Hello, need to know what kind (brand) of chemical, liquid... is the best for restoring the shine on aluminum wheels

I removed some tar on my wheels , using "blue magic" but it took out the tar and also the shinning on those wheels. Now the rear wheels are shinning and the front are not. Need Help on this :o

thanks

 

i use mothers aluminum polish, it really takes some time and elbow grease but it works pretty good for me, good luck

 

You may have utilized an acid-based chemical on your uncoated (no clear coat) aluminum wheels which has 'micro-pitted' your wheels. Aluminum and certain cleaners simply don't play well together... at all.

You may be able to restore some shine but, it's going to take a boatload of work. I highly recommend Heavy Metal Polish. It's easily the best polish I've used to date.

Good luck.

 

Mothers Polish.

 

Way2EZ is the best aluminum polish, bar none. Mothers is 2nd.

 

Well, everyone has their favorite. My favorite metal polishes are found here:

http://www.englishcustompolishing.co...utomotive.html

Followed very closely by the Heavy Metal polishes that RP mentioned.

 

On my rims for my car to clean them up i used rubbing compound from 3m to get stuff out of the pits in the wheels them i used some polish followed by some wax. waxing will help when you go to clean them off next time...

 

I did some polishing using jewlers rouge and a buffing felt on my dremmel.
Got nice results. How would they compare to the buffing compounds you all are talking about?

 

Hey Rockpick... Heavy Metal comes in three types of abrassion. Which one do you use for Polished aluminum wheels?

 

Not RP here, but I do have some experience with the HM polishes.

Anyhow, if the your wheels are in pretty good shape to start with, you should only need the Ultra Fine polish. If they need a bit more cleaning, I would go with the Medium, and then follow up with the fine.

Stay away from the Coarse unless you have some serious issues with the wheels.