polishing standerd wheels

jamesthomas404 · Post by **jamesthomas404** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 10:30 pm

i want to polish the steelies that come on a polo, just wondering if it is possible and how i would go about it, i want like a mirror finish see, thanks, James

henry01 · Post by **henry01** » Tue Aug 15, 2006 11:51 pm

alright.

i'm just try to polish the lips and centre caps on my bbs wheels. ive been looking round the different forums and theres loads of helps and how too's

basiclly you have to start my removing the current finish, and prepping it back to bare metal. from there i've tried using all the different grades of wet and dry, that creates quite a shiny finish bu could be alot beta, depends on the quality of finish your after.

i've got two different grades of polishing mops on order, due any day now, so i'll keep you posted about how well that works

have a search for polishing on club polo and demon vw, so useful threads

hope thats some help

jamesthomas404 · Post by **jamesthomas404** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 12:19 am

kk thanks alot mate, keep me posted, cheers, james

henry01 wrote:alright.

i'm just try to polish the lips and centre caps on my bbs wheels. ive been looking round the different forums and theres loads of helps and how too's

basiclly you have to start my removing the current finish, and prepping it back to bare metal. from there i've tried using all the different grades of wet and dry, that creates quite a shiny finish bu could be alot beta, depends on the quality of finish your after.

i've got two different grades of polishing mops on order, due any day now, so i'll keep you posted about how well that works

have a search for polishing on club polo and demon vw, so useful threads

hope thats some help

polo boi · Post by **polo boi** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:23 am

u can only polish the metal on an alloy not the actual alloy, is that rite?? coz the alloy is made up with different metals an cnt be polished??

warrmr · Post by **warrmr** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 11:31 am

polo boi wrote:u can only polish the metal on an alloy not the actual alloy, is that rite?? coz the alloy is made up with different metals an cnt be polished??

the alloy wheel is actually made up of a metal Alloy so if that were the case you couldent polish the wheel at all.

the 3 most common metal alloys for makeing wheels are

magnesium
aluminum
Steel. ( yes steel is an alloy its a blends of iorn carbon and tin i bleive)

and all 3 of those metals are able to be polished to a mirror shine.

henry01 · Post by **henry01** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:01 pm

alright mate, i got my polishing kit today and have been working hard. lol, after stripping it back to bare metal i had quite a clean surface so just went straight to polishing.

i got a kit from this site

http://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Main/Cate ... oryID=3986

and gt this kit Zenith Polishing Kit - Non Ferrous Metal

works really well, depend in the shape on the surface you may need small heads to reach difficult places.

its been really easy so far.....well easy-ish lol

hope thats a bit more useful

mmh · Post by **mmh** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:19 pm

henry01 wrote:alright mate, i got my polishing kit today and have been working hard. lol, after stripping it back to bare metal i had quite a clean surface so just went straight to polishing.

i got a kit from this site

http://www.diytools.co.uk/diy/Main/Cate ... oryID=3986

and gt this kit Zenith Polishing Kit - Non Ferrous Metal

works really well, depend in the shape on the surface you may need small heads to reach difficult places.

its been really easy so far.....well easy-ish lol

hope thats a bit more useful

Get some pictures up mate.

Cheers, Mo

henry01 · Post by **henry01** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 8:45 pm

will do tomorrow,

dragon_green · Post by **dragon_green** » Wed Aug 16, 2006 9:01 pm

polishing steel wheels?

i guess you could do it like other people have mentioned, but be sure to wax or lacquer it, or they'll rust pretty damn quick!

henry01 · Post by **henry01** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:04 pm

this is how there looking now:

this is how they looked before. as you can see they were pretty dull

not bad for a 20 quid bit of kit

jamesthomas404 · Post by **jamesthomas404** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:31 pm

is that finish with lackquer on top?

henry01 wrote:this is how there looking now:

this is how they looked before. as you can see they were pretty dull

not bad for a 20 quid bit of kit

henry01 · Post by **henry01** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 9:56 am

no thats with out. not sure how there come up with so leaving it till the last minute

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:16 pm

Apparently it's the laquer that causes problems with corrosion etc

Pure Klas wrote:MIRROR POLISHED

The alloy is stripped back to bare metal and polished to a high finish where, you can see a reflection in the metal, and very similar looking to chrome, with out the downsides of running chrome in the uk, (salted roads and bad weather conditions).

The finish is not lacquered as this reduces the shine, and the laquer has no surface to adhere to, however, this type of finish is simple to maintain, by using the correct products.

We offer a full and friendly after care advice service, showing you which products to use and how to use them to maintain the high polished attractive finish.

www.PureKlas.co.uk

James14100 · Post by **James14100** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 3:34 pm

ModifiedMadness wrote:Apparently it's the laquer that causes problems with corrosion etc

Pure Klas wrote:MIRROR POLISHED

The alloy is stripped back to bare metal and polished to a high finish where, you can see a reflection in the metal, and very similar looking to chrome, with out the downsides of running chrome in the uk, (salted roads and bad weather conditions).

The finish is not lacquered as this reduces the shine, and the laquer has no surface to adhere to, however, this type of finish is simple to maintain, by using the correct products.

We offer a full and friendly after care advice service, showing you which products to use and how to use them to maintain the high polished attractive finish.
www.PureKlas.co.uk

That website is the poorest design i've seen in ages - they need it redoing!

BashaBen · Post by **BashaBen** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 6:27 pm

also it'll be buggered if you get even the tinyest little stone chip as water will get under the lacquer and lift it

I'm doing my Pslots atm. started 600 grade today (arms are killing me

)
there are plenty of good products to keep them shiney once polished tho

I asked 'mike the polisher' a question through E38 and he was really helpfull. So if unsure about anything I'm sure he or 'Pureklas' would he you out