lacquering a wooden steering wheel

[Rusted Pistons]

I have a Nardi wooden wheel from my fiance's old mx5, the lacquer is goosed, can I just sand it all off and paint it with clear lacquer from a rattle can?

[retrowrongun]

Shouldn't be a problem at all

[Rusted Pistons]

Sweet, that'll be a nice mini project next week

[baggabones]

Or sand it, rub danish oil in then wax it (briwax or similar) for a more subtle look

[ferny]

Danish oiled mine. Before and after (but imagine it's matt, not shiny as it was wet in the snap). Feels superb! Still warm in the winter, not too hot in the sun. Only issue is you have to make sure your hands are clean when you touch it as it soon absorbs oil and grease.

[matto]

Don't sand it! Use a piece of broken glass (or similar) to scrape the old varnish off. I then put about 14 coats of some household high gloss polyurethane varnish on with a brush and two years later it still looks and feels great.