Cleaing weld draglites?

[eeh1025]

Hey the i have a set of draglites for about 2 months and these things a PITA to clean i have used blue magic, never dull, mothers polishs, I Cant get the oxidations off of these rims, does anyone know what i should use or what you use.
thanks

 

[gaslight]

I just used the blue stuff and some elbow grease. Looks great afterwards. just remember it doesn't take long for them to oxidize again, thats just the problem with aluminum.

 

[ImportEater98]

If the oxidation won't come off with elbow grease and polish, try wet-sanding with 2000 grit sandpaper.

 

[89MustangGX]

Just aluminum polish and keeping up on them so they don't get as bad.

Mothers has a new 'powerball' thing that is supposed to work well -- haven't tried it yet.

 

[Curse]

http://metalgloss.com/index.cfm?id=17037&fuseaction=browse&pageid=1
Saw this stuff at a local car show and it was amazing. He would take aluminum coke cans and apply this stuff on let it sit for a few seconds and lightly run off and the can looked chrome. It wasn't paint or an acid it would polish the can. He also had a polished beer keg, but he wouldn't sell it

 

[Dip In Traffic]

no sweat i use mothers mag alum polish....i do 3"-4" sections at a time....u have to scrub it till it turns blaccckk ..just put on some music and take ur time..then polish clean ..it took me an hour and a half to do my front skinnies including scrubbing the wheels and tires with eagle one orange bottle .keep in mind they sat on the car dirty with brake dust for 6 months outside in the snow and everything.....now they shine like chrome...after you polish it you can use rain x wheel protectant in the blue bottle...i even use it in my engine bay..i live by those two products...i wish i was getting paid for saying that...lol

 

[Matts89LX5.0]

no sweat i use mothers mag alum polish....i do 3"-4" sections at a time....u have to scrub it till it turns blaccckk ..just put on some music and take ur time..then polish clean ..it took me an hour and a half to do my front skinnies including scrubbing the wheels and tires with eagle one orange bottle .keep in mind they sat on the car dirty with brake dust for 6 months outside in the snow and everything.....now they shine like chrome...after you polish it you can use rain x wheel protectant in the blue bottle...i even use it in my engine bay..i live by those two products...i wish i was getting paid for saying that...lol

ask them if they will sponsor you lol

 

[speedytang]

Metal Gloss as stated above is the best product I have ever used. On my Stainless Steel work bench that is 8' long 3' wide it took 30 minutes to polish and it looks Chrome and if you throw a rag across the bench it will fly off...OK that is a Negative but the stuff wipes on easy and wipes off easy and no waiting time for a haze. They also sell a powder that protects the metal when your done. I have never used that product but people that autocross with me have $2k in rims on Porsches and they say the brake dust wipes off with a wet napkin.

 

[rd]

Mothers seems to be the best of the stuff I have tried.

I was thinking about getting a Powerball. Anyone else try one yet?

 

[NosPony]

Curse the metalgloss you are talking about is awesome stuff. That is what I use. I bought it at a car meet. It works wonders on anything metal.

 

[nitrous408]

i had to do mine 3 times to look good again..

 

[2002whitegt]

Mother's polish did it for me along with some never dull afterwards, just give it some time

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[Dip In Traffic]

flitz is another great product....i used to use it years ago b4 they made all those comercials.....i would like to get that buff ball kit they have...