Fw: [AJD] Steering wheel restoration 1939 H

[John Paur]

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From: "John Paur" <johnjanpaur at directcon.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 3:53 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] Steering wheel restoration 1939 H


> 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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