Polished Wheels; how do you shine them?
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Polished Wheels; how do you shine them?
Just wondering how I should shine up my polished wheels. (Got a used set of GM accessories wheels)
I want them to be spotless before I put ties on them. Never head polished wheels before.
I want them to be spotless before I put ties on them. Never head polished wheels before.
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I did a quick google search and found this:
MOTHERS polishing compound.
http://www.truckinweb.com/tech/body/...kit/index.html
Anyone here use it?
MOTHERS polishing compound.
http://www.truckinweb.com/tech/body/...kit/index.html
Anyone here use it?
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i used that mothers on my truck wheels, it took the clearcoat off and then from then on my wheels looked like crap and had stains all over them from **** on the road...that wheelwax looks like it would be good though
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I always recommend poorboys wheel sealant. For what its worth (since these are different wheels) here are 2 customers who went w/ wheel sealant and wanted to post up some results and a test showing what it can do. Probably the best wheel product out there
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/wheelsealant1.html
http://www.glimmerglassdetailing.com/wheelsealant1.html
i just cleaned my chrome wheels today and what i did was used was since they were already pretty clean since i washed the truck yesterday was used some poorboys quick detailer and a microfiber towel. then i used some poorboys polish using a microfiber applicator and then used a microfiber towel to buff off. then used the poorboys wheel sealant again applying with a microfiber applicator and buffing off with a microfiber towel.
heres how they turned out
And yet another who did a test w/ the Poorboys wheel sealant:
"Since being introduced to the Poorboys line up by Chris at Glimmer Glass... ive been nothing but happy with every product ive used... they all do what they say they will do and some do a bit more... this happens to be one that does exactly what i expected/hoped it would do... so onto the experiment
this is approximately a weeks worth (300+miles) of brake dust build up.. the wheels have 3 coats of Poorboy's Wheel Sealant on them... 2 were done at the "big" detail i did and one was done recently to refresh/reinforce...
as you can see the wheels are absolutely filthy... OEM brembo pads are notorious for dusting a ridiculous amount...anyway... today i did my weekly wash before our tuesday night meets... i use my pressure washer to do my pre-rinse becuase it helps get the bugs and **** off the front end... along with the bug squash... heres a shot after i hit half the wheel with the PW..
as you can see the dust is almost completely gone... it just pretty much rolled right off the wheel... i took a short.. non-audio .. video clip so that people could see how i got the results.... id say this got 99% of the dust off the wheel... i just followed like i normally do with a damp rag to get the extremely stubborn parts...
this product gets a 5 out of 5 in my book!"
heres how they turned out
And yet another who did a test w/ the Poorboys wheel sealant:
"Since being introduced to the Poorboys line up by Chris at Glimmer Glass... ive been nothing but happy with every product ive used... they all do what they say they will do and some do a bit more... this happens to be one that does exactly what i expected/hoped it would do... so onto the experiment
this is approximately a weeks worth (300+miles) of brake dust build up.. the wheels have 3 coats of Poorboy's Wheel Sealant on them... 2 were done at the "big" detail i did and one was done recently to refresh/reinforce...
as you can see the wheels are absolutely filthy... OEM brembo pads are notorious for dusting a ridiculous amount...anyway... today i did my weekly wash before our tuesday night meets... i use my pressure washer to do my pre-rinse becuase it helps get the bugs and **** off the front end... along with the bug squash... heres a shot after i hit half the wheel with the PW..
as you can see the dust is almost completely gone... it just pretty much rolled right off the wheel... i took a short.. non-audio .. video clip so that people could see how i got the results.... id say this got 99% of the dust off the wheel... i just followed like i normally do with a damp rag to get the extremely stubborn parts...
this product gets a 5 out of 5 in my book!"
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don't get mother's or mag or blah blah blah... all that stuff is junk. order some WENOL in the red tube. it comes from germany and no retail store sell it. ebay or other online store is the place to get it. one tube will do 50+ wheels.
i do alot of actual metal polishing, and refuse to use anything other than wenol for a final cleaning. wenol produces a better finish than a dialux diamond or platinum rouge. it's about $15 shipped per tube.
here's a customer's procharger i finished today, i polished it from a horrible paint job on top of a rough cast finish down to mirror, and the wenol was used last.
before
after
anyways, just thought i would share because wenol isn't widely known
i do alot of actual metal polishing, and refuse to use anything other than wenol for a final cleaning. wenol produces a better finish than a dialux diamond or platinum rouge. it's about $15 shipped per tube.
here's a customer's procharger i finished today, i polished it from a horrible paint job on top of a rough cast finish down to mirror, and the wenol was used last.
before
after
anyways, just thought i would share because wenol isn't widely known
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