I haven't posted in a bit because the progress has been slowed considerably. I started a new job and the projects I have neglected recently finally hit critical mass. That combined with it being super hot has forced me to focus on small projects that can be done in short timespans.
The steering wheel restoration was one of those that I grabbed and started in an effort to move the project forward while I am bogged down. The steering wheel is a typical 70 year old plastic wheel with cracks all around the circumference. So I took a die grinder and a drill and widened the cracks so I could pack the grooves with PC-7 epoxy that I had purchased a while back. The PC-7 is pretty thick after mixed and a little difficult to place in the grooves smoothly but after some work I was able to get it placed.
I then sanded the wheel down with 150 grit and smoothed in the filled areas. After it was smooth, I then sprayed the wheel with an adhesion promoter and followed that with some black 2K epoxy primer. There are some small imperfections that I will address next but it looks better than it did a few weeks ago.
1949 Chevy Panel Truck A Project Journal I'm old but I make up for it by being immature.
