painting steering wheel

So what type of paint do you use to paint a steering wheel?

My buddy has a '50 Ford F1 we've been working on and his original steering wheel is in great shape (no cracks) but it needs to be painted to restore it. Since it isn't metal I wasn't sure if there was a special process and/or paint we should we should use.

thanks in advance for your help
David

 

Epoxy primer and urethane paint on this one. I'm going to try appliance enamel on my next one.

 

Most paints will work, but i strongly recommend using a paint with a hardner added to it.

 

Black base coat clear coat on mine worked just fine. It's all about the prep.

 

Epoxy Primer, Urethane Build Primer, Basecoat/Clearcoat. It'll look GREAT !!

VR&C.

 

Cool, thanks guys! I really appreciate the input!

 

Do not use rattle can, you can. Guess how I know. It needs to be paint with hardner and clear with hardner. Ill be fixing mine soon.