Polishing Wheels

[tmds3]

After looking around on the web I found that Dupli-Color has a clear coat for wheels, so you could polish them up and then clear coat them and maybe cut down on the polishing to keep them clean. I know it already takes me almost an hour to polish all the chrome on the bike now.

[silveradocowboy]

I recently polished the wheels on Deb's 3rd gen and tried several things mentioned and finally found what worked for me. The wheels in our case were in very poor condition, they had so much oxide it felt like sand paper. I used a sewn polishing wheel with red rouge to remove the oxide and clear coat(if there was any  ) and cleaned up with MEK. MEK works very well and can be found at Home Depot, Lowes, etc.. and my advice would be to use protective gear while useing it. Once I had the wheels down to bare metal I used a cloth wheel (not sewn) and red rouge and cleaned up with MEK. Deb put a coating of Mothers polish on to help keep them clean longer.

[lragan]

Well, today I tried the drill press/vice combination as shown in the video.  It looked so cool, I had to try it.  It looks cooler than it works

It was quite convenient to have the wheel captured on the axle in the vice -- for one thing, the shop has an air conditioner!!  But this was not the only benefit.  it was at chest height, easy to get to, etc.  I used a sewn polish wheel from Harbor Freight, and Mothers Power Metal Polish.  After 38K miles there are many pits and scratches in the wheel, but it still looks pretty nice.  Much better than when I started. 

One thing that puzzled me a bit -- the left (brake rotor) side was a lot more pitted than the right side.  Perhaps because it is harder to wash??   Has anyone else noticed this?

Oh, and is there a link to the diesel fuel method?  I use this stuff for all sorts of things, but not  to polish aluminum  (yet)!!