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Ok went down and bought some paint stripper. The centre of the rim is painted and the dish and outer lip is clear coated. So I had to be very careful only to take the clear coat off and not touch the paint on the centre of the rim. The paint stripper is like a gel so I used a small desert spoon and gradually smoothed it on and then scraped it off with a plastic paint scraper. The clear coat bubbles and its pretty easy to get off. Then I grabbed some autosol polish and began to polish the metal, this also helps to show you where there is still clear coat as it wont shine up.

Then reapply paint stripper to where you can still see clear coat. Once all clear coat is removed, I used the steel wool to gradually remove blemishes in the metal. Then just keep reapplying metal polish until you can see your face in the reflection :P

It is very time consuming, I have only done 1 and a half of the wheels but omg it looks soooo much better. I will take a photo soon!

Thanks to all that helped!

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i polished my lips on these old 16s that i had....

im a metal fabricator but do know how to mirror polish steel aswell!

i used a variable speed grinder,

scrotch brite wheel

then a sizel wheel with green rouge

heres the results

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^^ as you can see its mirror, but its not clear and crisp

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After ^^^ nice and crispy!!!

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Ok went down and bought some paint stripper. The centre of the rim is painted and the dish and outer lip is clear coated. So I had to be very careful only to take the clear coat off and not touch the paint on the centre of the rim. The paint stripper is like a gel so I used a small desert spoon and gradually smoothed it on and then scraped it off with a plastic paint scraper. The clear coat bubbles and its pretty easy to get off. Then I grabbed some autosol polish and began to polish the metal, this also helps to show you where there is still clear coat as it wont shine up.

Then reapply paint stripper to where you can still see clear coat. Once all clear coat is removed, I used the steel wool to gradually remove blemishes in the metal. Then just keep reapplying metal polish until you can see your face in the reflection :no:

It is very time consuming, I have only done 1 and a half of the wheels but omg it looks soooo much better. I will take a photo soon!

Thanks to all that helped!

'Tis good to get a great result Jeff! :P

Yes, 'Before' and 'After' shots will be interesting!

Got sore hands???? ;)

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'Tis good to get a great result Jeff! :P

Yes, 'Before' and 'After' shots will be interesting!

Got sore hands???? ;)

Indeed!

Yeah my hands did get sore especially when I got some paint stripper on my gloves and burnt through the gloves to my hands! I had a headache for the next day so its definitely strong stuff!

Still havent got after shots dammit, but it looks good :no:

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im in the process of cleaning some wheels up too

mainly just elbow grease but ive tried a few different things

still havent finished one wheel and its been about a week

before

halfway done

front

in same boat as you mate - i want the dish like a mirror

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^^^ you guys had better not tell your G/Fs how hard you've worked to get a mirror finish on your rims.

Otherwise, the pots 'n pans they hand over to you (they think) will be a piece of cake - LOL

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It's a wonder "Humbla" hasn't cottoned onto this thread - lol

She'd tell all of us what things need polishing hehe...

Ha ha,i have a few pots that need doing,looks like you young fellas polish things up nice,now polish my pots.J joking. :mad:

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