At last, found a wheel.

[pilgrim]

     hotfxr,  there is one more item that has been nagging at me since I saw how you upgraded the wheel.  JMHO, but I don't feel it is a good idea to paint the wheel.  Have you ever seen what happens to the brick on a brick house when it is painted?  In time, since the brick can no longer breath, it becomes soft and over time begins to deteriorate.  again, JMHO.   

[hotfxr]

     hotfxr,  there is one more item that has been nagging at me since I saw how you upgraded the wheel.  JMHO, but I don't feel it is a good idea to paint the wheel.  Have you ever seen what happens to the brick on a brick house when it is painted?  In time, since the brick can no longer breath, it becomes soft and over time begins to deteriorate.  again, JMHO.   

That is good to know. It had a lot of calcium & crud built up on it and I was worried  that that stuff was going to decompose the stone. I put the red paint on to do some timing (plus some tape going across the diameter) and checking for true when it was turning. But I didn't really think it through as the paint will do the same damage that the built up crud would do. I will take it off in the next couple of days.

Thanks for the heads up!

[bmcret]

well as far as the masses telling you that "you were taken" I seem to agree with those replys that it was a great deal and it is a good looking wheel.

[Red Badger]

Very nice job of refinishing... but you are right I am no longer interested.... I will find a grindstone somewhere