First off, if there is any type of paint or clearcoat on the item, strip it with some aircraft stripper available from your local hardware store. Get the surface ass clean and rare material as possible.

Second. Sanding. This will be the hardest and most painstaking part. Start off with a rough grit to get all the rough casting down and smoothed out. For EVERY grit you use, sand untill the scratches put in by the paper is all the same. Move up some grits when you do. I reccomend and electric sander for grits all the way up to 600. When you get to 600 grit, start by hand and sand again till all the scratches are the same. When you get to 800 grit, wetsand using either water or WD40 as your lubricant. Sand till scratches are all the same. For the best shine the aluminium has to be smooth. The smoother it is the more it shines. Go up to 2000 grit and stop.

Next, clean the rim throughly to get off ater and wdyo you might have used.

Last but not least, buffing. To get the best shine I eccomend getting a buffing kit like Wenol offers. It comes with wheels and compounds. Start off with a medium buffing wheel and Black Rouge (compound) Hit it up with that multiple times. You should be blingin' already. After that is done, take some White Rouge with a lil softer buffing wheel and hit it up a few times.

Take a step back,

If you are doing a rim or anything that contacts with water and what have you clearcoat them. Professional if you can. My rims aren't clearcoated but I take care of them. When your products get dirty, use some metal polish like Wenol in the red tube or Top-Brite. Stay away from wheel polish and such.

ANY questions feel free to IM me on here or AIM....

BTW The wheels and compound could be found at a auto parts store. You may have to order online at Eastwod company or something. Or got to Wenol's site. Autozone I think may help you, I thought I found it in there once....

Modified by Ghetto-8v at 9:40 PM 7-5-2004

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Jeremy...What are you polishing by chance?

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oh no, you aren't going to trick ME into getting banned.

er... me intake manifold. I just finished with 40 grit... got rid of all the li'l bumps. That's enough for one night. Took me an hour and a half...

An FAQ or How-To forum would be awesome.

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Can we get this put in some type of FAQ? I've seen a few good How-To's just disappear.

An FAQ or How-To forum would be awesome.

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I asked about that before, Vortex won't do it, they don't want to be seen as responsible for any miss-haps. even with a disclaimer.

[Modified by Mightymouse, 1:17 AM 10-16-2002]

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Just rememba my name and tell your friends

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ya, me too.... i polish.

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Back from the dead!

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