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Old 04-23-2018, 09:25 PM
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Aluminum wheel polish

Hi I have a set of polished aluminum corvette wheels on my camaro but they are in rough shape and this might not be the place to post but I was wondering if anyone had some tips on how to polish them and get them real clean?
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Re: Aluminum wheel polish

mothers aluminum polish paste work great
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Re: Aluminum wheel polish

I have found Mother's BILLET to be the best, until you get into the high dollar polishes. That being said, if yours are in bad shape, ANY product will make a world of difference when it comes to polishing metal.

HOWEVER......if they're stock wheels, they're likely to be clearcoated. No aluminum wheels that I know of come factory WITHOUT clear coat. If it's still on there, the polish won't do anything as it's not getting to the actual metal. I'd start with a good soap and water cleaning. Lots of times the clear is starting to come off and there's nothing you can do other than to remove/sand it off. Then you can refinish the wheel. ...but at that point it takes more than an hour or two with soap and water.

...and check to see if they're polished or chrome....as you'd want to take different steps after simple soap and water.
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Re: Aluminum wheel polish

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I have found Mother's BILLET to be the best, until you get into the high dollar polishes. That being said, if yours are in bad shape, ANY product will make a world of difference when it comes to polishing metal.

HOWEVER......if they're stock wheels, they're likely to be clearcoated. No aluminum wheels that I know of come factory WITHOUT clear coat. If it's still on there, the polish won't do anything as it's not getting to the actual metal. I'd start with a good soap and water cleaning. Lots of times the clear is starting to come off and there's nothing you can do other than to remove/sand it off. Then you can refinish the wheel. ...but at that point it takes more than an hour or two with soap and water.

...and check to see if they're polished or chrome....as you'd want to take different steps after simple soap and water.
I know they’re definitely polished and I believed they had the clear coat on them as well. They’re off a c6 corvette so I’m thinking I’ll have to sand them down and give them a good polish to just start over with them they’re getting a bit rough.
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Re: Aluminum wheel polish

I've always liked Nevr Dull, it's more work intensive, but the results are A+
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Re: Aluminum wheel polish

Post a picture. The c6 "polished" wheels on the vette most were powder coated chromium look to look like polished. The natural aluminum c6 wheels that were just clearcoated are diamond cut wheels amd will look like they have a groove pattern in them
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Re: Aluminum wheel polish

Best stuff I found is blue magic metal polish at walmart. The cases were really oxidized on this bike, imo it works better than mothers
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