steering wheel painting

[MadScientist]

Does anyone know of a good paint/dye that can be used on a 70 steering wheel?  I just repaired the cracks and need to refinish now.

thanks

MS

[Ghoste]

I was always under the impression that the color was determined by the color of plastic used?  Did you try Eastwood to see if they make anything like that?

[MadScientist]

Yeah,I used the Eastwood kit but the epoxy was sort of grey in color.  It filled the breaks in the wheel really well and sanded down nicely.  With my luck I probably should have tinted the epoxy before use.  I also saw somewhere a person who resotres wheels that uses an acrylic enamel finish, so Im on the hunt for that I guess.

MS

[Back N Black]

When i completed the repairs on my steering wheel i took it to the hardware store and matched up the color with a solid (non transpairant) stain,and brushed it on. Looks pretty good to me.

[Brock Samson]

what wheel we talkin about here?

all steering wheels wear,..  i would think ya might need to cover your paint with a thick coat of a sealer or clear to spare your hard work all the abrasion,.. or why not use a lace on type cover since the stock wheels are too thin anyhow? and you could always take it off for a show.

[MadScientist]

Yeah, I knoew I was going to have to put on a thick coat of clear whatever to fight off abrasion.  I jjust didnt know if anyone could recommend a product theyve used before.  My wheel is the black, standard, partial horn ring style.

MS

[70 Charger RT]

To finish my wheel, I used SEM vinyl prep (makes the micro surface sticky), then the black paint (dye)(again an SEM product specially for vinyls) and toped up with a SEM clear coat.  Results are great as you can see.

[MadScientist]

Fantastic!  thats the info I was looking for!  Wheel looks great! I just bought a whole bunch of that material for other pieces inside the car.  Looks like I will be busy over X mas break!

Thanks a bunch!

MS