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motomagII

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polishing question
« on: February 16, 2007, 09:21 AM »
got alloy wheel rims to polish the sides .got the rough wet and dry and given em good rub  down got most of the marks off em .what next ?
do i just rub em down bit with fine grit and them cloth polish em with alloy polish .wanna try get em to shime pretty good .

Offline Waxintaxin

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Re: polishing question
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2007, 09:23 AM »
through the grades of wet and dry

then i use polish , sppeds it all up a bit


Offline Zippy

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Re: polishing question
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2007, 10:32 AM »
What rims are they. For example Araya aeros are anodised silver so all the polishing in the world will be in vain until you strip off the annodising.

Goose1

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Re: polishing question
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2007, 11:41 AM »
Look at what this guy does... :smitten:

http://www.raleighburner.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php't=7996

Here's his info, he does very good annodising, apparently.

http://www.raleighburner.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php't=7948

motomagII

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Re: polishing question
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2007, 01:35 PM »
sent him mail already to get price for reanno but then its postage and strip rebuild costs .
they are gold ann but the sides are worn away so ive stripped the remaining anno off the side wall only and now wanna polish them .

Offline dordymush

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Re: polishing question
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2007, 01:37 PM »
just go down the grades greg.
i start at 400 and go down to 1200.
then a bit of autosol.
then t,cut
then autoglym.
by that time your arms should be falling off.
but you'll have a nice shiny set of rims.
dave the bmxing gypo


Jazzchimp

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Re: polishing question
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2007, 01:40 PM »
use a polishing wheel  :daumenhoch:

FuNMoNsTeR

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Re: polishing question
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2007, 03:02 PM »
you need to wet n dry Through staged papers down to 1500/2000 grit paper.... then take some used 2000 grti and do it again.... then cream polish.
 Polishing is just scratching a surface to a finer and finer degree ;)

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