Problem with polishing iForged rims,any suggestions?

Totoland Mach said:
3 Inch diameter works great for me too. There are 2 types of cotton wheels available: Spiral sewn and loose buff. The spiral sewn is good for "grunt" work when you first start polishing. I save the loose buff for last (usually with a smear of Mother's Billet Cream). The loose buff also will have a lot of cotton dust flying off the wheel.

Holler if I can give you any more tips.
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Hey I had another questions for you. I called steve at the hobby store you gave me the link to. I ordered the large cyclinder buff and a felt buff to get the tight areas. Steve recommended both to me and said the cylinder buffs would be the best for polishing wheels. But my question is to you, have you ever used the white rouge and a buff to polish your wheels? He told me the buffs are not intended to be used with mothers polishes. He told me to use the white rouge which I bought from hbim for only $2 so I figured I would try it. But do you have any experience using the rouge? I dont want to go messing with it if it is going to mess my wheels up. But he suggested it to me and said it will give the wheels a mirror like shine.
 
Nope, never used the rouge (either red or white...but I have them both). He's probably right about polishes and creams...they do "load up" the wheel, but I figure that's part of the process.

Have him send you instructions (and please share them with me) on using white rouge..I'd sure like to know myself.

Maybe you can find a piece of aluminum to practice on before you launch into the wheels (storm door, pots & pans, etc).
 
Totoland Mach said:
Nope, never used the rouge (either red or white...but I have them both). He's probably right about polishes and creams...they do "load up" the wheel, but I figure that's part of the process.

Have him send you instructions (and please share them with me) on using white rouge..I'd sure like to know myself.

Maybe you can find a piece of aluminum to practice on before you launch into the wheels (storm door, pots & pans, etc).
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He actually explained to me how to use the white rouge. He suggested the white by the way. Its actually simple, I thought it was going to be more involved. But all you do is hold the white rouge then turn the drill on the the cylinder buff and simply rub it onto the rouge. He said you will see some build up on the buff, then polish away. Its as simple as that. I didnt know what was involved with the rouge. But I cant wait to get everything so I can try to make these wheels shine. But to tell you the truth I think I am going to use the mothers billet first. I feel more comfortable with that on emy expensive wheels being that I used it on them before.
 
thanks for the information: I might grab an old alum pot that my bride doesn't care about (appearance-wise) and try it on the outside surface.

I appreciate the info. Have a great weekend..!

Totoland Mach
 
To polish the lip, try using a rubber nitrile glove instead of a cloth with your metal polish. The Billet Polish would be a better choice than the Mag & Aluminum for the lip.

Then, remove he residue with the microfiber towel.
 
woptang22 said:
He actually explained to me how to use the white rouge. He suggested the white by the way. Its actually simple, I thought it was going to be more involved. But all you do is hold the white rouge then turn the drill on the the cylinder buff and simply rub it onto the rouge. He said you will see some build up on the buff, then polish away. Its as simple as that. I didnt know what was involved with the rouge. But I cant wait to get everything so I can try to make these wheels shine. But to tell you the truth I think I am going to use the mothers billet first. I feel more comfortable with that on emy expensive wheels being that I used it on them before.
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Please post your results using the rouge and Mothers billet. I recently put some polished iForged Fluxes from Vince. I noticed the same thing. The wheels started to look bad after only a couple of weeks. Since they polish up to a chrome-like finish, you can see every little darn microscratch. I tried Mothers Billet with so-so results. I'd love to see how yours turns out with the drill/rouge/wheels, etc. Thanks! -RJ
 
rjp said:
Please post your results using the rouge and Mothers billet. I recently put some polished iForged Fluxes from Vince. I noticed the same thing. The wheels started to look bad after only a couple of weeks. Since they polish up to a chrome-like finish, you can see every little darn microscratch. I tried Mothers Billet with so-so results. I'd love to see how yours turns out with the drill/rouge/wheels, etc. Thanks! -RJ
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Well I guess Im not the only one with problems polishing these kinda of wheels. But its true, you can see every little tiny scratch in the rims after polishing them. And then after that they are still cloudy looking. I am going to try this as soon as I get everything in the mail and have time to do it. When I get it all done I will post my results. Hopefully everything comes out nice and shinny.
 
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