I am in the process of restoring my 1937 steering wheel and I am ready to prime it. I have some left over 2k marhyde primer/surfacer that I want to use up. Is it ok to use this primer and then sand and paint? Or, should I get an epoxy primer for the wheel. I was trying to save some money, but I also want to do it correctly. Thank you for your advice.
I have restored a wheel using the marhyde primer / surfacer and it turned out great but after about 2 years the wheel has two or three scratches on it (probably from my Dad's ring). I think it didn't ahere as well as it should have to the acrylic enamel (with hardener) paint I used. That could be a prep or product compatibility issue, not sure so I have switched to 2k epoxy primer in black. The marhyde in yellow also shows through really bad if it does scratch. So far I'm happier with epoxy primer, and if you lay it on thick it will sand well enough, not as good as the marhyde but good enough.
Leevon, what did you use for acrylic enamel/hardener? I called oreillys and they have epoxy primer in a quart for about $30.
Nason Ful-Cryl II (Dupont's second line) from O'Reilly's with their hardener and reducer. I'm tempted to use their Urethane single stage next time though. Here's how the latest wheel turned out, sprayed it yesterday:
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