Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels
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RE: Polishing the lip of Bullit wheels
If you have a dremel...then this will be cake.
But by hand I used 80 or 60 grit (can't remember) to get the paint off. It takes quite a bit of sanding, but this is the most difficult and time consuming part of the job, once you finish getting the paint off it goes pretty quick.
I then used 180 grit. Sanded it until I saw all the deep scratches were gone.
Spent a while with 220, then 400, 800....1000, 1500, 2000.
You can use 800-2000 wet or dry. I prefered the finish I got dry sanding, although with other aluminum wheels I've polished I got my best results wet sanding, odd, but whatever works best for you.
The trick is to spend the most time possibly sanding with 220, this will work out the rest of your nasty scratches, it will be rather easy with 400 grit to make it start to look smooth, the higher you go the smoother and more 'blurry' the finish will look. Slap on some aluminum polish (mothers works best for me). If you aren't satisfied with the finish, remember..you can always go back to 220 and start over until your happy!!
But by hand I used 80 or 60 grit (can't remember) to get the paint off. It takes quite a bit of sanding, but this is the most difficult and time consuming part of the job, once you finish getting the paint off it goes pretty quick.
I then used 180 grit. Sanded it until I saw all the deep scratches were gone.
Spent a while with 220, then 400, 800....1000, 1500, 2000.
You can use 800-2000 wet or dry. I prefered the finish I got dry sanding, although with other aluminum wheels I've polished I got my best results wet sanding, odd, but whatever works best for you.
The trick is to spend the most time possibly sanding with 220, this will work out the rest of your nasty scratches, it will be rather easy with 400 grit to make it start to look smooth, the higher you go the smoother and more 'blurry' the finish will look. Slap on some aluminum polish (mothers works best for me). If you aren't satisfied with the finish, remember..you can always go back to 220 and start over until your happy!!