[Healeys] Steering wheel restoration

[Michael]

Hi Tom,
Repairing a wheel is a long process but excellent results can be achieved with patience.
You need another wheel to provide donor material.
Break off pieces of the donor wheel plastic, it is not Bakelite, and dissolve them in acetone to produce a paste about the consistently of mixed epoxy.
After removing all the loose pieces on the wheel you are restoring prime the area of be repaired with acetone and then apply the paste while the primed areas are still wet. It will require several coats.
Fine sanding and polishing will produce a great result.
I actually finally paint the entire rim with 2 part epoxy paint when the repairs are finished.
Expect to spend many many hours to repair a badly cracked wheel.... That is why there are so many woodrim wheels around 😊 
Michael S
BN1 #174

-----Original Message-----
From: "Tom" <ah3000me at gmail.com>
Sent: ‎16/‎02/‎2016 9:57 a.m.
To: "John Sims" <ahbn6 at verizon.net>
Cc: "Healey list" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Steering wheel restoration

Thanks John for your work on maintaining your website.


What do folks use for filler?


 - Tom


On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 3:51 PM, John Sims <ahbn6 at verizon.net> wrote:

Try
http://www.healey6.com/Technical/Werner/Restoring%20Bakelite.pdf



John Sims
Aberdeen, NJ

www.healey6.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
m.brouillette at comcast.net
Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 3:41 PM
To: Healey list
Subject: [Healeys] Steering wheel restoration

Folks,

         I remember a couple years ago someone had put together a couple
pages of directions on how to restore the cracked plastic on an original
steering wheel.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?  I have one
that I would like to clean up.

Thanks in advance,
Mike Brouillette
59 BT7
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