Stitching a leather cover on a 69 rallye steering wheel.

Got a bit farther on it, and filled the last 1/4 of it today. I also found out the colored wheels like this blue one react with MEK. So I brushed some down into the large cracks and with capillary action it sucked right in. The softened plastic re adhered it to the steel rim pretty well then dried hard again. A day later I used a rotary file to open up and clean out the cracks. Applied the last of the Araldite 1258 this morning. Hopefully if will be hard enough to sand down later today. Rim has a lot of small crazing cracks that I sealed up with MEK as well. After I epoxy prime and coat this with black paint, I am going to stitch on the cover. I worry that it will continue to deteriorate and look like hell in a short period of time if I dont cover it.