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Posted by: kiesta00

I tried polishing my itp rims with some turtle wax metal polish and a dremel with cloth wheel...they just seem to cloud up insead of get shiny...wtf am I doing wrong? The cloth wheel instantly turns black when I try to polish, is that good?

Posted by: christophere251

got to take the clearcoat off with some light sanding paper my man. then hit it with the polish. Me personally i dont think its worth the good looks. U have to repolish it almost every time mud gets on there!

Posted by: kiesta00

well I noticed on the bottle it says "chrome polish"...could this be why it's not working well? not sure if it would have that much effect on the outcome

Posted by: 400EX QUADER

you wipe it good enough?? It's cloudy until you wipe it super clean. Try a clean rag and rub a spot for like 15 secs and makesure you switch spots on the cloth so the old residue doesnt make it cloudy.

Posted by: fireburns99

use mothers aluminium polsih, and good old terry cloth. Rub it in until everything turns black. Then remove with a clean terry cloth towel. It works great, thats what i use to polish mine. But you do have to really work it in.

Posted by: kiesta00

I'll try the mothers/dremel combo tomorrow and see what happens...

Posted by: 400EX QUADER

hollywoods polish is the best to get... $16 per bottle though.

Posted by: kiesta00

i got some mothers today and WOW it works gooood

Posted by: fireburns99

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Originally posted by kiesta00
i got some mothers today and WOW it works gooood

Im wouldn't lead you wrong...

I think the problem was you were trying to use chrome polish, which is completely different than aluminium polish. When i come back from pismo beach, i have to do my rims because they have the salt stains, and oxidation on anything that is polished.

I'm glad it worked for you.