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Old 01-23-06, 02:11   #1 (permalink)
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For wheels, quick suggestion on a semi-aggressive polish?

For the past couple years I've been using AIO and SG on my wheels with great success.

I'm still planning on using the above combo (same combo I use on my car's CC) but am curious on what a good suggestion would be for a decent, mild-cut, CC-safe polish?

All of my wheels have minor blemishes on them. One has very light CC scratches (can't feel them). Two of them had some repair done to them, the repairs themselves came out great but it ended up dulling the areas that were prepared and they were never polished to a shine. The final one has some weird blemish that appears to be under the Clear-Coat. It can't be felt but it's a white "splotch". I think that I'm simply going to live with that one.

I'm thinking something like DACP but want to be very careful in not thinning out the CC too much. I know the CC has already been thinned out where the repairs on the two wheels were made, I'd hate to actually cut through to metal. But, also, since I won't be using a machine it wouldn't be AS aggressive.

Any suggestions out there? Sorry for the newb question!
 
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Old 01-23-06, 02:42   #2 (permalink)
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I'd go with something like #80 or SSR2.
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I'd go with something like #80 or SSR2.
#80? I'm assuming you're speaking of the Speed Glaze?
 
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Yes. Meg's #80 Speed Glaze.
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Yes. Meg's #80 Speed Glaze.
Cool, thanks buddy!
 
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I use the 3M PI-III RC/MG combo, but that stuff's getting hard to find. My cleared wheels all need something more aggressive than #80; the clear on them is pretty tough. I wouldn't worry *that* much about thinning the clear with just one major correction, I'd fix them once and then be very careful *not* to scratch them again. Never caused any problems for me...
 
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how do you guys apply those? By hand or machine?
I am kind of thinking it would be hard to use a PC to do wheels.

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Mostly by hand, but I've used the PC and even the rotary with 4" pads.
 
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