How to clean Coddington's
12-16-2005, 08:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Summer
My Boyds looked worse than that after Katrina... Polishing is not going to be the only thing that helps it. You have to wetsand the entire rim.. We started with 800, 1000, 1500, 2000 etc and after that we buffed it with 3M Heavy Polishing compound on a drill buffer. And FINALLY after 2 hours on a freaking rim, we buffed it with Mothers mag and aluminum with a microfiber cloth and OMG those rims were flawless.. You will have to do all this tho if you want those rims to look like they used to... Its a lot of work but its worth it
Doing it this way also seems to help maintain the shine a lot longer. I think the quality of the finish must lengthen the oxidation time.
It also helps not to drive in the rain with these wheels. That ruins the finish faster than anything else.
FWIW, I only polish my wheels about once every two months and they stay looking pretty fresh.
