Ted:
Anything from the size of a pinhead on up is not going to get covered.
I used a little weather strip adhesive to fill in a couple of BB sized holes,
and just painted over the rest. While the paint will smooth out many defects,
it will not hide them if they are significant.
My wheel looked so much better when I was done, I didn't mind the few
defects that were still showing. Really, it looks 100% better.
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: Theodore R. Stevens [mailto:trstevens@earthlink.net]
Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 8:03 AM
To: Navarrette, Vance; 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: Steering wheel paint
Vance, when you painted the steering wheel grip, was the Plasti-Kote paint
sufficient to fill minor defects? My grip is getting pretty tired, and I
plan to use a syringe and adhesive to tighten its attachement to the wheel,
and paint it for cosmetic reasons. However, it has a fairly large pit that
I believe is from the injection molding process. How did the paint fill
that on your wheel?
At 10:53 AM 7/25/2003, Navarrette, Vance wrote:
> Folks:
>
> Someone asked me the brand of paint I had such good results with
> painting rubber and plastic. It is Plasti-Kote bumper and trim paint.
> Dries quickly, excellent adhesion, flexible film. Picked it up at the
> local auto parts store, used it on my steering wheel grip with terrific
> results. Looks and feels like new.
> I would imagine that you could make a nice set of green or
> striped hoses pretty easily with this stuff. Duplicating the texture is
> another matter......
>
> Vance
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