What do i use to seal raw polished aluminum?
03-08-2011, 08:05 PM
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i just started my second wheel today.. i can make a short how to and take a couple pics for you. ill keep everything in this thread. but i will say this, it is ALOT of work lol.. i spent somewhere between 20 and 25 hours on ONE wheel and its not fun : (
03-08-2011, 08:22 PM
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Chris ..... they look great. A lot of work but that looks fantastic. I've been polishing wheels since i was a kid , my dad owned his own truck and we would have to polish all 10 outside wheels once a month to keep them looking like yours.
It isn't a big deal to keep them up once the initial polish is done ....it might take you 15-20 minutes a wheel every 4-6 weeks or a little sooner if we get alot of rain..... that dulls em quicker. We didn't have powerball's back then ( mid 80's till mid 90's ) so it was all by hand ... I bet with a ball it would only take 5 minutes a wheel for upkeep. Anyways .... looks great , just wait till you see them on the car !
It isn't a big deal to keep them up once the initial polish is done ....it might take you 15-20 minutes a wheel every 4-6 weeks or a little sooner if we get alot of rain..... that dulls em quicker. We didn't have powerball's back then ( mid 80's till mid 90's ) so it was all by hand ... I bet with a ball it would only take 5 minutes a wheel for upkeep. Anyways .... looks great , just wait till you see them on the car !
03-08-2011, 08:41 PM
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NIC industries in the state of washington has a great clear coat made for polished metals, regular clear coat will not last on polished aluminum!
OH and Zoops Makes a sealer for them also ..I believe Eastwood.com has it> not to bad on price and you can buy the whole kit, I bought the Kit over 4 years ago and have polished alot of stuff & just ran out of the Metal Polished
& by far I get the best results from Zoops Metal Polish. just FYI
Nic Industries I used their clear coat on my Polished brake calibers & still going strong, Every one thinks they are Chromed
OH and Zoops Makes a sealer for them also ..I believe Eastwood.com has it> not to bad on price and you can buy the whole kit, I bought the Kit over 4 years ago and have polished alot of stuff & just ran out of the Metal Polished
& by far I get the best results from Zoops Metal Polish. just FYINic Industries I used their clear coat on my Polished brake calibers & still going strong, Every one thinks they are Chromed
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