Re: SER1 Restoring steering wheel

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What if you mixed some black paint with the epoxy?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Tollefson" <tollefson@xxxxxxx.xx>
To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 8:15 PM
Subject: RE: SER1 Restoring steering wheel


> Tony
> Automotive paint shops will often have small "left over" quantities around
> and are to be had for the asking.
> I've once brushed on (after sanding the wheel with 40 grit) 2 part epoxy
> glue onto a fairly delapidated steering wheel. It gave the rim a good hard
> coating and had the unexpected effect of enhancing the knobs on the back 
> of
> the wheel due to a bit of running. 5 minute epoxy will not work as it sets
> too soon but the standard 24 hour stuff works fine. Keep the cat away,
> though.
> A light sanding after that and a high gloss top coat or 2 in oil based 
> paint
> will look fine.
>
> Tom T
> Toronto , Canada
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: series1-host@xxxxxxxxx.xxx [mailto:series1-host@xxxxxxxxx.xxx]On
> Behalf Of Tony Boyle
>  Sent: August 11, 2005 6:36 PM
>  To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
>  Subject: Re: SER1 Restoring steering wheel
>
>
>  Hi Tom,
>
>  Where do you get your epoxy based paint, looking on the web it seems to 
> be
> sold in large quantities a therefore very expensive and any colour but
> black. Are you in the UK if so let me know of your source.
>
>  Thanks
>
>  Tony.
> 



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