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Foxfan88

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ok after work today me and a bud went to the carwash to wash our cars... he found some chrome wheel cleaner laying around. he used it on his crappy wheels.

well i figured what the hell so i sprayed some on my car, my wheels are polished alum. and i am no car care expert so...

well i looked at the bottle and said not to use on polished alum, i look at my wheels and there are spots on them where the cleaner was..... i tried some wheel cleaner i had in the house and to no avail. These wheels arent that good so its not the end of the world, but i would still like to have them look nice...

think some fine steel wool might help it?? any way to fix this???

go ahead and call me stupid...
 
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sixstang

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Foxfan88 said:
ok after work today me and a bud went to the carwash to wash our cars... he found some chrome wheel cleaner laying around. he used it on his crappy wheels.

well i figured what the hell so i sprayed some on my car, my wheels are polished alum. and i am no car care expert so...

well i looked at the bottle and said not to use on polished alum, i look at my wheels and there are spots on them where the cleaner was..... i tried some wheel cleaner i had in the house and to no avail. These wheels arent that good so its not the end of the world, but i would still like to have them look nice...

think some fine steel wool might help it?? any way to fix this???

go ahead and call me stupid...
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Some aluminum polish, using a powerball or flitz. If you don't have those, then the polish with some good old elbow grease.
 

98stangv8

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yep....start with a 600 grit sandpaper, then go to a 2000....get some mother's polish, rub in, and remove...will shine like new!
 
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frobird

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Mothers polish is awesome. Sometimes you just have to keep applying more and more and more after you rub it on a wipe it off, but it's totally worth it in the end. You'll end up pretty tired, but it should remove all the stains.
 
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