How do you polish steel wheel lips to shine like chrome?
Some different ways to go about it.
If it is bare aluminum on a used wheel, very minor oxidation. You can sand with the grain, straight around the circle like sanding wood. Not in circles.
Sand with WD-40 and 320 wet dry, use lots of WD-40 to keep the wet dry paper clean.
Then follow up with WD-40 and Red Scotch Brite pad to reduce the sand scratches.
Now you can buff it up here with a terry cloth towel if you like more of a brushed finished look.
Or you can continue on with WD-40 and 00-Steel Wool for a little more shine.
Or move on to Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish for a more chrome like finish. This looks nice but is fussy to keep clean and shows water spots if you don't wipe them down after washing.
Here is WD-40 and Red Scotch Brite finish, the Brushed look on my Dodge Truck.
Here is WD-40 and Steel Wool finish on the '67 Dart.
I like the looks of this on these wheels cause that is how they came back in the day, and they shine nice without that chrome look. Easy to maintain too.
Can use Mothers for that chrome look if you so choose, Elbow Grease required.
Some different ways to go about it.
If it is bare aluminum on a used wheel, very minor oxidation. You can sand with the grain, straight around the circle like sanding wood. Not in circles.
Sand with WD-40 and 320 wet dry, use lots of WD-40 to keep the wet dry paper clean.
Then follow up with WD-40 and Red Scotch Brite pad to reduce the sand scratches.
Now you can buff it up here with a terry cloth towel if you like more of a brushed finished look.
Or you can continue on with WD-40 and 00-Steel Wool for a little more shine.
Or move on to Mothers Mag & Aluminum Polish for a more chrome like finish. This looks nice but is fussy to keep clean and shows water spots if you don't wipe them down after washing.
Here is WD-40 and Red Scotch Brite finish, the Brushed look on my Dodge Truck.
Here is WD-40 and Steel Wool finish on the '67 Dart.
I like the looks of this on these wheels cause that is how they came back in the day, and they shine nice without that chrome look. Easy to maintain too.
Can use Mothers for that chrome look if you so choose, Elbow Grease required.
