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sowaxeman -> RE: polishing wheels (3/31/2008 10:14:22 AM)
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They should be factory aluminum wheels that are painted and cleared. If you have never polished aluminum out to a mirror shine before then beware you are in for a VERY tedious process. You need all the right tools, masks, and A LOT of patience [8D]
If you don't know how to do this, I would suggest a very thorough visit to www.eastwood.com to learn what to use and how to do it.
Basically you need sand down all the paint/clear and get them down to the aluminum. Then you need to do about 3-4 steps of sandpaper getting the finish up to at least 1000g if not more. Then its time to move on the high speed polisher with the proper buffs and compounds....this is usually 3 different buffs with 2 different compounds (tripoli as the cutting compound, and then white rouge as the finishing polish.
When I did mine I used the following:
Siscal (spelled something like that) Cut Buff wheel with orange tripoli
Siscal Cut Buff wheel with white rouge
Loose/Canton Weave Buff wheel with white rouge
Hand polish final step with rag and Mothers Aluminum Polish.
In your case you will also need a dremel type driver and an assortment of bobs in order to get into the nooks/crannys/contours of those 5 stars.
My advice - unless you really like to bust your ass or really know what you are doing, find a local wheel shop and pay the $100-150 per wheel to have it done professionally [;)]
I have done a couple sets and its really not fun, until you get to the final result [:D]
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