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Re: Polishing Asen aluminum slot to a chrome shine???
[Re: dogdays]
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11/14/11 12:38 PM
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any type of coating will dull it some and heat will make it yellow over time also you will throw them away before you ever get the powder coat off if need be
try some gibbs oil on them to keep them from oxidizing i use it on my mag. polished parts them things will corrode over night lol
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Re: Polishing Asen aluminum slot to a chrome shine???
[Re: Pacnorthcuda]
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11/14/11 02:15 PM
11/14/11 02:15 PM
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OK mothers only & what about clearing (cleaning) the rim?
Clearing the polished rims?
Pros: The clear protects your polish work from oxidizing
Cons: The clear is subject to damage. Easy to crack/peel from a polished surface.
The clear will often reduce the mirror shine to some degree.
I would NOT clear them. I have uncoated aluminum wheels on both my daily driver and 'Cuda and they are just fine.
If you wish to "clear coat" the rims, 2 choices IMHO, powdercoat in clear, or yes POR-15 makes a product for polished/chromed finishes called "Glisten PC" if I recall the name correctly, stuff drys rock hard and stays clear, I did a few motorcycle parts with it.....no issues, as long as you remove all traces of wax/polish and FINGERPRINTS before coating 
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Re: Polishing Asen aluminum slot to a chrome shine???
[Re: JAMESDART]
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11/14/11 11:58 PM
11/14/11 11:58 PM
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to get the best possible shine from aluminum you have to sand all imperfections out of them, right down to the very fine machined finish, any pits, scratches... treat them like paint, start with a coarse paper to know everything down and go finer in steps to the point you can polish them,there are so many different way to polish once you get to this point. that is the only way you will get a real reflection out of them. if you polish the surface you have now, they will improve, but you can still get them better.
This is the true answer. You need to sand out the scratches and pits. I've restored many vintage wheels. Due to casting quality they may have pits even after sanding. Some wheels will look better do to casting quality. Newer wheels are better quality and generally look better. This is not to say older ones won't look nice. Start as fine as possible. If 400 grit doesn't get it, go coarser. You don't need to sand coarser everywhere, only the bad spots. I go to 80 grit if necessary. Finish aluminum with 1000 grit then a wool pad. Stainless can be repaired the same way. Just finish with 2000 grit. I'm doing a set of American 200S right now. Here's a pic of the results in stainless.
Doug
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Re: Polishing Asen aluminum slot to a chrome shine???
[Re: crlush]
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08/24/17 04:44 PM
08/24/17 04:44 PM
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By the time you buy all of the items to do a really nice job, you can probably pay a pro to do it for you.. NOT some high priced shop, but a polish guy that works out of his home..
You can start with the cotton wadding cleaner, Neverdull.. If its not cleaning them, go to sand paper or steel wool with an aluminum cleaner type of polish..
Finish with a mothers or autosol type of polish...
There were two types of finish's offered on Ansen type slot wheels in the day, polished and a "turned" finish... I am sure you can polish out the "turned" finish if you want to...
Personally I would never clear coat em..
I did see a few years ago some sort of sealer ( Zoop) you apply to aluminum after you are done polishing them.. It claimed to "seal" the aluminum pores so the shine would last longer... Never have used it...
I had the wheels polished by a pro ( truck in pic) in the early 90's.. They were really sad before I had them polished and looked unbelievable when done... NEVER had to redo them in the 10 years I had that stepside truck...
First two pics are before, second two are after...
Last edited by minivan; 08/24/17 04:50 PM.
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Thanks Pac EDIT Didn't read the whole thread, that was my prob 
