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  • Question for you guys; I have often worked up through grits to 2000 wet, and then gone to a 3 stage polish compound (black, brown, white in that order) before finally finishing with mothers polish. The black compound works really well but the brown and white seem to almost melt into the wheel and the pad. Any thoughts on why this might happen? I have varied my speed but no matter what the result is the same.

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    • sounds like too much brown/white on the mop(s).. try using a rasp to resurface the mop, reapply desired polish and try again.. if not, just skip it and use some metal polish called Diamond Brite Truck Box Polish you can get at Lowes (Warden/Eglinton store has some)
      - Chris


      What do you do when you strip your wheels and they are in good shape? Here's some of my strategies to get that deeper shine..
      - I stripped my lips from my Volks (circa 1996).. They were in good shape other than the machining marks... I don't care about the machining marks too much as I will DD the wheels through rain, dirt, etc...

      Strip lips using Dumond Smart Strip. It has no VOC (no smell), non caustic, and 100% biodegradable... which means you can use it in doors and it hardly smells and you can put it down the drain afterwards.
      Just brush it on, easy, it's like yogurt.

      Once it dries up and starts working it looks like this....


      This is what a stripped one looks like against a non-stripped.


      Then I hit it with 1000 wet sand to remove some of the machining marks.


      Then 2000 wet...


      By choosing wet over dry it reduces clumping of alum oxide in your paper.. hot water makes the paper wet up faster.

      Then all I did after 2000 was hand polish with Diamond Brite Truck Box Polish.. best polish out there IMO. Hardly takes any time at all with this polish no joke.
      Factory Volk finish VS polished

      Volk VS polished


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      • Great, thanks for the tip, I will try less compound and see how that goes.

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        • thanks for the tip c.Johnston I have lm's and want to strip them beacouse the clear looks dull but they have no curb rash. so im gonna strip them and then polish them
          any good stripers out there other than Dumond Smart Strip
          Last edited by yotatuner; 01-10-2012, 06:07 PM.

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          • i don't know, i used the safe strip and never bothered with anything else... ive used poly supa strippa but it sucks, burns your skin and smells like shit lol.. ive heard aircraft stripper is good but ive never used it.. i like the "green" stuff ... you can get it at home depot

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            • Can you go head and use these steps on an aluminum manifold. im looking for the "Polished" look under the hood and it seems like this would work pretty well...let me know, thanks

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              • Oh my! You almost scared me to death. I've read the topic of this thread and saw 'polishing lips'. I thought that I missed something. But then I realized what you mean. facepalm.
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                • How about using mother's billet? is that a good product? I'm assuming using the cone would make the job easier right?
                  04 .:R32DBP jawn on CCWs with a HPA FT450 kit.

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                  • Originally posted by xGmoneyx View Post
                    How about using mother's billet? is that a good product? I'm assuming using the cone would make the job easier right?
                    i use that to refresh my wheels.

                    get which ever the foam one is, not the bullet that has flaps and shit.

                    it will probably work to apply rouge or a good polish but ive never tried.

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                    • Originally posted by Jesus Christ View Post
                      i use that to refresh my wheels.

                      get which ever the foam one is, not the bullet that has flaps and shit.

                      it will probably work to apply rouge or a good polish but ive never tried.




                      Well this is how my wheels look like after I washed the car, I used the wheel soap and brush, I know that was stupid of me but I was in a rush and wanted to wash my car...

                      I actually purchased the mother's billtet since everyone told me that would do the job. I still have not yet to polish a wheel, been lazy..lol
                      04 .:R32DBP jawn on CCWs with a HPA FT450 kit.

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                      • yeah that foam applicator will work on water stains if you use it with a drill.

                        ALWAYS dry your raw polished wheels off after making sure there is no more soap anywhere near them.

                        protip: wax or seal the lips so water beads up and doesnt make contact with the raw aluminum.

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                        • Originally posted by Jesus Christ View Post
                          yeah that foam applicator will work on water stains if you use it with a drill.

                          ALWAYS dry your raw polished wheels off after making sure there is no more soap anywhere near them.

                          protip: wax or seal the lips so water beads up and doesnt make contact with the raw aluminum.
                          So the mother's billet would do the job? and u said the cone would be better than doing it by hand right? should I finish off the job with something else or after I'm done I'm good to go?
                          04 .:R32DBP jawn on CCWs with a HPA FT450 kit.

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                          • Originally posted by xGmoneyx View Post
                            So the mother's billet would do the job? and u said the cone would be better than doing it by hand right? should I finish off the job with something else or after I'm done I'm good to go?
                            after you hit it with the foam mothers thing, making sure you get in there and go slow. it will still be hazy so you have to rub the shit out of it to get it to shine but they look like new afterwards. use the softest microfiber or terry cloth or you'll mark them up again.

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                            • Originally posted by Jesus Christ View Post
                              after you hit it with the foam mothers thing, making sure you get in there and go slow. it will still be hazy so you have to rub the shit out of it to get it to shine but they look like new afterwards. use the softest microfiber or terry cloth or you'll mark them up again.
                              Good stuff man, I guess I have to touch them up a couple of times then, and yea I have a bunch of micro-fiber towels. This should be fun, haha.
                              04 .:R32DBP jawn on CCWs with a HPA FT450 kit.

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                              • Originally posted by xGmoneyx View Post
                                Good stuff man, I guess I have to touch them up a couple of times then, and yea I have a bunch of micro-fiber towels. This should be fun, haha.
                                yup, i suggest you take the wheel off too.

                                look in to wheel wax or zoop so you only have to do this process once in a while.

                                for what its worth, myself and 95% of people i know let it rock until they have to go somewhere cause its annoying to do every week. so IMO the upkeep is easier said than done without the wax or sealer.

                                i should take my own advice and wax my wheels

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