Cleaning and polishing up alloy wheels

[Guest]

Heavily oxidised.
Any tips?

 

[aerog]

A polishing ball w/polish (mothers or megs) for starters.

 

[toysrrus]

Hi alana;

I`ve used "NEVER DULL" on a ton of parts from Alum to Stainless Stl: A bit of elbow grease (Several times at the beginning) and you`ll be just amazed!

Regards, Russ /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banana.gif

 

[DrEntropy]

NEVR-DULL has been my mainstay for alloy polishing for decades. Great stuff. #000 steel wool as a start if it's really heavy oxidation, then polish with the "magic wadding". Aircraft industry stuff. I've a 2-pound tin of it here, from looong ago. Still works fine.

 

[UltimateQuestion]

What about polishing Magnesium? I'm pretty certain my 70's vintage American Racing Spector Wheels are Magnesium, and they are in need of some clean-up and polishing.

 

[PC]

“Mag” became a slang term for alloy wheels at some point in history. So most “mag” wheels are actually aluminum.

Wheels that are truly made of magnesium are usually coated. Magnesium alloys tend to corrode quickly when left exposed.


PC.