hi
does someone have any ideas on removing oxidation
from alum. wheels
i tryed blue magic with no results.
thanks
Don

 

no easy way, some use paint remover to remove clear coat,, followed by lots of elbow grease,,get a small cloth polishing wheel for a drill and use a gritty polishing compound,,,but be ready for lots of work....it will pay off...

 

I wish i would have known about the paint remover ****...

I spent 8 hour sanding down 2 wheels to a near chrome shine. I gave up and didnt finish the other wheels. It took too long.

 

I know a wheel polisher here who does show quality work, but charges about $30 per wheel

 

Hell Manntis, $30 a wheel ain't bad considering it'd probably take the average Joe with average tools a few hours per wheel to do show quality work. I think my time is well worth the $10/hour to pay some one else to do it. Not to mention you walk away with nice lookin' wheels, and no sore neck or back.

BrianHeston

 

$30 for show quality can't be right. Maybe $300?!

 

They were going to ask about 200 per wheel at the machine shops her ein my town. For nowhere near show quality finish.

 

He's been doing it forever, and is a frikkin' magician at it. You bring in rims with road rash, or chunks missing along the bead, and he welds in new metal and polishes it up to factory condition (with a better-than-factory shine) for just a couple of hundred bucks. The polishing takes him not that long by comparison.

I hung out with him at a recent Super SLalom event and he offered to polish my intake manifold and Dynamic Effect Chamber for a total of $50. Catch is, I hafta remove and reinstall it, so I'd be car-less for a few days.

 

there is a member at mazspeed.com, his name is JeryJ and he can tell you all about restoring the wheels. I think it involves stripping them, rubbing them with rouge(sp?) till your blue in the face, then the option of a clear coat.

 

Do you know this guy's phone number?