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I'm freshening up the steering wheel on my '49 , don't have money to buy some good clear coat to make it shiney and tough ! I do have some black lacquer spray bomb . And I have some lacquer clear that I can spraygun on to it . Should I even bother with the clear lacquer or even the lacquer black ? Would black enamel spraybomb be better ? (hold up better to handling)

black vinyl paint is a little softer feeling and is very comfortable on the hands.

I used black vinyl paint on our Nova steering wheel, it was blue originally, it wore off pretty quickly. Never did try the lacquer paint on it.

Not sure if your wheel has the usual cracks or not and if they require repair... But if its just a freshen up, consider buffing and polishing it using very fine grit buffing and rubbing compounds. A light touch with some wax and elbow grease just might give it the polish it needs.

I find that rattle can lacquers and off the shelf enamels wear off in places like that.

For small change you can always get a half pint of a good two part enamel for little money. Mix the hardener and enamel with a tiny bit of reducer and use a disposable spray bottle.

If there's a local body shop ask them if they have any leftover enamel, mix with reducer there, and add some hardener when you're ready to paint at your place.

I have also used POR 15 chassis black on my tractor steering wheel that sits outside year-after-year. It's holding up too.

You can shoot it with most paint (gun spray) and use an additive that makes paint more flexible (made for plastic bumpers) called flex additive.