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| | | | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 25 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: May 2007 Posts: 25 | I have three questions, 1. What is the best way to remove old paint from an 1953 Chev 3100 steering wheel? 2. What repair material is best to fill the small cracks 3. I want to paint it black what is a good paint to use? | | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 | Check out Alan Horvath's site ..he has a thread on there on how he repaired his ...he covered with Elk leather but the process for preppin it for was very good, with just a little more time in makin it smooth should work out for you . | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 21 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 21 | eastwood has kits to restore steering wheels http://www.eastwoodco.com/index.jsp
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| | | | | Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,517 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2001 Posts: 1,517 | Ive always heard that bowling ball shavings mixed with epoxy works real well for filling the cracks. Smooth it down,, and go from there. | | | | | Joined: May 2007 Posts: 25 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: May 2007 Posts: 25 | just looked at the eastwood web site, thanks for the great resource. | | | | | Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 595 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 595 | po-15 is good stuff for the repair. the sites i have read in the past used uerathane applied by spraying or dipping wheel. when they dipped they had a container made to fit wheel to minimize material waste. | | |
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