Painting steering wheel inserts advice

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Rob_benton

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 Bedfordshire
Hi

I'm looking for advice on painting the steering wheel inserts.
Searching only brings up plastidip which I don't want to use if it doesn't last long.
I need to know is there a special primer I need to use before spraying a satin black paint finish ?

Thanks

Rob
 
I believe Bing had his inserts on his old zed painted with plastic dip which didn't last and peeled. He then if I remember correctly had them professionally spray painted. It is detailed on a thread but I can't find it though

EDIT- Found the link http://www.z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=37962&start=30 but it doesn't mention primer, my guess is its normal primer one would use that's suitable for plastic
 
Plastidip is not good, think I was first to try on here, but it doesn't hold up. I have now used a matt black acrylic from screwfix which is still going strong.
 
You don't want to do any thick coats at all. Will end up with a really poor finish which will probably rub. Spray thin and even, build up the coats, 3-4 coats will do then use some very fine wet and dry to smooth then use polish to buff.

Will look spot on. Did this 3-4 times on my grills looked spotless.
 
I had mine done by a professional paint guy. He used a plastic primer and then matte black. However, he had to remove ALL of the rubberised coating first (not sure what srhutch did) with IPA, which took him ages. On and off, a good part of a weekend. He did this as he decided that the paint would not remain adhered to the rubber over time and would flake. Also, he didn't use matte lacquer as he didn't have the right spray kit in at the time, so it wasn't as hard wearing as it could have been. That said, it only started scratching through after about 20-25k miles IIRC. Cost about £85... Though that was because he had to spend so long prepping the surfaces.

Agree with Tom - if you do it yourself you need to give them light coats and build it up.
 
You can get soft touch lacquer which will be about as close as you can get to the original finish I'd imagine. Not sure if it's available in an aerosol but you could always ask your local bodyshops of they can source it.
 
beanie said:
You can get soft touch lacquer which will be about as close as you can get to the original finish I'd imagine. Not sure if it's available in an aerosol but you could always ask your local bodyshops of they can source it.
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Right, that's something I'm going to try :thumbsup:
 
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