Help polishing alum. motorcycle wheels

[tavo1765]

Your not building enough heat to use the compound correctly, yes heat helps out alot. So your bascially just dragging along the compound.

[kxed]

ok i got it now i resanded with 600 then went at it with black bar then brown then white i found that i realy have to load up the wheel with the white to work but it looks great just some light cut marks under the fluorescent lights but looks great outside will the red bar help this ok now lets talk stainless i got some brake rotors to do any tips

[mpierich]

Originally Posted by kxed

ok now lets talk stainless i got some brake rotors to do any tips

If it's only got light maching marks, I go 220/320/400 on the expander wheel w/grease, then blak/sisal, black/spiral, then _usually_ green (but, yesterday I had to use white instead of green on one. Different alloy, I suppose.) Go easy with the sisal.

[kxed]

Hey mpierich did you ever use a DA sander I don't have a expander wheel

[mpierich]

Originally Posted by kxed

Hey mpierich did you ever use a DA sander I don't have a expander wheel

Actually I did use an air-powered jitterbug until recently for flatwork. Works OK, just takes a while. Just make sure you start up around 220, then drop back to 120 only if that doesn't work. No sense having to take out scratches you needlessly made yourself.