paint new repop steering wheel?

[tmoble]

I have the re-pop 55-56 steering wheel. I want to two-tone it in India Ivory and Matador to match the rest of the truck. I have some PPG MP170 epoxy primer I've been using on the rest of the truck. Should I just scuff it hard with green scotchbrite, prime and paint? Any special primer needed for whatever it's made of? I'm sure the originals were Bakelite, but hard telling what kind of chinesium they're made of now. That thing wasn't cheap and I really don't want to butcher it up.