Re: Paint chipping from steering wheel spokes

[TexasTR4@aol.com]

In a message dated 04/22/2000 12:07:20 PM Mountain Daylight Time, 
randallyoung@earthlink.net writes:

> I sanded the bare metal with 400, then 600,
>  > and finally 800 grit, then cleaned with lacquer thinner.  I sprayed on 
the
>  > gray primer.  Then I sprayed the black top coat.  I allowed the wheel to 
> dry


A late repy I know...just got home , but isn't a rougher surface needed for 
adhesion of the primer?   I'd sand with 240 grit or so to give the primer 
something to hang onto.  800 grit must have made it quite slippery..

RH