the right polish?

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daisuke

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hey guys, I need to detail my rims, they have been neglected ever since day one it seems and are the only parts on the car that are really oxidized (they are clear-coated)...



And I was wondering, what polish would you recommend for working on them? I have already used TR-3 on the bolt caps and while it does remove the oxidation at first glance, if left out a few days it seems like the oxidation returns somewhat. What I need is a polish that will get rid of the oxidation and be aggresive enough to smooth out some minor spiderwebbing that sticks out like a sore thumb with the smooth aluminum background of the rim itself. I'd preffer it to be one of the off-the-shelf products if possible instead of specialty mail-order.



Regards, D
 
The first thing I would say is AIO, but I don't know if this would be quite aggressive enough so I'm going to say VM/AIO.
 
In this case I think if you want to get rid of oxidation and spiderwebbing, you may want to try something like scratch remover or DACP, or 1Z paint polish, or something else along that line.



TR-3 Resin Glaze? :confused: Wow... that's old! More along the lines of a "wax" though and it may not have the needed strength.
 
I believe the particular bottle I'm using is around 30 years old too... it does work, it just doesn't seem to clean deep enough and it doesn't smooth out any scratches



what's DACP, I keep seeing all these abbreviations around here but I don't know what they mean! (I'm pretty new to detailing as you can see)



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DACP stands for Dual Action Cleaner/Polish, it's made by meguiars and is also known as #83, stand for it's model number in the meguiars mirror glaze line.
 
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