evil Posted December 9, 2003 Report Posted December 9, 2003 ive used windex on mine for about 3 years and they still shine. next step is to powder coat them black. Quote
JayFressh Posted December 12, 2003 Report Posted December 12, 2003 600 grit will tear your rims apart, not to mention you'll be trying to polish the scrathces out till next Xmas. Quote
jizzo Posted December 13, 2003 Report Posted December 13, 2003 mothers billet polish is the best..it has my whole gsxr 750 looking like chrome.! Quote
Meat_Head Posted December 13, 2003 Report Posted December 13, 2003 600 grit will tear your rims apart, not to mention you'll be trying to polish the scrathces out till next Xmas. Lmao...if you say so. Quote
Meat_Head Posted December 13, 2003 Report Posted December 13, 2003 I never sand anything beyond 600 grit, give me those rims and i can garantee you a total mirror finish. Quote
evil Posted December 14, 2003 Report Posted December 14, 2003 yeah meat head, you dont know nothin about polishing stuff huh !!!!!!!! thats funny. Quote
Cotton eyed Joe Posted December 14, 2003 Report Posted December 14, 2003 I never sand anything beyond 600 grit, give me those rims and i can garantee you a total mirror finish. All of my billet is sanded to 320 then I polish. Meathead, what do you suggest to polish? You seem to be light years ahead of me. Quote
Meat_Head Posted December 14, 2003 Report Posted December 14, 2003 All of my billet is sanded to 320 then I polish. Meathead, what do you suggest to polish? You seem to be light years ahead of me. 320 is often more than enough, when you say polish are you talking about just the buffing part or the whole thing sanding included. Quote
JayFressh Posted December 15, 2003 Report Posted December 15, 2003 I start at 1000 grit wet sand and make my way up to 2000 grit, polish and no scratches! Just the way I do it. Quote
hash1250r Posted December 15, 2003 Report Posted December 15, 2003 Powdercoat them black and all the work will be over with. Quote
Meat_Head Posted December 15, 2003 Report Posted December 15, 2003 To polish those wheels i would proceed like this, First, id sand the rims using my small pneumatic hand sander and some 600 grit sand paper. Second, id polish the rims using my hand drill with a 4 inches sisal buffing wheel of course you need to use some tripoli compound with it.For the places i wouldnt be able to reach with the drill and wheel id use some mushroom buffs with the same compound. 3rd, id buff the rims with the hand drill and a 4 inches loose sewn buffing wheel using a white colouring compound.Id still use some mushroom buffs with the white compound for the places unreachable with the drill. 4th, id clean the rims with some Mothers i have tried Wenol metal polish and have been getting better results with Mothers. This method correctly applied will give those rims an awsome mirror finish garanteed... Quote
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