Polished aluminum cleaning?

[9646gt]

My car has 17 cobra rims that are polished aluminum..I have treid a few different ways of cleaning them as they are kind of oxidized from the previos owner not taking good care of them...I tried mothers mag and aluminum polish with decent results and have also tryed a dremel with polishing pads to remove the polish I spread by hand..the dremel tends to put markings all over the wheels wich looks horrible...there must be a better way to make them shine again...any help?

 

[89lxsport50]

I haven't tried it yet but, I hear good things about the new Mother's Power Ball and Power polish. You attach it to a drill. Go to www.autopia.org and do a search in the forums for Power Ball.

 

[stang22]

White Rouge on a drill with a buffing arbor should do the trick. That's all I use.

Tim

 

[ALMOST STOCK]

White Rouge on a drill with a buffing arbor should do the trick. That's all I use.

Tim

I agree with Tim, just use the White Rouge on a drill with either a Canton Flannel or Loose Section Buffing wheel if your rims aren't in that bad of shape.

But if your rims are really stained and dirty you may want to use Tripoli on a Spiral Sewn Buffing wheel first before you use the White Rouge.

 

[korsburn]

if you have a multispeed/ high speed buffer you can use a shine pad and mothers mag polish it works great for me

 

[9646gt]

Thanx for the tips guys ..where can I pick these attachments up? Loooks like I will be cleaning these rims up nice and shiny soon!

 

[WhiteHeat306]

also try using steel wool and window cleaner. sounds crazy but it works. just be sure to use pure steel wool, not a brillo pad etc. and also be sure to saturate the surface area with window cleaner to ensure that you wont scratch the rim.

 

[ALMOST STOCK]

Thanx for the tips guys ..where can I pick these attachments up? Loooks like I will be cleaning these rims up nice and shiny soon!

If it were me I'd go with either eastwood, or Caswell.

My 1st choice would be eastwood. http://www.eastwoodco.com/jump.jsp?itemType=CATEGORY&itemID=432

But there is nothing wrong with Caswell's product either. http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/index.html