Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400

Posted by Marty or Marston On 2022/3/27 14:57:11

Kevin’s writeup is very good. I used PC 7 do redo the steering wheel on my ’32. I replaced 75% of the material on the outer rim. I did it about one third at a time using the existing areas as a guide. When doing large areas, I let the mixed PC 7 sit for an hour or two (depending on the temperature) to stiffen up. This allowed it to handle without being extremely sticky. Waiting also made it easier to shape and mold in the finger grips. The next day, the new section was sanded in order to shape the grips and the wheel. Then the next third of the wheel was removed completely from the rim and replaced as above. Bad areas were refilled and sanded as needed in order to get a nice looking wheel.