Thread: Aluminum polish

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Originally Posted by stovens

Just ordered their metal restorer, it says will work on tough aluminum oxidation on aluminum mag wheels, and yellow amonia stains, so I let you know how it goes!

I'd appreciate that - my wheels while scuzzy, aren't too awful bad yet, but getting that way quickly.

Tried Wenol?

Works for me.

I resurrected a pair of old slot mags a while back.

240 grit wet/dry.
3M abrasive cloth - maroon - medium grit.
Buffer with red then white rouge.
Wenol.

They came out ok, but a higher polish would require more time on the 3/4 HP buffer, but after a while ya get tired of holding the wheel up.

Take a look at the polished to a satin finish wheels at Roadsters.com.
He did them completely by hand.
Lotta work, but they do look good.

Originally Posted by C9x

Tried Wenol?

Works for me.

I resurrected a pair of old slot mags a while back.

240 grit wet/dry.
3M abrasive cloth - maroon - medium grit.
Buffer with red then white rouge.
Wenol.

They came out ok, but a higher polish would require more time on the 3/4 HP buffer, but after a while ya get tired of holding the wheel up.

Take a look at the polished to a satin finish wheels at Roadsters.com.
He did them completely by hand.
Lotta work, but they do look good.

My wheels aren't ready for the satin.....yet. Possibly Stovens with his really weathered wheels would benefit.

I polished a couple of sets of swap meet valve covers that way - black crud and a pound of fuzzies all over my shop as well as me. I still have one set of OEM "Powered By Ford" script covers to do that wont work on my roller rocker engine.