EBPcivicsi
03-16-2006, 07:23 PM
A little background on this project can be found here:
http://autopia.org/forum/showthread.php?t=68470
The wheels had some form of "gunk" on the rear that was *very* difficult to remove. I tried mineral spirits, clay, etc. The only thing that removed it was *aggressive* buffing with a drill and Mother`s powerball. Man was I glad I had a powerball--could not have done this without it.
I ended up washing the wheels
Applying Mother`s mag and aluminum polish with a MF applicator to a small section
Apply Mothers Power Metal AND Meguiars GC all metal polish (black bottle) and buff section with powerball
I then washed the wheels again to remove the residue (did not remove it section by section to save time)
Finally I applied one coat of NXT all metal polysh by hand to the entire surface, remove with MF
The "gunk" would smear around as I polished and was really a bear to remove.
Anyone know what this could be?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/uncoated%20aluminum/tn_IMG_1530.jpg
close up:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/uncoated%20aluminum/tn_IMG_1531.jpg
The face of the wheel was dull, but did not have the mystery gunk:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/uncoated%20aluminum/tn_IMG_1536.jpg
Here is how they turned out after about 2.5 hours of polishing:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/uncoated%20aluminum/tn_IMG_1537.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/uncoated%20aluminum/tn_IMG_1544.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/uncoated%20aluminum/tn_IMG_1546.jpg
http://autopia.org/forum/showthread.php?t=68470
The wheels had some form of "gunk" on the rear that was *very* difficult to remove. I tried mineral spirits, clay, etc. The only thing that removed it was *aggressive* buffing with a drill and Mother`s powerball. Man was I glad I had a powerball--could not have done this without it.
I ended up washing the wheels
Applying Mother`s mag and aluminum polish with a MF applicator to a small section
Apply Mothers Power Metal AND Meguiars GC all metal polish (black bottle) and buff section with powerball
I then washed the wheels again to remove the residue (did not remove it section by section to save time)
Finally I applied one coat of NXT all metal polysh by hand to the entire surface, remove with MF
The "gunk" would smear around as I polished and was really a bear to remove.
Anyone know what this could be?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/uncoated%20aluminum/tn_IMG_1530.jpg
close up:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/uncoated%20aluminum/tn_IMG_1531.jpg
The face of the wheel was dull, but did not have the mystery gunk:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/uncoated%20aluminum/tn_IMG_1536.jpg
Here is how they turned out after about 2.5 hours of polishing:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/uncoated%20aluminum/tn_IMG_1537.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/uncoated%20aluminum/tn_IMG_1544.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v720/ebpcivicsi/uncoated%20aluminum/tn_IMG_1546.jpg