Polishing Wheels

[southside]

1. Use can of airline paint stripper to remove clearcoat.

2. Wash wheels with pressure washer to make sure it's all off.

3. Buy a LOT of sandpaper from 800 grit up to 2000+.

4. Start with 800 grit paper. Sand your ass off.

5. Move up progressively through the grits until you are working with the 2000+ grit.

6. Get Mother's Aluminum and Mag Wheel Polish.

7. Get a box of shop towels, too.

8. Polish your ass off.

9. Start over for next wheel.

Done.

you start much lower than 800grit you start at 220

[SixSquared]

you start much lower than 800grit you start at 220

I've always started at 800 and it looks fine.

[RBS]

I've always started at 800 and it looks fine.

only fine? what if you were polishing a wheel with some a$$ crazy scratches and curbage? starting off 220 is a very smart thing to do, for one if used right can remove scratches and smooth out minor curbage, and 2... makes the entire face of the wheel perfectly smooth for the next higher grit. ive hand polished more wheels than you prolly have seen on here and ever single last one of them has a perfect mirror shine with NO deep scratches and NO curb scratches because i got rid of them all using a low but fine grit. starting at 800 will do FINE yes, but if you want it better go lower first.. just my ya dig?

[SixSquared]

only fine? what if you were polishing a wheel with some a$$ crazy scratches and curbage? starting off 220 is a very smart thing to do, for one if used right can remove scratches and smooth out minor curbage, and 2... makes the entire face of the wheel perfectly smooth for the next higher grit. ive hand polished more wheels than you prolly have seen on here and ever single last one of them has a perfect mirror shine with NO deep scratches and NO curb scratches because i got rid of them all using a low but fine grit. starting at 800 will do FINE yes, but if you want it better go lower first.. just my ya dig?

The stuff I've polished was never curbed or anything. I've done one set of wheels, and they were a near mint condition set of GSR fat 5s. The rest of the stuff I've polished is engine stuff.... intake manis, valve covers, yadda yadda.