Had some time off this week so I have been refurbing my front rims, this is the first one just needs bolting back together, should Finish the other one tomorrow.

 

Paul

WOW Top job mate :bow: :bow:

 

They look the nuts :cool:

Not perfect, but much better than they were, all done by hand apart from sanding down the welding that I did and the final polish,

from 240 to 1200 and all grades in between wet & dry, finished off with autosol on a polishing pad.

Very very nice there Paul! It also helps that those wheels are absolutely stunning too!

 

To finish it off completely and get rid of any swirl marks that the Autosol will leave, go over it with 'Brilliant' or 'Belgom Alu' and buff off with a soft cloth for a really deep shine with protection!

Edited May 15, 200916 yr by FunkySi

Hard work aint it!

 

Done it all myself too mate. Took me days in total. Mine were ruddy awful to start with, went from 240 to 2000 :eek: Got a superb finish tho - was well worth it :D

 

Will have to do them again sometime aswell - not cos the finish was'nt good enough, but cos i've kerbed 2 of em - could of fvckin screamed!!

 

Oh well they look awesome freshly done anyway :D :dance:

 

Isaac :cool:

Si, where will I get either of these from.

 

cheers Paul

I want mine that shiney :eek:

Hard work ain't it!

 

You not kidding, got a arm the size of Arnie Schwarzenegger's thy. :D

You not kidding, got a arm the size of Arnie Schwarzenegger's thy. :D

 

I bet your fingers are worn down to the friggin bone too :rofl:

Could do a burglary with no gloves on, as I have no finger prints left. :rofl:

Could do a burglary with no gloves on, as I have no finger prints left. :rofl:

 

Yeah you wont get em back for a while either :rofl:

 

I could pick hard boiled eggs straight of the pan i could feel so little in my finger tips :rofl:

Top job Paul, looks really nice, as Si said belgom alu is excellent, I got mine from ebay,think it was around £10

Ok, thanks for that Bigman.

Isaac, I,m a welder by trade, so I have little feeling left in them any way. lol

Wow they look great mate :bow:

Well done they do look very nice

Si, where will I get either of these from.

 

cheers Paul

 

You can get Belgom Alu from Elite Car care. Cheap too.

 

http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/belgom-alu-250ml.php

 

'Brilliant' polish can be bought here --->

 

http://www.briliant.biz/moreinformation.asp?CategoryId=1&ProductId=4

Edited May 23, 200916 yr by FunkySi

Cheers Si.

No worries. Shame you don't live a bit closer as I have both products here with me.

 

I'm actually going to do a bit of a product test on both of them together. The lips on my wheels need a polish as I've not hand polished them for a while. I cut back the metal lightly with Autosol. Autosol is quite abrasive for alloy, very good on stainless, but too abrasive to leave as a final finish on alloy. Leaves a lot of swirl marks that are visible in sunlight. I use it to remove light marks and any cloudiness. It's great at pulling all of that out.

 

To finish off, I use 'Brilliant' polish which is a very fine thin liquid. Rub this product on (use sparingly), let dry and then buff off with a soft cloth. The shine goes deeper and any swirly marks are dramatically reduced.

 

:)

 

I highly rate the product, but have also read rave reviews about Belgom Alu, which is a very similar polish to Brilliant and designed as a fine polish for alloy and softer metals. Less abrasive and good as a finisher product. So I want to see how these products do head to head. :)

So Si, i have never refurbed wheel's before,what would the shopping list be to get them up to scratch.

Depends what finish you have on your wheels already. Are they lacquer coated, are they damaged?

 

I've done light refurbing work on my wheels to remove mild curbing marks. But my wheels are bare alloy.

You can get Belgom Alu from Elite Car care. Cheap too.

 

http://www.elitecarcare.co.uk/belgom-alu-250ml.php

 

'Brilliant' polish can be bought here --->

 

http://www.briliant.biz/moreinformation.asp?CategoryId=1&ProductId=9

 

two good web sites there Si a good find and I have saved them to my favorites

Depends what finish you have on your wheels already. Are they lacquer coated, are they damaged?

 

I've done light refurbing work on my wheels to remove mild curbing marks. But my wheels are bare alloy.

 

Some curb damage on a couple of them,they have lacquer on the centre spoke's but not on the rim.

Are you sure there's no coating on the lips?

No that is why i need to do them,the rims look like they have been rubbed down with a Brillo pad.

How bad is the curbing?