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hankcash · 03-20-2006, 12:53 PM

need help ith some rims i am getting ready to polish, they are billet aluminum and have lost the shine.. have gotten dull. wondering what it takes to repolish these things to the like new condition or where i could send them to get them polished back up. i live in cincinnati so i would love it to be somewhere close to the area. please help

blackie1491 · 03-20-2006, 01:07 PM

I used Mothers Mag Polish. It takes a couple of applications to buff them up.
I then applied a coat every few months to keep them up.

Clintoysterwood · 03-21-2006, 10:03 AM

I use Flitz metal polish with a drill operated polishing ball. Takes no time and works fantastic. Bought a 1980 Honda 400 at a garage sale for 200. Took it home, started at one end and in an afternoon had it looking good. New battery, oil and gas at rode it that afternoon. Put it on Craigs list and sold it for 3 times what I paid. Used the Flitz on the paint, the wheels, the fenders, the chrome, the engine and let the polishing ball on the end on my battery powered drill do all the work. Clint

03-20-2006, 12:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
hankcash Newbie Joined: Mar 2006 Bike: suzuki m50 Location: cincinnati ohio Posts: 16	polishing aluminum rims need help ith some rims i am getting ready to polish, they are billet aluminum and have lost the shine.. have gotten dull. wondering what it takes to repolish these things to the like new condition or where i could send them to get them polished back up. i live in cincinnati so i would love it to be somewhere close to the area. please help

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03-20-2006, 01:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
blackie1491 I took the All Bran Challenge Joined: Jun 2005 Bike: C50SE Location: Aldergrove, B.C., Canada Posts: 7,333	I used Mothers Mag Polish. It takes a couple of applications to buff them up. I then applied a coat every few months to keep them up.

03-21-2006, 10:03 AM	#3 (permalink)
Clintoysterwood Seat Tester Joined: Feb 2006 Bike: 2005 C50 Location: Foothills of the Cascades Posts: 79	I use Flitz metal polish with a drill operated polishing ball. Takes no time and works fantastic. Bought a 1980 Honda 400 at a garage sale for 200. Took it home, started at one end and in an afternoon had it looking good. New battery, oil and gas at rode it that afternoon. Put it on Craigs list and sold it for 3 times what I paid. Used the Flitz on the paint, the wheels, the fenders, the chrome, the engine and let the polishing ball on the end on my battery powered drill do all the work. Clint

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