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mongooseman
May 08, 2012 at 12:02:23 PM
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What is the best way to clean and polish sprint car wheels?

Can anything be done to keep them polished up and looking nice??


THANKS GUYS!!!




dirt in ur beer
May 08, 2012 at 12:18:25 PM
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Posted By: mongooseman on May 08 2012 at 12:02:23 PM

What is the best way to clean and polish sprint car wheels?

Can anything be done to keep them polished up and looking nice??


THANKS GUYS!!!



depending on how far gone they are you can polish them with a cotton color buff or stitched cotton wheel. youll need a straight shaft grinder/buffer with some balls to it. I not very dull use green jewelers rouge ,if quite dull use stainless rouge. If you use the stainless rouge clean out buff after use then color wheel out with the green. When finished wipe out wheel with soft clothe to get abrasive out.To maintain shine wax the wheel with the best wax you can get ur hands on. It wont hurt to do it 2 or 3 times .



Ca Sprintcar fan
May 08, 2012 at 01:39:01 PM
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pick up some illigal workers from home depot parking lot, give them a buffer with a coton wheel and one buffer with wax. Those guys will have your wheels glowing. lol


Northern California Sprintcars


kmart
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May 08, 2012 at 01:53:01 PM
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Posted By: Ca Sprintcar fan on May 08 2012 at 01:39:01 PM

pick up some illigal workers from home depot parking lot, give them a buffer with a coton wheel and one buffer with wax. Those guys will have your wheels glowing. lol



use some buffing compound (its a paste) buff it then throw flour in the wheel buff it again to get the rest of the compound out. Safety Kleen used to have some stuff to do it with.



BLUTEAM
May 08, 2012 at 01:57:17 PM
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spray them with aluminum brightener (phosphoric acid) and then rinse thoroughly with water first. Make sure the wheel is dry before applying the acid and then let the acid sit until it's boiling white before rinsing.

Aluminum is so soft it is easy to trap dirt within and it's difficult to polish it out. The acid cleans the wheel and will make the polishing process 1,000 times easier. You won't need a buffer for wheels. They're soft enough to do by hand.


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rfowz5
May 08, 2012 at 05:21:01 PM
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Posted By: mongooseman on May 08 2012 at 12:02:23 PM

What is the best way to clean and polish sprint car wheels?

Can anything be done to keep them polished up and looking nice??


THANKS GUYS!!!



ASK SAMMY HE HAS THE BEST WHEELS IN THE BUSINESS




dirtdevil
May 08, 2012 at 05:50:07 PM
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Posted By: rfowz5 on May 08 2012 at 05:21:01 PM

ASK SAMMY HE HAS THE BEST WHEELS IN THE BUSINESS



ya thats EZ when you just buy new ones! , pretty sure Todd dosent let them put old bent, chipped , crappy lookn things on that car, lol, anyway, I picked up some compounds from the local Menards, im going to try someday, watched a couple vids on youtube to try get some ideas from , I strongly recomend taking a few minutes on there and type in how to polish aluminum , I found one trucker outfit that polished a fueltank seemed to be the best info so far for a large item to polish . I would assume it would work on any size item?.

 



meatbag
May 08, 2012 at 10:06:36 PM
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I've never noticed a car with polished, shiny wheels in victory lane? I usually notice the fastest one!


do it in the dirt

rfowz5
May 09, 2012 at 12:27:58 AM
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Posted By: meatbag on May 08 2012 at 10:06:36 PM

I've never noticed a car with polished, shiny wheels in victory lane? I usually notice the fastest one!



ITS SIMPLE MOTHERS POLISH AND HARD WORK SECOND SAMMY LIVES IN VICTORY LANE




dirtdevil
May 09, 2012 at 12:54:45 AM
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since were on the topic, who does and doesnt care for the black wheels? I figure most the old timers hate them blackouts , I too hated them but its taken a while and thier starting to grow on me, a car with bright paint or bright highlights actually are starting to look kinda nice? I remember when I started racing black wheels ment you were bad a$$ "stay away from the guy whith the black wheels, he doesnt care about his wheels!!" lol .. the old nascar painted wheels to match body color i liked i remember the Countrytime Lemonade car that was a nice looking ride, how about Red Bull I thought I heard once the rear wheels were suppose to be red to match the body, I just thought it was two different color wheels and they didnt care? huh, interesting.



Bet n Housen
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May 09, 2012 at 05:20:18 AM
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What I learned at the Tournament of Roses parade years ago....after you have the aluminum cleaned up and polished and shiny then get you a soft cloth,today its micro fiber,and a pan with some buttermilk and rub the whole shiny surface with the butter milk and hose it off let it dry and then you will get a music instrument quality shine,now this really works on brass and works on aluminum too until the the first warm up session ,forgot to add after you let it dry light buffing or hand polishing again then some wax.Why don't racetracks put in a wash bay or two they could keep the dirt there,instead of in your trailer and keep the water too....earlier reader talked about adding flour ,corn starch works too,keep this up we will be baking sprint car biscuits.

dirtface
May 09, 2012 at 06:43:05 AM
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Mothers polish, mothers ball and 5/10 minutes each wheel . Then good ole windex between polishings .
We need more sprint car racing at our home track.


dirtdevil
May 09, 2012 at 04:30:19 PM
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This message was edited on May 09, 2012 at 04:30:51 PM by dirtdevil
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Posted By: Bet n Housen on May 09 2012 at 05:20:18 AM
What I learned at the Tournament of Roses parade years ago....after you have the aluminum cleaned up and polished and shiny then get you a soft cloth,today its micro fiber,and a pan with some buttermilk and rub the whole shiny surface with the butter milk and hose it off let it dry and then you will get a music instrument quality shine,now this really works on brass and works on aluminum too until the the first warm up session ,forgot to add after you let it dry light buffing or hand polishing again then some wax.Why don't racetracks put in a wash bay or two they could keep the dirt there,instead of in your trailer and keep the water too....earlier reader talked about adding flour ,corn starch works too,keep this up we will be baking sprint car biscuits.


mmmm im gettn hungry already, ill bring the Maple syrup,we got a voucher for the bacon ? anyone?



ksprinter
May 09, 2012 at 08:46:43 PM
Joined: 08/13/2005
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http://www.zephyrpro40.com/s2/Scripts/prodList.asp?idCategory=77

This stuff amazing very easy to use wipe on wipe off



mongooseman
May 14, 2012 at 12:27:49 PM
Joined: 02/25/2008
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Thanks guys, great info here!!!


Anybody ever use/have luck with a product called flitz???





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