ScreaminRedZ

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I bought my Welds used and they had sat outside a bit. I tried a little Mother's to polish them up, but they have what appears to be the start of some pitting.





In this picture you can see how bad the reflection is:



I figured that they needed to be wet sanded and then polished out, but I had never done that before and didn't want to wreck the wheels. I decided to practice on the back of the wheel and figured that if I could get it looking better than the front then I'd go ahead.

Here is what I started with:





After a bit of 220 grit wet sanding:





After sanding with 400 grit:



I then sanded with 800 grit, then 1000 grit, then 1500 grit, then 2000 grit. It was pretty hard to see to see the difference in results between each in the camera, so I just took a couple after the 2000:





Right after I started with Mother's Aluminum polish and a microfiber towel:



Bit more polishing. The reflection is very hazy, but is there:



More polishing with much clearer reflections:







Here's how they currently are:









As you can see, I achieved my goal of getting that area on the back to look better than the front. Now that I know I can do that I'll start with the fronts. On the final result I'm hoping to get rid of all the scratches that you can see in a couple of the final pics there. This was all done by hand and any advice or recommendations are welcome and appreciated

omarrakeen

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thats ipressive clear difference lol good work

gotjuice?

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WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! great work

ScreaminRedZ

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Thanks guys! This is the first time I have ever tried anything like this. The extent of my previous experience has been spraying on some wheel cleaner, hitting it with a brush, and then rinsing

I'm hoping to do all four wheels and get them to come out at least this well. I'd probably be well served in picking up some kind of buffing wheel as the polishing is the part takes the longest and my arms might fall off before I finished.

mferreira

Wow, nice job! Thats a huge difference

01PewterMadre

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wow indeed they look good

Nacho SS

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Elbow grease, thats all I have to say. They are definitely looking better.

ScreaminRedZ

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Thanks guys!

01formula6

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Nice work, takes a long time doesn't it. I'm in the process of doing this to my WS6 wheels as they were pitted pretty badly. You might have better luck buffing them with a drill mounted buffing wheel and some white rouge compound. I'd also think you could start with a finer paper than 220 as the front side doesn't look nearly as bad as the back.

ScreaminRedZ

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Yeah, it's very time consuming. I'm going to pick up a cloth pad for a drill for the polishing and I think you're right about the finer grit. I'll probably try to start with 400 or mabye even 800 on the front.

1BADTALS1

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id start with 1000 grit on the front side.. no need for the others.

mcmillion

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+1 Start with the highest grit possible, you can always go more aggressive if it doesn't do anything.

PewterScreaminMach

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Those look like ****. You should probably sell them and the car they go on.

ScreaminRedZ

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Thanks guys, I'll give that a shot when I start on the front. Anything to make less work for mysef

Don't be bitter because you don't have a car anymore BTW, shouldn't you take it out of your sig you false advertiser

PewterScreaminMach

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Hey.....shut up.

Eh, I'm still proud of the numbers and times I got out of the car. And people still see them and ask me for advice on stuff, so I'll leave it up for a bit. It makes for good conversation.

srider

The guys from the old polish shop at Weld started thier own business when American Racing got involved with Weld. They still do a lot of the polishing for the existing Weld Racing and will refurbish your old Weld's. Give them a call:
A&J Polishing
816-241-3345
Kansas City Mo.