refurb of wood steering wheel?
 

The dash etc of my tourer is walnut but I have a lovely (but light oak) steering wheel. i wondered if its worth refurbishing with a walnut stain, anyone tried this? i am afraid of losing the lovely smooth finish that i currently have but it just looks out of place now that the dash has been replaced with real wood! :)
(and i found a tin of walnut wood stain in the shed, hence my query!!)

I would hold out and get a replacement walnut wheel. You might even find someone on the forum willing to do a swap.

I would be interested in the answer as I am in exactly the same position.

Someone did it on one of the facebook pages. put your email adress down and i will send you scren shots. i have also done it. the previous guys was better than mine but a light coating of wood stain after being sanded does the job then varnish on top.

I am waiting on trying a product on a light oak wheel called Mohawk Classic toner laquer in Walnut. On order but not received yet.

https://www.mohawk-finishing.com/pro...classic-toner/

Will let you know when I get to it.

Stubs

Personally l don't mind the difference in wood colour. I haven't yet found a walnut wheel that suits my pocket so have a lighter wood wheel which l've just recoloured Sandstone. I was using it in its original Smokestone but finally got a recolouring kit & changed it. I was going to fit it the other day but decided l didn't want the Smokestone backing on it so after investigating a back swap, decided that was far too much hassle & will be painting the rear instead. I've also just bought another Smokestone/wood wheel from the bay which l'll be changing to aubergine as the kits have just been made available & this will give me the choice between the two wheels. This is because l've recently had a half aubergine conversion, everything except the seats & carpet. Retaining those in the original Sandstone has made for an extremely pleasing interior.
I do find the full compliment of walnut accessories a bit too much though so as said don't mind a bit of wood mix'n'match, a bit like my furniture.

About three years ago I refurbed a dark walnut steering wheel; I glued small split-offs, filled cracks with a colour-matching sanding dust paste and finally resprayed with 8 to ten coats of 2K-clearlacquer followed by patient wet-sanding and polishing. Many hours of patient work but basically possible with very good results. As opposed to this staining a light oak wheel to dark walnut will be highly problematic because staining wood requires a surface completely free of any residues of lacquer and that´s impossible with a 0,6mm thick veneer (provided that the light oak wheel actually has a real wood veneer like the dark walnut ones have). Alternatively it is imaginable to use a tinted clearlacquer instead of a woodstain but it is very difficult to match a particular colour and usually requires series of tests until the match of the colour is sufficently satisfying.

Hey Stubs! Did you got to try that laquer? How did it go?

Sorry I am not at liberty to discuss this on the forum

Stubs