Has anyone polished there wheels. If you have, what did you use to strip the paint. Does a chemical paint stripper work?

 

just get them chromed.

i asked this question before, it takes bead blasting to strip the paint and about 26 hours of polishing on each wheel

save your time and put out the money

 

DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT DOING IT YOURSELF

seriously unless you're a pro polishing dude!!
....or something...JR

 

I bet BABolt could do it.

Daniel

 

He prolly could....but even he sent his to a company to get them done.

--Joe

 

what company?

 

just got done with 2 of mine 99 rims, look absolutley great better than chrome, used 3 & 2" scotchbrite roloc disc on my right angle grinder to remove the factory paint. then 150,320,600,800,1000, and then 1200. final glaze with 3m aluminum polish.

 

This is way out of my league. I just got tired of scrubbing my shower with a scotch-brite pad much less a rim for hours and hours They do look good though (the rims not the shower tiles)

 

I am in the process of polishing my m112 and beleive me,stripping the paint is the easy part.As for the polishing,the t/b was a lot easier to polish than the blower which i am still not finished with. I would not recommend anyone polishing there wheels or blower unless they have a lot of patience,at least some experience and the right tools. After trying this, i have even more respect for babolts craftsmanship .

 

The reason I was asking about chemical strippers was because I think it would leave a smoother finish than bead blasting. It would be easier to polish the wheels if you start with a smoother finish, right? The wheel itself would be pretty smooth before they painted it at the factory.

 

I use a striper I get from Auto-zone, air craft striper is what it's called. Love the stuff. Did my bike rims, and ladies side engine cover. Now car rims are another problem all together. A lot of tight places and odd angles, but that striper is the stuff. Spray-brush it on, and watch it work, wash off with hose or high pressure is even better. Just make sure you do it some place safe, away from pets and ground water. Oh did I mention DO NOT GET IT ON YOU....burns like acid. (don't ask me how I know this) One more thing if I may. I swear by this stuff called CycleCare. They do have a web site, and no I do not work for them. Found them at the Honda Hoot for years now. I've used them all, Mothers, X-treem, cyclecare is the stuff. Easy on easy off, just like wax. One more thing about the striper, what ever is under the clear coat is what you start with to polish it out more. So if they have a smooth shiney finish on them, it's a lot faster to polish out.

 

Thanks for the tip Motorcycleman. I think that's exactly the stuff I'm looking for.