The steering wheel has some ugly patches so I thought I’d try and clean it up. I lightly sanded it with 80 grit and then with 300 grit to smooth out the leather roughness. I tried not to expose the leather where possible as it will be harder to cover.
At the same time I decided to clean up the rocker areas. Just some scale rust to be scraped and sanded. I’ll give the original light colour paint (from the factory paint job) a coat of satin black.l
Wheel looking good. The vinyl paint is very thin and so I ended up with some runs after two coats. I let it dry and sanded out the runs and gave the whole wheel a sanding with 600 grit paper. Another two careful coats and it’s done. It too four coats to cover where the leather was exposed. I’ll have to wait and see how well it wears. If it doesn’t I can always buy a replacement or and aftermarket unit.
I also have a new steering wheel for the Studie. It came out nice with a coat of primer, two coats of matching CarQuest paint and two coats of Duplicolor clear coat. I’ll let both steering wheels cure for a few days before installing them.
I painted the fibreglass, etc with satin black paint and then the frame with CarQuest PromForma rockguard. The rock guard is more tolerant of leftover grease or oil.
Meanwhile it’s time to tackle the Chevy’s rocker panels.