Sounds like something one does to experience what it must be like in Hell! And
I'm not even religious.
Greg Burrows
Eschcool2@aol.com wrote:
> Ian,
> I have those same rims. I've been slowly working on mine one at a time.
>You first must decide how shiny you want them. If your looking for just shiny,
>then the polishing compounds and high speed buffers will do the trick. If you
>want mirror, your in for a lot more work. If you look closely at your rims,
>you will notice the milling marks. Thin lines going in circles around the rims
>from the machine that removed the aluminum. In order to get that mirror look,
>you will have to sand the aluminum down to an ultra flat surface. I start with
>100 grit and worked up to 600 grit wet sand paper. Thats 100, 220, 320, 400,
>600. Once you have removes all the mill marks, scratches, and super small
>pitting, you can start with the compounds. I bought some +250 reading glasses
>to see super close up. The glasses are vary important if your going the mirror
>route. If you miss any of the marks from the previous sand paper, or skip from
>100 grit right to 600 grit, you won't get the mirror eff!
> ect. Unfortunately the sanding must be done by hand. I tried a couple
>different power sanding tools but its too easy to make a mistake with
>aluminum. Plus the 320, 400 and 600 must be wet sanded. Also using just your
>hands to sand will cause slight waves in the aluminum. I did find an auto body
>sanding block to work well. This process is long and painstaking. If you don't
>have the patients I don't recommend it. Expect some sore hands, but a much
>firmer hand shake by the time your done.
>
> Jeff
> 69 2000
> >
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions on polishing some 6 spoke AL Z wheels?
> >
> >
> > Ian Miller
> > 66 1600 (stroked)
>
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