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30 January 2012, 04:33 PM

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Polished Alloy Rims

My father is running these on his GT40 but road salt has made a real mess of a couple of them.

Whats best to polish up the alloy and seal/protect it?

cheers Andy

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31 January 2012, 10:12 AM

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http://www.polishedbliss.co.uk/acata...l-sealant.html
I would use the above to seal it, and just use a normal metal polish but taking extra care

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31 January 2012, 10:57 PM

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Is Solvol Autosol ok Chris?

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01 February 2012, 07:14 PM

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never used it but Loads of people rate it, test a little area and give it a go.

A sexy car like that needs clean wheels

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You could try a polishing mop on a drill around them with some polishing compound on, that may help. You could do a medium mop first followed by a finishing grade mop and compound then seal by hand.

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13 February 2012, 01:22 PM

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I use my DA, Britemax twins, medium pad and lots of tape.

Seal with nanolex (or gtechniq etc)

Expect to take a few hours on each wheel.

(at least it takes me that long to get a really good finish.