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I am trying to paint the Bakelite steering wheel surround on my 1966 Alpine=
=2C but not having much luck. The surround is in good shape=2C just weathe=
red from 43 years in the sun. I wet sanded it with 400 grit paper and got a=
nice smooth surface that should have taken appropriate paint well. The fi=
rst one I tried was Rust-oleum Universal. In theory=2C that should have be=
en perfect=2C but it produced an awful=2C very thick=2C almost hammered fin=
ish. I stripped this off (using CitruStrip=2C which seems to work very wel=
l on the old plastic) and tried again=2C this time with Valspar Plastic pai=
nt. I got almost the same result (and I suspect it is almost the same pain=
t)=2C but not quite as bad. Back to the Citrustrip=2C and then one more t=
ry with the Valspar=2C trying to be very light with the paint. It was litt=
le better than the first two attempts=2C but far from acceptable. Before I=
try again with a third brand=2C can anyone recommend either a good techniq=
ue for using the Universal or Valspar paint=2C or a paint that will produce=
a nice smooth durable finish on Bakelite?
Thanks.
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I am trying to paint the Bakelite steering wheel surround on my 1966 Alpine=
=2C but not having much luck. =3B The surround is in good shape=2C just=
weathered from 43 years in the sun. I wet sanded it with 400 grit paper an=
d got a nice smooth surface that should have taken appropriate paint well.&=
nbsp=3B The first one I tried was Rust-oleum Universal. =3B In theory=
=2C that should have been perfect=2C but it produced an awful=2C very thick=
=2C almost hammered finish. =3B I stripped this off (using CitruStrip=
=2C which seems to work very well on the old plastic) and tried again=2C th=
is time with Valspar Plastic paint. =3B I got almost the same result (a=
nd I suspect it is almost the same paint)=2C but not quite as bad. =3B =
Back to the Citrustrip=2C and then one more try with the Valspar=2C trying=
to be very light with the paint. =3B It was little better than the fir=
st two attempts=2C but far from acceptable. =3B Before I try again with=
a third brand=2C can anyone recommend either a good technique for using th=
e Universal or Valspar paint=2C or a paint that will produce a nice smooth =
durable finish on Bakelite?<br><br>Thanks.<br><br /><hr />Express your pers=
onality in color! Preview and select themes for Hotmail=AE. <a href=3D'htt=
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