camarosource

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I have been using Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish for years and recently was told to switch to Mothers Billet Metal Polish which is like 3X the cost for only 4oz.

Does anyone here happen to have BEFORE / AFTER pictures of metal using ONLY Mothers Billet Metal Polish ???

What EXACTLY makes Mothers Billet Metal Polish better than Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish ??

Ions91Z28

Personally I'm not a fan of any mothers type polish for the sole purpose of keeping the polished piece clean. I'd recommend something like Flitz metal polish for that.

camarosource

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really? Have you had bad experiences with it?

Ions91Z28

No, no bad experiences with the billet. However, a properally polished piece will dull with the use of the standard mothers polish. They contain abrasives many times.

camarosource

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seriously????? If it ruins your shine but hard abrasives, I would think it would be poorly rated yet it seems to have the best ratings.. ?

Ions91Z28

Ruins your shine is not what I said exactly. It'll hurt a perfectly polished part. However, few know how to get to that level, and when you do, the upkeep of it is very hard. Instead, people tend to use a medium such as the mothers polished which keeps a pretty good shine.

Orr89RocZ

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i used mothers mag aluminum polish on my iroc wheels that i recently polished and it works great! i am gonna try and get pics of it soon

wackytower

I just bought some about a week a go. I tried it on small part of my valve cover it seemed to work good but I didnt work at it to long. It was kinda cold when i was out there.

TunedPort 335

I did notice a verryy slight difference going from Eagle One to Mothers "billet" polish when I polished my motor.

On my Welds though I don't bother spending all that money for wheels that will just get dirty anyways. Instead I use the cheaper Eagle One on those.

18inchboyds

i like the mothers billet , i use it and i havent had any problems with it .

PHAT89TA

i've used mothers billet polish i i love them. Brings out the shine. Heres a pic of my car compared to my friends unpolished TT2

camarosource

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Umm... ok. Can't possibly see a different from that.

But I went out and bought it.. GEEZ.. $15 for that TINY thing???

PHAT89TA

ya the pic doesn't do much justice, but it really brings out the shine on polish rims.

Sickness91Z28

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you get what you pay for

I know it's the only stuff I'll ever use....it even has a guarentee to be the best product you'll ever use on billet aluminum. Also, it really depends what you use to apply it. I use microfiber towels..and it made a huge difference from just using some regular soft towels.

IROC-Z28_CAMARO

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I use this stuff called autosol. It comes is a tube. I find it to works really well and it is pretty cheap. Way better then Eagle One, from my experience.

camarosource

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you know...

I took my rims and one side put the regular Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish and the other side with the Mothers Billet Metal Polish.

And I have to say, tried as I could, I could NOT SEE ANY DIFFERENCE whatsoever. Perhaps because my rims are BRAND new??

I did however know 1 thing about the two :

Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish - Turns DARK brown/black
Mothers Billet Metal Polish - BLACK, TAR BLACK, DARK DARK BLACK..

Other that that, I see no difference. Especially anything that would mean 1 oz. LESS for like $8 - $10cdn MORE.. I don't know.. I don't get it.

Sickness91Z28

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how are you applying it? what are you applying it with? what are you whiping it off with? do you apply it when the surface is cool? all of these things are something to consider while polishing any metal surface. I did the same test as you...and I could tell very easily that the billet is much better. Guess some people just have better luck with it

camarosource

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I used a 100% Cotton Bath size (Cambridge; made in Canada) terry cloth towel. Cool out, end of day.. around 5 - 6pm

Sickness91Z28

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before I knew much about polishing...I used a few types of terry clothes.....and they really do not do the job at all IMO. The finish doesn't look near as good as it can. If you want to try something else, get some MicroFiber Towels, there are many different brands...but any should do. The MicroFiber I'm using has about 90,000 threads per square inch and is by far the best towels to apply and wipe off the product. MicroFiber are the only type of towels I use on my car. They can get very expensive...but it's just another one of those "you get what you pay for" items

camarosource

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Ah! I just bought some the other day. Still in packaging.

EXTREMELY SOFT.. I am wondering how to clean them. That BLACK that comes from the polish I would think would perm, ruin it??

Sickness91Z28

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yeah, that's the bad part about it....you can't really use them as near as much as any other usual towel when polishing aluminum. I just wash mine with dish soap by hand and toss them in the dryer. I can get about 5-6 uses out of them...but I buy them by the bulk

camarosource

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How much?

TunedPort 335

The reason your not seeing a huge difference between the two polish's is because your Torq Thrust II's are a cast aluminum wheel. If they were forged or billet then you would notice alot more of a difference.

camarosource

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I would have figured that because I was told by people who swear by the difference between the two but actual TT ][ owners.

Kandied91z

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ScottyRS

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You can wash them in the washing machine with warm water. Just don't put them in with anything else or they will catch all the lint and stuff. You can also wash them by hand with soap and warm water. I detail cars on the weekends and have been using the same microfiber towels for months now. You've just gotta put some work into keeping them clean.