Subject	I've done it.
Posted by	Maximamike on May 12, 2010 at 9:13 PM
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In Reply To	Who was the guy who recently refinished his 3 piece wheels? posted by BigTDogg (MA) on May 12, 2010 at 02:14 PM
Message	I actually refinish a lot of aluminum(big tankers, gas tanks, wheels, etc). ShakaShaun is right, sand with the grain starting with whatever will take the cross grain scratches out. Work your way up to at least 2500 grit paper at a minimum if you want it mirror shiny. From there its wool pad and a heavy grit compound and work your way into less grainy stuff until the marks are removed from the last step. My last set of wheels was over 25+ hours in polishing alone, btw.
Follow Ups	Who was the guy who recently refinished his 3 piece wheels? - BigTDogg (MA) 14:14:51 05/12/10 Is that the gouge from NTB all those years ago? (n/m) - Dave N 14:19:05 05/12/10 I recently polished my Volks I bought used I used 3M - REDI4U 14:32:49 05/12/10 Sears, circa 2003 - BigTDogg (MA) 14:36:28 05/12/10 Wow this sounds familiar - awesom-o 20:46:30 05/12/10 you did your H2O hard pipes right? No difference.. slacker. (n/m) - Cap927(Boston) 14:41:21 05/12/10 I gotta be doing something wrong. - BigTDogg (MA) 14:53:26 05/12/10 swing by my house this weekend and we'll take a look (n/m) - Cap927(Boston) 15:22:02 05/12/10 Do you guys live in the city? - JRFITZ 16:07:53 05/12/10 I'm North of Boston (n/m) - Cap927(Boston) 16:17:18 05/12/10 Re: I'm North of Boston - JRFITZ 16:18:45 05/12/10 And you probably never see us because we're two garage - Cap927(Boston) 16:21:25 05/12/10 The picture in my profile is Nahant's 40 steps area - Cap927(Boston) 16:22:44 05/12/10 Nahant isnt far - JRFITZ 16:33:30 05/12/10 Werd up, we should all get together sometime next month (n/m) - BigTDogg (MA) 21:09:16 05/12/10 that would be cool. - JRFITZ 22:13:42 05/12/10 Once you get the surface finish where you want it - BeachZ 16:24:10 05/12/10 If you don't want to mess with the wheel there is a place in - EricTTZ 18:06:07 05/12/10 Re: Who was the guy who recently refinished his 3 piece wheels? - CmyZ 18:47:35 05/12/10 i did mine with mothers wheel polish - volcomstone550 19:45:21 05/12/10 After stepping down on paper grit you need to shift - ShakaShaun(Denver) 20:16:33 05/12/10 That's the before shot there, the small scratches on the - BigTDogg (MA) 20:50:32 05/12/10 Gotcha. I think I drill mounted wheel and a few - ShakaShaun(Denver) 21:01:07 05/12/10 I know a guy at Sears that can buff that.... Oh nevermind. - Ghozt 20:20:14 05/12/10 I've done it. - Maximamike 21:13:54 05/12/10 BTW, this is the post you were looking for. - Maximamike 21:30:03 05/12/10 That was the exact post, thanks Mike! - BigTDogg (MA) 23:03:52 05/12/10 Not bad.. - Maximamike 23:12:28 05/12/10 She runs, and she's on the road, no worries - BigTDogg (MA) 10:39:41 05/13/10 Progress shot. - BigTDogg (MA) 07:48:15 05/13/10 What about using something like this: - BigTDogg (MA) 10:56:52 05/13/10
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