[AJD] Steering wheel restoration 1939 H

[Louis]

Bill,

There is spray paint available that is call "Bumper Black".  It is paint to
paint the plastic parts on bumpers and other black plastic parts on a car or
truck.  I use it on steering wheels.  It looks great, it doesn't have a
glossy shine.  I think you can get it at TSC.  I have also seen it at auto
parts stores.  I am not sure who makes it.  I think this stuff is formulated
to stick to plastic, rubber, etc.

Lou

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
Bill Brueck
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:07 PM
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Subject: [AJD] Steering wheel restoration 1939 H


 
I'm getting to the finishing touches before I paint my H.  

The steering wheel had a few nasty cracks but was otherwise pretty good.  So
I filled them with JB Weld and filed them down sorta OK.  I'm not much of a
sculptor.  But I thought if I painted it with flat black when I got done,
the imperfections wouldn't show up all that much.

Problem is that the nice new can of flat black Rust-Oleum I bought goes on
real shiny.  I thought maybe it was reacting with the grip material so I let
it dry real well and coated it again.  It still looks shiny.

So I bought a can of cheap flat black enamel from Fleet Farm.  I didn't put
it on the wheel yet but I did do a test paint on a board, alongside of a
test of the RustOleum.  Both samples look pretty shiny to me.

What am I missing here?

B²
 
Bill Brueck (brick)
Chatfield, MN, USA
 
Confusion is a higher state of knowledge than ignorance.


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