VIPRETR2

iTrader: (63)

So I bought some new front 17x9.5s and they are super high polished so I needed to clean up my FUBARed rear 17x11s. I went over the wheels first with an SOS pad to get off all the funky stuff and oxidation. I the went over that with Master Formula metal polish on a Mothers Mini Powerball. I still needed to go over the edges with a regular MF towel but I think they turned out pretty good. I resorted to the Powerball because it was taking way too much elbow grease just to do it by hand. I expected the Master Formula to work better by hand with all of the hype I've seen about it. I'm sure you could get a similar finish with any good metal polish and a Powerball. Yes, I'm lazy Anyway here are links to the pics I took. First pic has a rim just gone over with the SOS pad in the foreground and a finished rim in the background
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../wheels003.jpg
Second pic is a closeup of a finished wheel.
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1.../wheels005.jpg

Hope this helps some of you guys out.

Larry

Evaporate

iTrader: (22)

Thanks for reminding me that I need to go out and get one. It looks like it's worth the money. I'm surprised that the SOS pad didn't mess the surface of your rims up.

VIPRETR2

iTrader: (63)

All the tiny scratches from the steel wool polished right out. The water marks were harder to get rid of than the scratches

JGKadell

iTrader: (4)

I think maybe a super fine steel wool would have been better. Or go over the wheel again with a finer wool after the SOS. Maybe go over them with a fine grit paper then polish.
An SOS to polish sounds like skipping a step or 2 to me. That is like going from 120 grit to 1500.