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| | | | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 16 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 16 | Trying to restore stock '54 3100 steering wheel. 3 Qustions: 1. Is it advised to open up the crack to get plastic to adhere better? 2. What type of, or brand of plastic filler is recommended? 3. What type or brand of paint is recommended?
Jon
Nashville, TN
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 | Eastwood sells a nice book on steering wheel restorations.
question 1. Yes | | | | | Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 355 | Regular plastic body filler will not work on a steering wheel. There are kits sold by the usual suspects to do this; try Chevy Duty: Steering Wheel Repair Epoxy. Part No. 32-391. Price $6.95.
Good luck. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 613 Member | | Member Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 613 | eastwood also sells a repair kit. | | | | | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 | I'd imagine that any semi-flexible epoxy repair material would work. I have some stuff made for repairing plastic bumpers that looks like it should work. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 68 Member | | Member Joined: Jun 2005 Posts: 68 | I used this stuff that's just called "epoxy" i think it's for bonding rear view mirrors & glass back into mirrors but it holds tight. After i just used fine grit sanding paper, painted the wheel it's copy of original colors, & then clearcoated. All of which was cheap spray/rattle cans but worked Verrry nice I think. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 623 "MONGO" | | "MONGO" Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 623 | Just read a tech article on another board where the guy used POR putty from the POR15 people. Looked like it worked pretty good, he also recommended several layers of primer with sanding in between before painting. So I picked up some of the POR putty at the shrine swap last weekend, got a couple wheels I wanna work over.
MONGO | | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 81 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 81 | Hey KC have you used POR15 before? I have seen their ads but yet never have actually met anyone who's used it, seems like if it works as good as they say everyone would be using it... but I cant seem to find anyone who has. (imagina that)
Anyways, if you've used it or know someone who has, what was the results and would you/they recommend it to a friend?
thanks
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 17 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 17 | Got to Car quest and buy two part JB quik . I restore steering wheels all the time and it works the best
1bad58
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 17 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 17 | In regaurds to Por 15 It is only a cover up .The only way to stop rust from showing is to sand blast it use self etching Dupont primer and paint it. Amature restorers like to cover it up with por 15 and Rust stop products.
1bad58
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