Polishing wheels

h4r1s · Post by **h4r1s** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:32 pm

Hi,

Thought i'd post in here as i would get more responses, I have acquired another set of wheels

and was thinking of polishing them up myself. Just wanted to know how much i would be looking at for a full polishing kit and anything else i may require. Any links to kits or DIY guides would be helpful

any info would be appreciated

Thanks, Haris

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:53 pm

Can I ask the obvious question, what alloys are they?!

h4r1s · Post by **h4r1s** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:00 pm

some cool beetle steels and a cool retro lotus alloy, looks a bit like a ronal turbo. The lotus one is to practice my polishing on. and the beetle steels are to refurb/polish and possibly sell or if they turn out good i'll be on the lookout for some adapters

mwarner87 · Post by **mwarner87** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:49 pm

jeeeeeeeeeeeez Haris, how many sets of wheels do you own now?

h4r1s · Post by **h4r1s** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:10 pm

actually had to think for a couple of seconds

got 4 sets at the moment

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:04 am

Four aint that bad!

You got pics of the steelies? Sounds like they'd make a good witner wheel

h4r1s · Post by **h4r1s** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:12 am

Tim_GTi wrote:Four aint that bad!

You got pics of the steelies? Sounds like they'd make a good witner wheel

I already got 2 sets of winter wheels

here's some pics, they need a lot of work, which is why i bought them will give me plenty of practice polishing/refurbing

Nobody able to provide some advice on what i need? or provide any links to decent polishing kits?

Thanks, Haris

Tim_GTi · Post by **Tim_GTi** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 2:56 am

Wow yeh they're absolutely knackered!!

Liking the Deep Mono styled ones

Ollie_R · Post by **Ollie_R** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 11:08 am

This is probably your best bet:

http://www.thepolishingshop.co.uk/acata ... _Kits.html

You'll probably need to strip them using nitromors, and they may need some cleaning as they do look mucky.

Strip them with the Nitromors and rub them down with some medium/coarse W&D paper. Use the most abrasive mop and compound working down to the least abrasive. Dust with Vienna Lime, and the job's a goodun. Use some belgom alu to get the finish up and protect with some wheel wax.

david burton · Post by **david burton** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 12:58 pm

I wonder if it might be useful having them shot-blasted first - although I don't know if that is too aggressive?

h4r1s · Post by **h4r1s** » Sat Mar 01, 2008 9:15 pm

cheers for that guys, that's helped me out quite a bit

yeah my mate suggested sand blasting them first. Plus i've just found out he's just bought a sand blasting air tool for his compressor, so will start with that i think and go from there