Stripping Wheels?

[big'un]

Ive tried to search but came up empty , I was told i could use aircraft paint stripper and strip the clearcoat off my factory wheels and polish them and them be shiny ... is this true?

thanks for all the help

 

[89xj]

yeah you can. but its a rediculous amount of work and maintenance. bare polished aluminum is damn near impossible to keep looking good,

 

[weazel]

yeah you can. but its a rediculous amount of work and maintenance. bare polished aluminum is damn near impossible to keep looking good,

He's right, unless you wanna spend all day on Sunday polishing them up so they look bad on Thursday.

 

[El chupacabra]

Those wheels wouldn't be bad to polish after they had the initial cut done. High speed buff them after they were stripped. Then like once a week hit them with some polish and a buff ball. Only takes 15minutes. That's what I always did with my Pete.

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[big'un]

Thanks guys!!

I think ima go for it , i got a mothers powerball already so it wont b hard to keep em polished. Wonder if i could strip em then shine the hell out of em then reclear em and they look the same or just go back lookin silver as they do now

 

[907DAVE]

Couldn't a guy just polish and re coat the wheels?

 

[El chupacabra]

Thanks guys!!

I think ima go for it , i got a mothers powerball already so it wont b hard to keep em polished. Wonder if i could strip em then shine the hell out of em then reclear em and they look the same or just go back lookin silver as they do now

The initial cut and polish will suck lotta time with a high speed buffer and lots of rouge. If not its gonna take you forever with steel wool polishing takes lots of patience. You won't need the clearcoat just keep a good coat of polish on them they will be fine.

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[big'un]

if its warm this weekend ima do it , ill be sure to post pics

 

[big'un]

pulled the trigger on the driver side today when i got home from work , kept them on the truck and done them so i cudnt use the drill it was tearin my head up , so i done em by hand with mothers polish , ima do the other 2 this weekend and also take em off so i can polish em with a drill .....

there not as shiny as i hoped for , but there better than they was

 

[89xj]

They turned out great for doing them on the truck

 

[big'un]

thanks bud ill keep yall updated on em , maybe they will shine up some more

 

[stackedstroker]

What did you use to strip them down with. And were did you get it?

That looks real good

 

[TyCorr]

My buddy mikey said, when I asked him the secret to polishing my compressor housing, "the bigge trick is.to actually get started and then go until it looks right." So I painted it!

 

[96stacked&smoken]

Your missing a lugnut.loloke:

 

[big'un]

i used aircraft paint remover :toast:

yea im missin a lug nut on the passenger side front to

 

[96stacked&smoken]

LOL:thumbup:

 

[big'un]

nobody knows it but yall now :redspotdance:


yall are all gonna :grouphug:

 

[El chupacabra]

They could be like mirrors with a buffing wheel and high-speed buffer and some rouge you can pick it up at any TA truck stop. Or oooo steel wool that drill is gonna take you forever. When I used to do my wheels and fuel tanks on my rig by the time I got done the **** looked like chrome and I looked like I just got off a 12 hour shift in a coal mine lol.

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[big'un]

I got a hi speed buffer , thats wat ima use then ... Also my buddy told me to pick up some rouge so ima do that to

 

[big'un]

Wat color rouge do i need?