Steering wheel restoration.

[Jaymanbikes]

I used a stain on mine and it’s much to dark.  I sprayed it with a couple coats of polyurethane.  Would like to sand it bac down to a lighter tone

[240260280]

7 hours ago, Jaymanbikes said:

I used a stain on mine and it’s much to dark.  I sprayed it with a couple coats of polyurethane.  Would like to sand it bac down to a lighter tone

It still looks beautiful!  Great work!

[Av8ferg]

Interesting, I got a light gun stock stain but now reconsidering using it after your comment. Maybe I’ll test a small area first with plain polyurethane. After sanding the resin wheel portion it had a nice light straw look and when I rinsed it off it got surprisingly dark while moist. Maybe the polyurethane will act the same but with a shine. Will post my results later today.




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[jfa.series1]

12 hours ago, bingo said:

I think the "wood" on the steering wheel is actually a resin of sorts that looks like wood. I would be surprised if it accepted stain or other treatments made for wood.

The rim is wood impregnated resin - it readily accepts stain.

[Av8ferg]

What color stain did you use for that. I like the reddish tint.


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[jfa.series1]

22 minutes ago, Av8ferg said:

What color stain did you use for that. I like the reddish tint.


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Red mahogany.

[Jaymanbikes]

8 minutes ago, jfa.series1 said:

Red mahogany.

Did you apply polyurethane afterwards?  Red Mahogany is the color I recently purchased but was afraid it would be too dark.

[bingo]

That is awesome, I might have to do that to mine now - I never did it because I was worried it would be a sticky mess since it is a plastic/resin of sorts. Good to know that it is wood impregnated.

[Av8ferg]

The sales rep just tested a can of minwax Red Mahogany in a wood stickz It was SUPER dark brownish. Gonna try something else


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[Av8ferg]

Going for Red Sedona [emoji2369]


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[240260280]

Upper left "Natural" looks like factory.

[jfa.series1]

1 hour ago, Jaymanbikes said:

Did you apply polyurethane afterwards?  Red Mahogany is the color I recently purchased but was afraid it would be too dark.

I applied multiple coats of lacquer that held up for about 5 years.  Ultimately the oil from my hands caused a breakdown.  Its time to redo it, will likely use poly.