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Justin Dortignac
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 10:21 pm: | |
Hello Everybody,
Happy new year!
How would you reccommend we go about polishing our aluminum wheels?
Thanks,
Justin |
Brian (Bigbusguy)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 10:32 pm: | |
Yes , Most truck stops have some one working the parking lot will do em for you cheep. Just ask on your CB .
Brian 4905 Klamath Falls Oregon |
TWO DOGS
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 11:10 pm: | |
depends on what they look like now...have seen used ones that needed to be sanded first...then finer paper till you get to about 400 & then switch to a lambs wool pad...alot of the truckstops even sell wheel polish....whichever you use ...rubbing compound from your local auto parts & once you have them as shiney as you want...wax'em..... |
T. (Bluegrass)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 11:26 pm: | |
There Is a Green Julers Rouge that Is sold at most Truck stops In bars 2X10 take one of them and take a hammer break It up into small pieces put It into a Gallon jug ( I put mine In a milk jug ) add Mineral Sprits, shake It until It makes a paste ( It may take a few dayes to desolve ), put a little bit of this on a red shop towel and rub it on the wheel ( the place you rub It on to will turn a blackish color ( It shows that It Is working, It Is then ready to take off the wheel with a different rag, this Is what most Truckers use, (There Is a product like this that sells for 25 dollars for 6 ounces, this Is the poor mans version and It works.
Tony |
polishin fool
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 12:12 am: | |
I use some stuff called Blue Magic sold at most truck stops works very well abt 10 bucks for enough to do rims several times. My rims were quite bad and it took about 2 hours a rim by hand |
BrianMCI
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 10:09 am: | |
I'm going to be using the green jewlers rougue that T. mentions, I bought at a truck wash/repair shop.
Hopefully the two styles of buffers I have will get into almost all the nooks and crannies...
Brian |
Ben Miller
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 12:21 pm: | |
I like to stop at the places by the truck stops like the one across the street from Flying J AT 208 MM on I-10 in Arizona ,5 bucks per wheel and about a 1/2 hour while I eat my lunch.Ben |
Jon W.
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, January 02, 2005 - 4:56 pm: | |
I bought a 4 foot long flexible shaft with one end set up to attach to a 1/2 horse motor that I mounted to a rolling seat. The other end was threaded so I could attach a 10 inch or 8 inch buff.
I use the white compound that you can get at a truck stop and it takes very little effort to polish the wheels to the original shine. In between buffing I use Nevr-dull or Blue Magic.
As was posted earlier if I need to remove scratches I use progressively finer sandpaper up to 600 and then buff the wheels. I always buff the wheel whenever I have a wheel off the bus because you can do a very good job without having to work around the studs or nuts. |