On Tue, 7 Jun 1994, Paul Tonizzo, Finance& Ops. IM&T, DTN 631-7107 wrote:
> I've seen a couple of notes floating around about repairing cracked >
steering wheels. I've got instructions that go something like filing each
> crack, filling with an epoxy, sanding it all smooth, then painting the
whole > rim with black epoxy paint. The last step seems to be my problem.
Up here > in Canada there doesn't seem to be anywhere that sells expoxy
spray paint > (canned stuff). Anyone else up here have any ideas? Maybe
even something > else that will work just as well. >
I used acrylic lacquer on my much repaired bugeye wheel. After 2 years,
it still looks fine. To avoid lots of polishing, thin lacquer with a
slow-drying thinner (also called high gloss or high temperature thinner).
The only potential disadvantage of lacquer is that it tends to be a bit
brittle, and may eventually crack because of the wheel flexing. There are
additives for paint that make paint flexible (required for flexible
bumpers). I have never checked to see if these are available for acrylic
lacquer; it is so easy to work with that I plan to simply refinish the
wheel if it deteriorates. Lacquer would probably not work on a soft
plastic squishy wheel such as the Spitfire wheels that have figured in
recent discussions.
Ray Gibbons
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