Restoring stock alloys?

[SUBURBAN5]

Iff you can pull them, it would be easy on a bench grinder with a cotton buff wheel. Just remove the gaurd, and install the wheel. Use some white jewlers polish, then some white diamond metal polish. I did mine on the truck. Makes a mess that way. I do have a buffer that I use some. I also use a die grinder from time to time. Here is a pic.

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I'll try it. Thanks a mill. Btw did you apply clear coat?

 

[454cid]

....difficult to get off with the strippers now mandated by the EPA, they are weak.

I found out that methylene chloride has been "outlawed" last time I went looking for stripper. All the stuff you find in the store brags about it being methylene chloride free, like it's a good feature.

 

[kennythewelder]

I'll try it. Thanks a mill. Btw did you apply clear coat?

No, I did not. I just repolish with the white diamond metal polish evey so often. The rims are easy to keep up with. Maybe a repolish every 3 or 4 months. Under the hood, even easier. But the tail gate banner, requires a lot more attention. A repolish every 3 to 4 weeks. I use a wet terry cloth rag and a dry micro fiber and wipe my truck off maybe 3 or 4 times a week. I do this before the weekend car shows. If it needs it, I will wax my truck, but again maybe once in 3 or 4 months. Once its clean, its not that hard to keep up. I do go to the pressure washer car wash maybe every 3 or 4 months.

 

[Frank Enstein]

Aircraft stripper doesn't damage aluminum. If a machine shop can recut them at the same feed rate as original following the factory contours they can replicate the factory finish then they can be clear coated again.

I think the polished looks better!

 

[Erik the Awful]

Montoya Wheel Repair on Robinson, just off 29th Street.

 

[PlayingWithTBI]

I just repolish with the white diamond metal polish evey so often.

I tried an experiment on mine - the 1 on the left was done with the White Diamond Metal Polish and the 1 on the right was waxed. Personally I like the White Diamond better.

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