polishing kit

[Brian (up north) Morris]

hi guys. i am wanting to polish the outer rim of my alloys. to a chrome like finish. iv had good results with autosol and dremel. however its not quite getting their. so iv been told to get a 3 stage alloy polishing kit. i wondered if anyone has one or can reccomend one to me, loads on ebay. just dont want to buy rubbish...lol thanks gents

[Adrian Southgate]

I thought you were going to be one of my guinea pigs when I got the machine up and running Brian.

[Brian (up north) Morris]

i am adrian...i now have two sets whoo ha ha... whats the machine adrian. ?

[Brian (up north) Morris]

iv been collecting spares rear bumper. windscreen and surround. just in case.. i think im hooked   HELP

[Jim (across the pond) Adamek]

Not able to collect any spares over here Brian so I guess that I am saving money.

[Brian (up north) Morris]

this bloody car is costing me a fortune...

[Jim (across the pond) Adamek]

LOL, Just ship it to me Brian and you won't have to spend any more.

[Brian (up north) Morris]

ill stick a sail on it and sail it over....may be some time though...

[rob saul]

You can polish rims up to a mirror Finnish but it takes elbow grease !
Start 600 wet and dry 800,1000,1200,1500,2000 an if your really fussy 3000 trizac
Then autosol
Don't matter what kit you get if you don't sand the scratches out when you polish it your just polishing scratches

[Brian (up north) Morris]

thanks for that rob. i am fussy. ill go get the wet/dry tmz. never heard of 3000 trizac. im going to laquer them after. any recomendations for that. has to be airosol though

[Adrian Southgate]

Polyurethane not Cellulose. 

By choice i'd powder coat but that can't be done practically with aerosols at home.

[Brian (up north) Morris]

powder coat dosent really have that pollished shine though. i need the shine lol. 

[Adrian Southgate]

I had a set of diamond cut RS 4 spokes that had been powder coated back in the late 90's for my Anglia, then transferred to my Legerra which unfortunately caught light due to a misplaced firework then onto the black spares car and finally back into the garage for a 'refurb' 18 years later. One is still mint the rest have suffered especially after the fire. The mint one is still perfect.

I do however understand what you mean, that slightly 'blue' colouring to the ally when you get it REALLY smooth and shiny. I have a set of 7 spoke 100+ 15's which I will be doing with the pillar drill as an experiment. I'll put the results up before they get coated, you can make your own minds up. At the moment they look like this.