okay . .so as many of you have commented on my photo shoots "clearn you rims" well i have but thats not the issue there is some sort of oxidation . . as seen in these 2 pics



and a close up



so i set out and bought some tools to polish them, picked these up

a dremel


with a polishing compound kit


and what i've done was sanded them down with 100 grit paper.. then WET 600 grit sand paper. . washed it off then started to poish unfortunately this is the biggest bit they make for a dremel that is used in polishing


so i had to make due




and the result... they look all fucked up . . and it's cuz the lil polisher is so small that .. well iono i need sum'n bigger


definately shiner than before, but not what i'm lookin for. . dont want those swirl marks there


anyone have any suggestions on what I should do, what else do i need or whatever??

 

OWNED!
try using a bigger buffer

 

sand paper and do it by hand...

 

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well i did that part, but they arent shiny after just doing that . .

 

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try using a bigger buffer</TD></TR></TABLE>

do you know if they maker bigger polishing bits for a dremel?

 

Spray the wheels down with Aircraft remover and let them sit for like 20-25 minutes. Spray them down with a hose to get all the stripper off and then polish the **** out of em with Mother's polish.

 

holy ****..

 

Leave em like that they look you curb checked the **** out of the whole wheel.

 

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the rims use to be gunmetal, so i used aircraft remover back in the day (here is a link to a thread when i did that https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=900106)

then few weeks later, i took it to the car wash, had it all washed up and shined up.. then i go back to schoool. where i parked (this is like 1hr after having hte car washed) the sewer backed up (at this point my car was stock ride height thank God) and i had to drive thru that ****, and after that they just came out shitty from there on out i couldnt wash it off

i guess go back to that huh?

what do you guys use when usin mother's polish?

 

yeeeeaaah.Ummm.

Lighter grit next time.

 

haha thats why you shouldnt listen to what other people say...

anywho just to help you out if sand paper doesnt work use steel whool you can get it from home depot its a step process it should help! if not your screwed

 

eh who said i listened to anyone?? lol

oh wells, glad i dont really give a **** about these rims, saving up for RSZ-R

guess i'll go back ot my AirCraft Remover

 

wow , you fucked that rim up !

try mothers polish and start w/ 600 grit and move up , way up to like 2000 for the finish .

 

you need some polishing stones. when I worked at a mold shop that's what the polish department used to polish aluminum. they are about 5" long and 1" wide you just hold them at an angle to the surface and push them... use wd40 to lubricate it.

 

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got any links to that **** bro?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JonnyDanger &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">wow , you fucked that rim up !

try mothers polish and start w/ 600 grit and move up , way up to like 2000 for the finish . </TD></TR></TABLE>

aha yeah i sure did... i'm sure i can just sand it down again ?? i hope so. .

so .. in that order?? ^^^

 

You could bump up the paper grit into the 1000's. then hand buff it with mothers.

 

I thought those wheels used to be dark gold/bronze? That looks like why their messed up. Either way you can keep polishing until it looks right or paint them again

 

how in the hell did your wheels get that oxidized anyways? thats pretty bad...just dip them in chrome.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Built to Spill &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yeeeeaaah.Ummm.

Lighter grit next time.</TD></TR></TABLE>

u lumberged yourself....just spray them silver...itll look oem..but not shiny...

 

looks like your wheel got owned by the brake dust.... this is why you need to clean them every once in a while.... GL on gettin em fixed

 

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LMAO.

anywho, ya man...you definitely fuggged that **** up. The next time you do somthing like that, do it by hand.

 

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http://www.deltasupplies.com/boride1.htm#t4
http://www.newmantools.com/boride.htm

 

100 grit is too coarse. You can't just jump from 100 to 600 grit. You need to go to 200, 400, 600, etc. then do a wetsand.

Get a polishing wheel that attaches to a drill. That dremel bit isn't going to work well.

 

well, here is my opinion on this. I don't think that there is anything wrong with your dremel idea, HOWEVER I would not use the tip of that polishing wheel, I would be using the side of it.