Polishing rims?
06-04-2007, 06:16 PM
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Polishing rims?
Well, I remember along time ago, there was a thread upon here that had Civic Si Rims, that were polished. How would I be able to give my rims the "polished" look? Almost like a mirror face polish. Please help me out, it's something I've wanted to do for a while and I have no idea why.
06-04-2007, 08:24 PM
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Re: Polishing rims?
Sand the rims until all of the casting ripple/pebbly surface is completely smooth, and then go up through the grades of sandpaper until you have a proper base to use metal polishing compound. The better you level everything out, the better results you'll get in the end. It's very simple actually, just very labor intensive. This is just like color sanding paint, the premise is to knock everything down the the same level, then buff it up to a high shine.
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Sand the rims until all of the casting ripple/pebbly surface is completely smooth, and then go up through the grades of sandpaper until you have a proper base to use metal polishing compound. The better you level everything out, the better results you'll get in the end. It's very simple actually, just very labor intensive. This is just like color sanding paint, the premise is to knock everything down the the same level, then buff it up to a high shine.
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Re: Polishing rims?
That pretty much is the detailed write up.. 
It's really not any harder or more complicated than that.. Just find out what people are using for sandpaper grades (150 grit, 200 grit, etc) and you'll be set.
It's really not any harder or more complicated than that.. Just find out what people are using for sandpaper grades (150 grit, 200 grit, etc) and you'll be set.
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Sand the rims until all of the casting ripple/pebbly surface is completely smooth, and then go up through the grades of sandpaper until you have a proper base to use metal polishing compound. The better you level everything out, the better results you'll get in the end. It's very simple actually, just very labor intensive. This is just like color sanding paint, the premise is to knock everything down the the same level, then buff it up to a high shine.
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06-05-2007, 07:36 AM
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Re: Polishing rims?
You could also go with a slightly more aggressive grade of metal polish instead of going all the way out to 1500 grit paper if you wanted. This is only a benefit if you're using the polishing compounds with some sort of power tool and a polishing/cutting pad. Hand polishing won't save you any work vs. hand sanding really.
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