[AJD] Steering wheel restoration 1939 H

[John Paur]

Bill,  You know what works really well on that is a black felt tip pen.  Use
one that has a broad tip. Maybe it's too late now that you've painted it but
you might try sanding it to rough up the paint and then use the pen.   John

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Brueck" <b2 at chooka.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 1:06 PM
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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