Restoring stock steering wheel

[daveboy]

My '52 Chevy half-ton's steering wheel has the normal cracks in it that would be expected in a 61 year old wheel. I see kits on the market to restore it. My question is: What is the need for a kit? Would body filler not fill the cracks sufficiently and then shoot it with paint? Or, do the kits come with some special, hi-tech, do-everything filler for those cracks? My wheel is in really good condition except for the minor, unsightly cracks. What do ya'll recommend?

Thanks,
daveboy