Polishing Old Fondmetals?

[shooter mcgavin 37]

after a long time looking i got hold of a set of what i think is the best looking wheels for the 205

 

 

they are in quite bad shape so i have started the refub

 

so far i have cleaned up the spokes ready for paint and have took out all the kirb marks from the rim.have also worked the rim from 120 grit up to 360,the next stage is to fit the wheel to the car jack it up and start 800 then 1200 wet and dry with soap and water.not the safest way i know but it has worked for me in the past as you can see by my speedline pic

 

 

dose anyone have any tips pointers or better ways of getting a really good shine on the rims?

 

I will probaly use autosol metal polish then degrease and lacor the lot

 

 

 

 

 

[Peetypug 5]

thanks for the pic of the speedline

i've just made a mess in my pants

[shooter mcgavin 37]

they did turn out rather nice

 

so has anyone done this before

[1 FAT PUG 39]

i did my mates old wheels, bit of elbow grease and i got there in the end just done a set goodwood stylee for my pug, but got to get the rest painted

Edited March 23, 2008 by 1 FAT PUG

[shooter mcgavin 37]

very nice,how did you get such a good finnish?

 

what method did you use?

 

cheers

[1 FAT PUG 39]

i got a big polishing mashine that i do all my alloy polishing on

 

basicaly its just a case of sanding out all the imperfections in the alloy and then just going thrugh the different stages of polishing mops and compounds. you can get little polishing kits that you use in the drill, or you could just go thrugh different stages of wet n dry sandpaper and then autosol to polish to a nice shine

Edited March 24, 2008 by 1 FAT PUG

[Banjo 1]

PPPPPPPlease tell you you've got a spare fondmetal I need one!!?

[welshpug 1,657]

i did my mates old wheels, bit of elbow grease and i got there in the end just done a set goodwood stylee for my pug, but got to get the rest painted

 

Those look damn cool, I've got a spare set of these too (Xsara VTS wheels) might give that a go.

 

My Goodwood's wheels were a bit dull when I got it, bit of elbow grease with some wet'n dry moving to autosol metal polish did the trick.

[1 FAT PUG 39]

them ones are saxo vts ones

[welshpug 1,657]

same wheel, I thinks...

[shooter mcgavin 37]

sorry dude, no spares