10-06-2021, 10:49 AM | #1 |
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Steering Wheel
Got caught in down pour and wet steering wheel gave off black residue . How to get the black out of my favorite "T" (at the belly area ) and stop it from happening
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10-06-2021, 10:54 AM | #2 |
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Re: Steering Wheel
I had to replace the wheel on our 29. Tried painting wheel, after a few years it don’t look right.
Your wheels Bakelite is breaking down. Is the wheel cracked? |
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10-06-2021, 11:15 AM | #3 |
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Re: Steering Wheel
It has cracks
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10-06-2021, 11:54 AM | #4 |
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10-06-2021, 02:35 PM | #5 |
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Re: Steering Wheel
Jerry Google Bakelite restoration, I just did and if your wheels not too cracked I would use some rubbing compound and then polish
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10-07-2021, 02:20 PM | #6 |
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10-07-2021, 08:34 PM | #7 |
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Re: Steering Wheel
I used epoxy to fill cracks, sanded, then paint.. Some of your black residue may have been a dirty wheel surface.
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10-08-2021, 08:27 AM | #8 |
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Re: Steering Wheel
The rubber compound absorbs moisture and rubs off onto clothing, and the only fix for this I know of is to put a cover on the wheel. I painted the original steering wheel in my 1931 Coupe in 1979, and in a year or two of driving the Coupe very often, the paint started to flake off.
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