anyone in CT/NJ want to help me out?

[soccergk]

I started polishing some wheels, 1 is almost done 3 are stripped and hit with 80 grit. I need to have these done in the next two weeks for a car show. CT prefferably as I am at school up there in Hamden. If anyone could help me out or know someone that does some side work please let me know.

[soccergk]

pic of wheels, pretty simple polish, the 2nd wheel I am working on now and almost up to 600 with the DA.

[jrow]

soccergk,

80 Grit sandpaper is to course to start with unless you have some deep gouges! Start sanding with 320 grit, finish with 600 wet, then start polishing. That will save you some time.

John

[soccergk]

well there was a lot of piting from the casting, 80 seemed like the way to get it out. I have 80, 100, 120, 180, 220, 320, 400, 500, 600 for the DA, then I did 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000, and 3000 all wet. I used th white rouge but it seemed to put more scratches in it, but it cleared up the reflection some.

[alabama_lowlife]

i'd stop at 600 and use black, then brown and white

[mpierich]

Originally Posted by soccergk

well there was a lot of piting from the casting, 80 seemed like the way to get it out. I have 80, 100, 120, 180, 220, 320, 400, 500, 600 for the DA, then I did 600, 800, 1000, 1500, 2000, and 3000 all wet. I used th white rouge but it seemed to put more scratches in it, but it cleared up the reflection some.

All that sandpaper seems like doing it the hard way...but anyhow, try a softer wheel on the last step, maybe a canton. And sometimes you have to settle for the best you can do. I get paid to do work that I wouldn't consider "perfect", but I have few complaints; usually the opposite. It's a real-world kinda thing.

[soccergk]

by stopping at 600 then just using the compounds will that give me a mirror finish?

[mpierich]

Originally Posted by soccergk

by stopping at 600 then just using the compounds will that give me a mirror finish?

Yes, given the proper techniques, which are readily searchable on here.

[soccergk]

ok i read through the buffing manual. I am still confused about which wheels i should be buying, I have 1 cotton sewn wheel i was using with the white, is that the right type of wheel? Should I get the blue compound for after the white? I am using an electric drill, will that get the job done?

[mpierich]

Originally Posted by soccergk

ok i read through the buffing manual. I am still confused about which wheels i should be buying, I have 1 cotton sewn wheel i was using with the white, is that the right type of wheel? Should I get the blue compound for after the white? I am using an electric drill, will that get the job done?

Cotton wheels OK. Spiral sewn or loose, depending on how hard you want it to cut. I like treated (yellow) bias cut for emery, but it's aggressive. After emery, I go spiral/white, then loose/white or flannel/white. Slower is better for the last step. Keep everything clean.

If I want to pimp it out I might go to flannel/red but it's too glitzy for my taste.