Polishing - any more tips please?

I've spent bloody ages working on one of my BBS RM outer rims. Yes, I'm trying to restore them myself. I've been using an alloy wheel polishing kit I got from Frost. It contains a couple of different sized polishing wheels to wang onto the drill, a little cone shaped polishing attachment, and a stick of polish stuff.

After far too many hours of work I've got this one outer rim to the stage where it's definitely better but is still a million miles off from being anywhere near a finished result.

Anyone have any advice on what other polishing stuff I could try to use? Any particularly recommended products I could get from, say, Halfords?

Spose I should post some pics of what I've done so far.

 

I'd like to see some pics of what you've done so far as i'm planning on refurbing mine as well.

 

depending on how rough they are...use 600-800-1000-1200 wet n dry then autosol metal polish





heres mine

Edited by: pigbladder

 

Pigbladder - are you the guy who has that lovely G60 that won the prize at the Megameet last year?

 

And if you achieved the above using just wet'n'dry and metal polish, then I am seriously going wrong somewhere

 

ive got a mint g60...i aint won any prizes though!

have you enquired about a pro polishing?? its not that pricey

 

I did enquire about having my original BBS RAs refurbished, but not asked anyone about prices for polishing the outer rims on these RMs. To be honest I really want to do them myself, even if it takes bags of time. It's something that I see as part of the whole challenge.

 

Thanks for that pigbladder, asked something similar but no one answered.

 

heres the ones i have just done

 

come on trev get buffing your bits a scrap that white one those RM look well smart trev got quite a bit to do it better hurry, or I sell yours on ebay

 

sorry, could anyone tell me the name of the standard bbs onmy cab sportline?
gonna have a go at polishing the silver painted bit.
v fine wire wool is good when you get to the final stages.

 

Right when you've got to that stage of polishing and done it with autosol, how long do they stay shiny before you have to polish again? is it only really a summer wheel option?

On the Rial wheels that i just got, the dishes are already polished but the laquer has been chipped slightly. if unlaquered, i dunno if i cant be bothered with all the work of having to repolish them everyweek with autosol....

The above wheels look mint

 

trev, wet and dry will get you there quicker(still and long slog! [:^(] ), that polishing kit is no good straight off you have to get to 1000 paper before using it.

 

i tend to give mine a quick(20 mins on the set) re polish every 2 weeks or so and wash them at least once a week....i only use mine in summer,winter use would be BAD on em

if you know anyone going on hols to usa ,get em to bring back "MOTHERS MAG POLISH" i find it better than autosol

 

Trev - e-mail me sunday evening to remind me, then i may well be able to bring you a present at inters....

 

riley-yours are RA's

 

cheers!

 

Det cord for me please.

 

Go through the sanding down process first like Pigbladder has mentioned (800 - 1000 - 1200 - 1500), then start polishing with Peek metal polish, its much better than Autosol. The Peek will give it a highly polished finish but the shine will still be a little dark.

After you've used peek use the cutting compound which you've recieved with your polishing kit. This will give it a much better finish, ie it will be highly polished and clear light finish.

This is what you can achive with peek:

Wheel Pic 1

Wheel Pic 2

And this is what the finish was like after the polishing compound:

Wheel Pic 3

 

those wheels look familiar