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Old 09-13-2006, 12:39 PM
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Default Re: Having trouble getting great shine from aluminum

A2Carat,

Just a suggestion, you may want to try some felt buffs on a Dremel tool. They are small enough to get into the wheel lip. If you get the mandrel with them you can mount them in your drill motor, or Dremel! This should give you an opposite direction for buffing the lip. Some places, hardware stores, you can purchase mounted buffs of different diameters that will fit a Dremel or a drill motor.
Also when you clean the buffing compound off your aluminum wheel I would suggest that you use spray cans of brake cleaner then Dawn dish washing liquid. That may eliminate some of the haze you see!

John
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