1980 Vett Wheels, Shine
 

I am looking to polish, shine up my 1980 vett wheels, they are shinny already, but not "brightly". Looking closley, you can see stuff still in it, differant colors, etc.

I have used Mothers alumuium polish with a terry cloth, and poishing wheel, but they still look like they need quite a bit of work. Having a hard time to find someone to polish them locally, so I guess I will have to do it.

Reading on the forums here, I found someone telling me to use "Aircraft Remover" to ensure there is no clear coat on them, then to simply wet sand it using 1500 grit, then a buffing compound and they should have a mirror finish then.

BEFORE I do that, I want to know what other people suggest etc. Make sure I am not trashing a wheel etc!

Suggestions please.

Dennis

RE: 1980 Vett Wheels, Shine
 

Abuffing compound should do the trick, I don't really like the idea of using sand paper, no matter how fine the grit.

RE: 1980 Vett Wheels, Shine
 

First before you can restore the shine, you have to remove any clearcoat on the wheels. After that, it's just a matter of cleaning and buffing to restore a chrome like appearance. The guy that did my valve covers glass beaded them first and then buffed using finer and finer compounds. They look great!