[AJD] Steering wheel restoration 1939 H

[Bill Brueck]

Will be right down next to TSC in the morning, will look for this.  Thanks
all for great suggestions.  The kits would make the most sense if I'd not
already tried and kind of hacked it this far.  Now I'm looking for a way to
coat it and move on, this may be the trick. 

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


-----Original Message-----
From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
Louis
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 7:19 PM
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Subject: RE: [AJD] Steering wheel restoration 1939 H

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-----
From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
Bill Brueck
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 4:07 PM
To: 'Antique John Deere mailing list'
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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