All good ideas - thanks! Here’s the Instructables for doing it:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Reupholstering-a-steering-wheel/?utm_source=base&utm_medium=related-instructables&utm_campaign=related_test <http://www.instructables.com/id/Reupholstering-a-steering-wheel/?utm_source=base&utm_medium=related-instructables&utm_campaign=related_test> I like the idea of doing it wet so the leather shrinks when it dries. I have a heavy duty sewing machine that can do the edges. Dan > On Feb 25, 2015, at 10:41 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Saddle shop/western store > buy the heavy duty waxed thread for sewing leather, and the hand type sewing > awl. > > alternative: shoe shop > > cut the leather undersize I'd guess 1/4" under the circumference of the > wheel. > > After dry fitting, soak in water. > > Lace it up. > > Dry > > I'd try a water based glue also. Carpenter glue/alliphatic resin (yellow > wood glue) > > Curly > Who still has several pairs of the old boy scout hardsole moccasins made over > the past 50 years or so. (but they are all pretty worn, and some had been > resoled also. I'd still be buying the kits if the kit didn't get so crummy > after tandy bought Radio Junk.) > > SWMBO bought me new Minnetonka hardsoles for Christmas. Those are nice, but > i didn't sew em up. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those > individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has > no control over the content of the messages of each contributor. _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com All posts are the result of individual contributors and as such, those individuals are responsible for the content of the post. The list owner has no control over the content of the messages of each contributor.
