wtf olive oil? yeah, when you drive it will spray all over your car. anyways, polishing... i do mine, wait for it... every 6 months with purple polish. between polishes, i use the car wash brush on them and they look good. however, i do drive 120 kays per day for work, so keeping my car spotless is VERY difficult.

What does everyone do to keep their rims looking 100% ? I'm picking mine up from the polisher today Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Ive been mucking around with polishing for awhile now, 2 tips i can give you all to save alot of time and energy. If wheels are painted, use a paint stripper first to get rid of paint, so much easier then sanding to remove the pairt. Use an orbi sander at the start get clean up wheels, remove machine lines, etc, saves time, energy and makes the job a hell of alot easier.

VK Calais rim that ive been playing around with, still a learning curve with it

yes i know they look prety crappy here, i havnt whiped all the crap off them yet

does anyone know of any polishing shops around syd, penrith etc who do this for a reasonable price. one mob i contacted wanted $180 per rim!

Quote: Originally Posted by Bro_Speed [View Post] How do you clean the brake dust and black **** out of the holes in the face of the rim? Best thing to do is mask up the whole rim and paint those little checkout/holes black and they always look immaculate, its near impossible to bet all the brake dust out. I did it and they look great.

what does everyone do to protect their rims and keep them up to scratch once polished?

It must be a secret how to keep them up to scratch cause no one wants to tell LOL

Quote: Originally Posted by shaun55 [View Post] Best thing to do is mask up the whole rim and paint those little checkout/holes black and they always look immaculate, its near impossible to bet all the brake dust out. I did it and they look great. It did cross my mind to do that but I did manage to get em immaculate by diluting water with hydrochloric acid and scrubing them with a tooth brush then hosing the rim down to get the left over acid off.

where are people buying polishing mops from that are suited for a drill. Bunnings have a pretty ordinary range and most come in a kit which means buying the drill attachment again. Any Ideas? Thanks

These wheels look great ,you guys have put time and effort are awesome !! i was going to go and buy the things to do this myself , we dont get a lot of free time so i will be paying someone to do my current ones , only thing mine had been already polished previously , they are just dull now ... but i want them completely re done .. !! cant wait . Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Thats my old calais wheels that i polished took me around 4 hours was ohh sooo fun haha image-2011406593.jpg (http://www.calaisturbo.com.au/attachment.php?s=178bca7433fc15b7fc706762ffeafc80&attachmentid=59436&d=1365820486)

Quote: Originally Posted by larry [View Post] Hey, here is a guide on polishing calais rims. Items required Degreaser 180 grit wet and dry 400 grit wet and dry 800 grit wet and dry 1500 grit wet and dry Unstitched polishing wheel Polishing compound Metho or Turps Step One Degrease the rim and remove the wheel weight Step Two Use the 180 grit paper and sand off all the machining lines Step Three Use the 400 grit paper and wet sand out the scratches from the 180. Easiest way to do this is sand at a different angle to the 180, that way it is easy to see when u have sanded enough. Step Four Repeat step three except using 800 grit wet and dry. Step Five Repeat step three except using 1500 grit wet and dry Step Six I used a 150mm loose leaf polishing mop (mean't for a bench grinder) and adapted it to suit a drill. This is the compound I used, it is an aluminium polish. Apply compound to the mop and polish away. Polish from all differnt angles appling more compound as required. If the mop gets dirty u can clean it in a bucket of warm soapy water. Continue polishing until u get the desired finish. Step Seven Use abit of metho on a rag and remove any excess polish left on the rim. You should now have something that looks like this This is only a guide of what I did and I do not take any responsibility for your actions Hey mate I seen what u did to the Calais rims looks perfect brand new from the Shop but I was wondering if u could do that to a set of vt international wheels ??