before I sprayed, and also dried with the
heatgun. It worked great. Don't get the heat gun too close, and
keep it moving as you dry the paint after. I put on three coats,
and it set up like baked on enamel.
Bob