Guide to refurbishing alloy wheels

[Guy]

Well I've got a trade account at Maccess, so it was only like £5 from there. Its the Farecla Smart Repair kit

I could lock that drill to 1800 RPM - which is pretty much the limit for this kind of work.

The shine is real hard work, it took me 2hrs per wheel - it was torture, but totally worth it.

I was just doing some metal polishing today (my cig lighter) and I was using red polish compound, and it brought a seriously good finish. I guess working with fine compounds like grey/red will start to get you the result you want.

never heard of maccess?

will use that link if i can't find the kit anywhere

'red' polish compound?

[Ben Lessani]

Maccess = trade only car parts costco equiv.
Red polish = different metal polish grades are diff. colours, jewellers tend to use them as they can be the equiv of 4000 grit (like this

[Guy]

Maccess = trade only car parts costco equiv.
Red polish = different metal polish grades are diff. colours, jewellers tend to use them as they can be the equiv of 4000 grit (like this

no wonder i hadn't heard of maccess... nowhere near me!
cheers for the heads up on the polish grades... learn something new everyday! 

[kells]

Neat Autosol was just causing me problems, it was making the metal more dirty than it was before - and you certainly CAN'T use it with a power tool, it burns too easily.

you can use it fine with a power tool, i have just used it on my porsche centre caps and they are even more shiny than the finish you have got, although it depends on the quality of the alloy too does the final outcome, the key is not to use too much and not to apply too much pressure