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I have a set of 17" Eagle billet polished aluminum rims that are somewhat oxidized. I used some elbow grease and polish on one to see a chromelike finish emerge through the oxidation. Took forever to do half of a rim though.
Anyone ever used a dremel and buffing pads for such a task? Anyone think its a viable alternative to hand polishing the rims till my arms are numb?
You can see the rims in my sig, those two are unfinished, the one I did resembles the chrome tips in the back.
If you have a buffer, you can buy pads that you only use the side of them so you can get to the rim better. In other words they just have the actual buffing material on the edges of the pad and you have to use the bufer parallel to the wheel. Or if yoou have a drill, you can buy pads that will work with it. An air drill is better in my opinion because it is faster, so if you have an air dri,, then you would be set.
I would use the drill idea. I have a die grinder, so I went to Sears and bought a polishing kit for like $15. It has the polishing compound, and buffing wheels. If you don't regulate the die grinder down from 22,000 rpm, it will start to shred the wheels rather quickly. I usually tape a little nut behind the handle so it will only go down so far. It has worked great for me so far.
__________________ Joshua Johnston
1991 Z-28 -- SOLD
1985 C-10
guys, please help me with this gay dumb question......... how do you polish?
if so, i might attack my rims for fun, and hows cost?
thanx guys!!!
__________________ 91 FireBird 305 V-8
Edelbrock Catback, Optima Yellow Top, Tsunami Power Top, Custom Alarm. Fourth Gen Console. Info In Sig Link, Only Four cupholders.
I wouldn't use a Dremel. The bristle brush you would use with a Dremel is small and you wouldn't be able to cover a large area at a time so you would have to go back and forth alot. This would cause some areas to become more polished than others and it would just result in a blemished look. Use a paper towell and press hard with the ball or palm of your hand. You'll get a more even, uniform polish. Look for mt post on polishing wheels, it should help alot.
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__________________ 98 Camaro SS M6 #1761 - Red with gray cloth - Y2K Vette wheels - Powerstop slotted/drilled rotors with Hawks pads - SLP Flopac with K&N - LS6 intake manifold - ported TB - Pacesetter headers - TSP off-road y-pipe - SLP dual/dual catback - 3" cutout - NGK TR6 plugs @ .034 - Walbro 340 (255lph) Fuel Pump - Horsepower House Dynotune - UMI Lower Control Arm Relocation Brackets - Hotchkins Strut tower bar - Textralia OZ700 clutch - "Z" Disc - Textralia Billet Steel Flywheel Roselock 18lbs - Hydraulic Drill Mod - Pro 5.0 shifter - Lou's short stick - Hurst Knob - Caspers PnP Hotwire Fuel Pump Harness - T-Tops - Monsoon Stereo w/ CD
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