Re: IML: Steering Wheel Repair

["Rob van der Es" <r.vdes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jeff,

I am in the middle of restoring a 1960 "square" steering wheel, and have 
reached good results so far with epoxy resin.
I mix the expoxy (fast curing, in 15 minutes it is dry enough to sand) with 
a filler to make it thicker.
To make the resin thicker (and preventing thus the mixture from dripping out 
off the cracks in my steering wheel) I mix it with
" micro-balloons" . Micro-balloons are nothing more or less then " the dust 
from glassfibre" , you can buy it from any good model airplane shop. It is 
used in modelairplanes as a very leightweight bondo, when mixed with epoxy 
glue.

The epoxy-microballoons mixture will get rock hard on the surface, but 
inside it will remain a little flexible.
Exactly what I want, that way the cracks won't come back in the steering 
wheel.

After careful sanding the complete steering wheel, I use a plastic primer 
and then the steering wheel is ready for re-painting in the correct color.

Good luck,

Robert
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Cantor" <jcantor791@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "IML" <mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:50 AM
Subject: IML: Steering Wheel Repair


> Does anyone have any suggestions for something to use to fill the  cracks 
> that inevitably form in our older plastic wheels?  I have a  spare for my 
> '56 that we are attempting to use for a theater set but  it has numerous 
> cracks in the hub that aren't appropriate for a "new"  car.
>
> Thanks,
> Jeff
> '56 Sedan
> Trenton, NJ
>
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