Best aluminum wheel polish?
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07/05/13 08:54 PM
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I just bought an older set of aluminum slots for my Bee, and they are well aged! I want to clean them up a bit. I polished a set long ago with Eagle One polish and a rag. That makes for a sore arm. Any recommendations on a good cleaner/polish to use? Eagle one was kinda a jeweler's rouge, and I know I'm using a Dremel or something powered to do the hard work.
1969 Dart GTS 340
1969 Super Bee X9 N-96
1969 Coronet R/T X9 N-96
2015 Dodge Dart GT
2019 Ram 2500 Big Horn.
Looking for the original block for my Bee. The last 4 are 7449
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Re: Best aluminum wheel polish?
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07/05/13 09:19 PM
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I just bought an older set of aluminum slots for my Bee, and they are well aged! I want to clean them up a bit. I polished a set long ago with Eagle One polish and a rag. That makes for a sore arm. Any recommendations on a good cleaner/polish to use? Eagle one was kinda a jeweler's rouge, and I know I'm using a Dremel or something powered to do the hard work.
Wenol red than blue on a die grinder with a cotton wheel buff pad.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Aluminum-Buf...fe9&vxp=mtr
Sanding them with 600 grit to get the crud off helps too.
Last edited by moparpollack; 07/05/13 09:22 PM.
56 Plaza 63 D100 step side 67 Coronet, 68 Roadrunner, 69 Super Bees, 69 Coronet 500 convertible, 70 Roadrunner Post, 79 D150 360, and a severe case of Mopar a,d,d
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Re: Best aluminum wheel polish?
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07/05/13 10:32 PM
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Garden Grove, CA
OzHemi
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Check and see if you have a wheel polishing shop near you... I have an excellent one locally (they do alot of new wheel components along with engine parts for local companies,etc) and they get even the worst looking wheels to have a mirror finish and only charge about $20 a wheel. (be it new raw/as cast stuff, or just old used stuff) I even had them do some stainless steel panels off an old gas pump I had bought. 
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Re: Best aluminum wheel polish?
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07/05/13 11:23 PM
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Check and see if you have a wheel polishing shop near you...
I have an excellent one locally (they do alot of new wheel components along with engine parts for local companies,etc) and they get even the worst looking wheels to have a mirror finish and only charge about $20 a wheel. (be it new raw/as cast stuff, or just old used stuff)
I even had them do some stainless steel panels off an old gas pump I had bought.
I agree with this,the difference between what some think is a real good job and a professional is an eye opener. I polish metals daily for over 20yrs (gold,silver.platinum and a few others) but find that things like a power ball and any common auto store polish is not going to give the results that are there with the correct equipment and methods. I polish my own wheels but wouldn't work for $20.00 a wheel.LOL
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Re: Best aluminum wheel polish?
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07/06/13 01:36 AM
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The wheels they do for me are mirror finish, they look brand new basically. As said, it's better than what hand work looks like to me without a doubt.
I'm sure of that. For $20.00 per wheel it's a bargain as well.
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Re: Best aluminum wheel polish?
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07/06/13 12:49 PM
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White Diamond polish is great.Advance Auto Parts has it.
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We use Superformance gaskets and Turbo Action converters/products.
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