Anybody know if you can put a steering wheel in a blasting cabinet to remove the original paint? If it is low pressure would it work without damaging the wheel? I think the wheel is urethane?
Several threads on steering wheels here on the HAMB. I think most guys just sand them down, but someone recommended blasting the inner steel for rust. I think it also gives the plastic a little bit of "tooth" so the epoxy has more to hold onto. I'm in the middle of re-doing a '40 ford wheel. Thought I had all of my cracks fixed, but once I got it primed and set it outside, a couple more cracks appeared.
I glass bead blasted the wheel for my '66 C10 and it worked great- no rough pitting and it gave the primer a good clean surface to stick to. I've also had a '65 C10 wheel soda blasted and I couldn't tell much difference, soda vs glass beads.
A while back I did a thread about repairing the steering wheel for the wagon,,I just did a lot of hand sanding. HRP
I'm trying to avoid hand sanding if possible. Time consuming. I'll try a small spot on a spare wheel first before trying my good wheel.