[alfa] Re: steering wheel restoration

[Tony Martie <tony@xxxxxxxx>]

Timothy,
I just refinished the wheel on my 78 Spider.  Not a big deal at all, 
didn't even take it off the car (because I hear that can be a big 
deal).
Plenty of relaxed, patient sanding, stain, sand, urethane (I used 
Helmsman Spar), sand, urethane, sand, urethane.
That is the point I am at right now.
I decided to let the (hopefully) final coat of urethane set up for a 
few weeks before attempting to finish sand.
I asked about finish sanding urethane over at the Minwax forums 
recently for verification of how to finish the job (cause I wasn't sure 
how to finalize a urethane finish) and here is what I was told.  Very 
lightly sand out the little remaining imperfections with some of those 
little spongy sanding pads of maybe 3 very fine grits.  Then buff if 
necessary with some rubbing compound and wax.
Hope this helps..... You do have a wood wheel right?

Tony Martie
'78 Spider
Dallas, TX
http://tmpd.net

On May 18, 2004, at 3:38 PM, alfa-digest wrote:


> If this topic came up before, I missed it--do any of you have good 
> places to
> send a steering wheel for restoration?  My '67 Super needs it's stock
> steering wheel restored. Any idea what it might cost?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Timothy
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