DLUX on bare aluminum wheels getting water spots

[Stokdgs]

Oh, okay. I`ll probably try out some different combos and see what I like best down the road. The half wheel I hand polished with the Mother`s polish still looks fairly decent, and if all four end up staying that way for at least that long (since late 2016) [edit: okay, looking at the pic from 2016, and recalling what it looks like now, maybe they`re not fairly decent after all -oops]




I`ll mess with them ONE time. Just to see. Then I`ll decide whether or not I`ll mess with them again!

JustJesus -
I hope this finds you and yours all good !
I like that wheel, it looks like it is polished.. Does polishing these wheels turn the applicator black ?
Dan F

 

[Rsurfer]

JustJesus -
I hope this finds you and yours all good !
I like that wheel, it looks like it is polished.. Does polishing these wheels turn the applicator black ?
Dan F

If it did, then its non coated and polished aluminum, but I guess you knew that.

 

[JustJesus]

Gentlemen, yes. It`s bare AL and not coated. The MF towel I used to polish (was just trying to clean it, really) did turn black.

I`ll hit them with proper materials when I do it

Same wheel, just taken. Hasn`t been cleaned in months

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[Rsurfer]

Gentlemen, yes. It`s bare AL and not coated. The MF towel I used to polish (was just trying to clean it, really) did turn black.

I`ll hit them with proper materials when I do it

Same wheel, just taken. Hasn`t been cleaned in months

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I would take uncoated aluminum wheels behind the barn and bury them.

 

[Accumulator]

Rsurfer- You and me both

JustJesus- Wow, those are staying nice for a long time! Guess it`s that CA environment or something..is that a drum or a rotor behind the wheel, wondering whether that might explain some of it.

 

[JustJesus]

You guys are funny.

Accumulator: I would credit the CA environment as well. Not much rain, no snow, no road salt. We mainly just deal with the heat (at least in Southern Ca) and water restrictions.

It is a drum behind the wheel. That might be helping out as well. The front wheels look.....well, burying them behind the barn seems like a good idea. Those have discs behind them. BUT, For a while, I was running "performance" pads for the fronts, due to the expected heavy break usage I would be seeing while hitting the off road trails in the mountains. Those pads just made a mess of things.

 

[Accumulator]

JustJesus- Heh heh, thanks for confirming my suspicions about the type of brakes...nice to have two wheels that aren`t that bad to clean up, huh? (My Tahoe has rear drums.)

While you folks don`t have to deal with roadsalt in CA, some people I`ve known from there say that the salt *air* from the ocean can be an issue.