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Date Posted: 22:30:25 11/27/01 Tue
Author: Phil
Author Host/IP: 66.122.213.160
Subject: Takes Elbow Grease
In reply to: T&TGDB 's message, "Good Post Phil" on 21:06:35 11/27/01 Tue

and old fashioned ingredients ie. the compound sticks like white rouge, etc. and real cloth buffing wheels. there was no way any aluminum polish like you find in car stores was going to work it's just not abrasive enough to polish.

I started with gold anodized dish wheels so you might skip this step:

A motorcycle fan tipped me off on how to strip the annodizing - EZ OFF spray. Applied a thick coat and left it on for like an hour. Then got a soft brush and started scrubbing and spraying more on.

First rinse. Hey it's actually working! Wheels begin to take on a nasty dried up cloudy finish but definitely not gold coated any longer. It was a cold night so maybe I should've left the first coat on longer? 2nd EZ OFF spray coat goes on. more waiting, brushing, spraying, rinsing, repeating, till it's all gone.

Whoa, it was like midnight. Go home and come back to fight the wheels another time.


Round...Two! Polishing!

Ok pull out Dad's ole electric hand drill and chuck on one of those buffing wheels. Just like h.s. metal shop spin the wheel and apply compound stick to it. Don't load it up too much. Now for the wheel itself - pick a spot and start buffing. Not press too much let the wheel and compound do the work. Maybe 2-3 min's in one general spot (not static though). Lift drill and oh yeah baby the wheel is shiny right there!

yeeha start going whole hog on rest of wheel. I forget which compound goes first, I think it's the red, then the white, then I used fine polish by hand like mother's, then regular wax as a top coat.

Dad's old drill gave up after the 2nd wheel I think so I had to buy a new one. (maybe bring it by some repair shop to see if they can rewire it back to working)

Overall took me like a week off and on to finish the job. I did extra like painted the lug holes with black paint. Was satisfied with the outcome, though I'm sure pro shop with bench mounted buffers could do much better. But that option meant $400+ and the travel time. "YMMV"

here's the results


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