Does anyone know what VW finished the steering wheels in, back in the day? I have a ratty looking black 4 spoke on the 72 super that I want to clean up. I am thinking just spraying it in acrylic with a few coats of clear but I don't know how well that would hold up.
The misses told me of a joint that recon's them here in Bris but she has forgotten where.
Suggestions?
alien8 ·
Anyone?
Dilbert ·
don't know if it helps you in any way but thought id share anyway. we restored a 356 steering wheel at work by sanding through all the paint then ran a saw through any cracks in it. brushed resin into the cracks and sanded that back and then painted it in 2 pack paint. came up pretty good.
alien8 ·
Cool, so paint does stick to it.
This one has no cracks in it so maybe I'll try sand blasting it.
Thanks.
Dilbert ·
just make sure you rough it up a little bit even after sandblasting it to make the paint hold better.
alien8 ·
Will do.
I wonder how the recon. mob clean em up?
Canni. ·
You may have been thinking of this mob- http://www.pearlcraft.com.au/welcome.htm
Has a few details on how they do it.. I've heard they are quite expensive but their work looks really good.
vw54 ·
The origional colour in the wheels was part of the plastic use to make the wheel
alien8 ·
Maybe I should be looking at a plastic coat type of thing rather than spraying it. Does anyone know of a product for the DIY market that will give a good result?