Hi Brent:
I think that was me (I?). Anyway, I was looking to fill the cracks in
my steering wheel hub and I wanted something that could be polished as
shiny as the surrounding plastic. I experimented on a spare steering
wheel as follows: I had tried a 2-part epoxy (got it at a woodworking
shop of all places) and tinted it with some lampblack. Colorwise it
worked fine, but I couldn't get it to polish up as well as the
surrounding plastic, even using 1500 grit paper before the final polish.
But boy, did the PLASTIC shine up well!! I just couldn't get that
"blinding finish" on the epoxy.
Here are some suggestions I got and haven't followed up yet:
Paul in Colorado (sorry for no last name but you know who you are!!)
suggested Eastwood's PC7 steering wheel epoxy, which sounded good to me,
since it was intended for steering wheel repair in the first place. He
mentioned that he hadn't tried it himself. He thought the whole wheel
was then painted with an epoxy enamel paint.
Lou Meyers suggested a gunstock resin that he thought would polish up
nicely. The name he mentioned was ACCRAGLASS.
Robert Nanzig said that the folks who make POR 15 now have a material to
fill steering wheel cracks and resurface the wheel. He's got some
promotional material describing of the process, and the POR 15 phone
number he gave me is 1-800-729-1796. Don't know if the material is
painted or polished.
Jeff Howarth in the UK says at their electronics shops they sell an
"epoxy potting compound" for encasing cricuits that are going to be out
in foul weather. He says it's a 2-part epoxy compound. He says he used
it on his steering wheel and it worked great. Jeff said that he painted
over it in the end, but before that he got it to look pretty good. I
tried Radio Shack and they said they carry an epoxy adhesive, but it
didn't sound like what Jeff described.
Jerome Yuzyk and/or Jarrid Gross (I'm not exactly sure who wrote about
what--I was following an earlier thread myself here)both mentioned
Bondo, and then the whole part could be painted. As I understand it: the
painted finish looked great.
As you can see, folks out there sent in a lot of good
info--unfortunately, I haven't done well at following it up--yet.
Hope this is helpful--please let me know what works for you.
Guys who sent me the info--as you can see, I've hung onto it--if I've
"messed up in translation", I apologize. Please correct me as
necessary.
Regards and gratitude to all on the list who have been so helpful to me.
David Sosna
S4 GT V6
Brent Kasl wrote:
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> Their was a thread several months ago about filling cracks in the
> plastic steering wheel of Alpines. I have several cracks that nees
> expoxied, sanded and painted. Does anyone recall this or who to go to
> for the information? Thanks Brent
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