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1961plymouthfury
Posted 2015-03-05 4:17 PM (#471701)
Subject: painting a steering wheel


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Location: Minor Hill, TN		I was wondering has anybody here painted a steering wheel before? I am restoring my Aero wheel at home to save money . I plan to paint the wheel red with a pearl in it . I need to know what kind of paint do I need to use
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ttotired
Posted 2015-03-05 6:33 PM (#471718 - in reply to #471701)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel



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Location: Perth Australia		Best talk to a paint shop

I would be inclined to use a baked enamel (its a harder paint)

The painted aero wheel I have here has cracked without any use (I didnt "restore" it), so good luck with yours



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MOPAR-TO-YA
Posted 2015-03-06 1:59 AM (#471770 - in reply to #471701)
Subject: RE: painting a steering wheel


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Location: cornpatch county, Southwest IOA		I would use Urathane paint....................................MO
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1961plymouthfury
Posted 2015-03-06 8:33 AM (#471782 - in reply to #471701)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel


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Location: Minor Hill, TN		Thank you . My dad did use that on the wheel of my other '61 and it did not work to well . I am not sure why . He is going to primer the wheel 1st and then paint it . What do you think of red and white the wheel red and the center white or the wheel white and the center red with a pearl in both colors
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My57Saratoga
Posted 2015-03-06 1:04 PM (#471804 - in reply to #471701)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel



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Location: Kingston Springs , TN		There are some pointers here.....

http://www.imperialclub.com/Repair/Steering/wheel.htm

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1961plymouthfury
Posted 2015-03-06 3:56 PM (#471814 - in reply to #471701)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel


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Location: Minor Hill, TN		Thank you I will take a look at that when I get home my dad is doing the restoration on the wheel Its has been sanded down and is now in primer. When it gets the final paint I will post it here

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1961plymouthfury
Posted 2015-03-11 5:26 PM (#472238 - in reply to #471701)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel


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Location: Minor Hill, TN		Here is my Aero Wheel restored at home I saved money by doing this. I painted it red and white to match my interior

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1961plymouthfury
Posted 2015-03-12 3:36 PM (#472324 - in reply to #471701)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel


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Location: Minor Hill, TN		Back on steering column but not bolted on yet . I did not get a paint with a pearl in it but that is OK



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jimntempe
Posted 2015-03-12 9:23 PM (#472343 - in reply to #471701)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel



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1961plymouthfury
Posted 2015-03-12 11:43 PM (#472353 - in reply to #471701)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel


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Location: Minor Hill, TN		Thank you I had it done this way to match my red and white interior
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hoodinki
Posted 2015-03-13 1:09 AM (#472357 - in reply to #471701)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel


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Hope it's durable and lasts.
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1961plymouthfury
Posted 2015-03-13 5:18 PM (#472395 - in reply to #472357)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel


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Location: Minor Hill, TN		I will be keeping the car in the garage and after the restoration it will go to the tint shop.
Here it is again with the horn ring put back on and installed back in the car. East wood carries steering wheel restoration kits.

Edited by 1961plymouthfury 2015-03-13 5:21 PM




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Windsor59
Posted 2015-03-13 5:28 PM (#472398 - in reply to #472395)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel



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Location: Upplands Väsby, Sweden		Like a New steering Wheels. Super nice WORK.
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1961plymouthfury
Posted 2015-03-13 6:31 PM (#472401 - in reply to #472398)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel


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Location: Minor Hill, TN		Restoring this your self saves you money
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196061SAVOY
Posted 2015-03-17 4:41 PM (#472704 - in reply to #472401)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel


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woops, its square, I thought steering wheels were round, is that custom made or did it come like that, why square, must be hard to turn a corner, wont your hands fall off
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ttotired
Posted 2015-03-17 5:48 PM (#472712 - in reply to #471701)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel



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Location: Perth Australia		Ahhh young grasshopper, you have much to learn (done in my best Chinese accent )

That is called an aero wheel, quite rare to find in good condition and very expensive to properly restore

Quite a few of the mopars had a square wheel in the early 60s, some aero wheels (also called sparkle wheels) and some wernt (no sparkle)

The square ones were for power steered cars and the manual steered cars got a round one ( also a sparkle wheel)

Here is a picture of my 2 60 areo wheels, one is NOS the other is a painted "restored" one and has cracked up without actually getting any use.

Not sure what was used to "restore" it though, as I didnt do it, but the plan is to make a mold using the NOS one and re casting the other one to fix it





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196061SAVOY
Posted 2015-03-17 8:11 PM (#472729 - in reply to #471701)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel


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yes master, that was an awesome show, I watched that every day at 4pm with my old man before super



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ttotired
Posted 2015-03-17 8:37 PM (#472734 - in reply to #471701)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel



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Location: Perth Australia		I have the NOS one in my dodge at the moment and it was strange driving it with the square wheel

Definitely an experience

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1961plymouthfury
Posted 2015-03-19 8:55 PM (#472917 - in reply to #472398)
Subject: Re: painting a steering wheel


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Location: Minor Hill, TN		Thank you . This was done at home and my rule is only clean hands touches this wheel no dirty or greasy hands allowed. I want to keep it clean I hope someday to find s wheel cover for this
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