<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body><div><div style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Hi Tom,<br>Repairing a wheel is a long process but excellent results can be achieved with patience.<br>You need another wheel to provide donor material.<br>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.<br>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.<br>Fine sanding and polishing will produce a great result.<br>I actually finally paint the entire rim with 2 part epoxy paint when the repairs are finished.<br>Expect to spend many many hours to repair a badly cracked wheel.... That is why there are so many woodrim wheels around 😊 <br>Michael S<br>BN1 #174</div></div><div dir="ltr"><hr><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">From: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:ah3000me@gmail.com">Tom</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Sent: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">‎16/‎02/‎2016 9:57 a.m.</span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">To: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:ahbn6@verizon.net">John Sims</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Cc: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">Healey list</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Re: [Healeys] Steering wheel restoration</span><br><br></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks John for your work on maintaining your website.<div><br></div><div>What do folks use for filler?</div><div><br></div><div> - Tom</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 3:51 PM, John Sims <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ahbn6@verizon.net" target="_blank">ahbn6@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-width: 1px; border-left-style: solid;">Try<br>
<a href="http://www.healey6.com/Technical/Werner/Restoring%20Bakelite.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">http://www.healey6.com/Technical/Werner/Restoring%20Bakelite.pdf</a><br>
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John Sims<br>
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Sent: Monday, February 15, 2016 3:41 PM<br>
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Subject: [Healeys] Steering wheel restoration<br>
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Folks,<br>
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I remember a couple years ago someone had put together a couple<br>
pages of directions on how to restore the cracked plastic on an original<br>
steering wheel. Can anyone point me in the right direction? I have one<br>
that I would like to clean up.<br>
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Thanks in advance,<br>
Mike Brouillette<br>
59 BT7<br>
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