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RB26DETT
17-03-12, 15:59
Probably been asked before but what's the best way to polish a chrome dish/lip?

Picked up a set of wheels and there's a few little spots (Looks like tiny spots of rust) I want to get them mint!

How and what do I use? (Want to do it myself)

I'll post pics in a min.


Cheers.
RB26DETT
17-03-12, 16:03
http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-aLYdYndM5gY/T2Jkw4oCQlI/AAAAAAAAAlc/qlW02-t2qX8/s640/IMAG0777.jpg?gl=IE
B&G Extreme Drifting
17-03-12, 19:13
Probably been asked before but what's the best way to polish a chrome dish/lip?

Picked up a set of wheels and there's a few little spots (Looks like tiny spots of rust) I want to get them mint!

How and what do I use? (Want to do it myself)

I'll post pics in a min.


Cheers.
peek or autosol or some of them can be got in the likes of halfords or motorfactors...autosol can be fairly pricey, & plenty of elbow grease :) but u sayin rust hopefully its jus surface or else its job for the specialists
RB26DETT
19-03-12, 14:23
peek or autosol or some of them can be got in the likes of halfords or motorfactors...autosol can be fairly pricey, & plenty of elbow grease :) but u sayin rust hopefully its jus surface or else its job for the specialists


Cheers, Will try that and see how they come out. :cool:
rmc
19-03-12, 18:24
Sound like a weird one but it works a treat!!! Get a piece of tinfoil and just rub of the spots of surface rust. Just ball it up and a little bit of wd-40 helps too!!

Did it recently with my " bigend rodders"
rmc
19-03-12, 18:29
http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae70/rmcyes/fbb72558.jpg

That's a pic of inside the rim you can see the way it was before and the clean part is after rubbing it down with tin foil!! An a bit of autosol after to get a mirrored finish

http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae70/rmcyes/c16de078.jpg
http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae70/rmcyes/cfdb9806.jpg
http://i958.photobucket.com/albums/ae70/rmcyes/f76ad929.jpg
eurodave
19-03-12, 18:37
had never heard of using tinfoil before, saying that i'd never thought to use coke to clean up coilovers before either until i read it two weeks ago
RB26DETT
21-03-12, 13:47
Using the tinfoil and WD-40 method, must get Autosol to finish them off.

http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Awqhe5Z2oKc/T2nY3NI1XqI/AAAAAAAAAng/3P9WvSnK7Wc/s800/IMAG0818.jpg


Will be sprayed Lime Green before I do anymore though :cool:
rmc
21-03-12, 21:54
Looks like a result!!!!!
RB26DETT
21-03-12, 22:15
Looks like a result!!!!!

Yeah they came up pretty well :cool:

Gonna paint the centres Lime Green and then do the rest of the lips. :D
k1984w
22-03-12, 21:37
The dish probably clear coated man most them are if that's the case just use a bit of compound if it's not clear coated autoglym metal polish works really well especially if used on a mini da or mini buffer they ll come up like brand new have done a good few sets for customers here