hey,

I was wondering how you guys go about getting such a crisp polished lip on your stock rims.

Thanks

Jon

 

Sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand, sand. Wetsand, wetsand, wetsand, wetsand, wetsand, wetsand. Polish, polish, polish, polish....hope this helps. :wink: Seriously though start off with course and work your way to fine, then extra fine etc... when you get it smooth move to wet sanding, after wet sanding polish. First polish with a cutting polish and then go to a buffing polish. There are no shortcuts just hand cramping sanding, although it's better if you start out with some strong paint remover first.

 

What superhawk22 said, or.....

With something like this. You probably could find jeweler's rouge at a automotive paint store. I believe Lowe's sells metal polishing compounds also.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/p...roductID=15352

 

what do you think about rigging up something to rotate the rim while I hold the sand paper? maybe a drill?


Jon

 

I don't know because if you get out of line then you put in more scratches and you'll have to start over again but you could try it.

 

"what do you think about rigging up something to rotate the rim"

Disclamer... The following could be dangerous. You do this at your own risk. You could get hurt.

That said... I did this with some car wheels. I used jack stands and wheel chocks to secure a car. The wheels rotated while it idled in 4nd gear. I used emery cloth, 320 wet sand paper, steelwool/metal polish combo, and finished with soft cloth and metal polish. This worked great... and was quick too. I see the biggest problem would be in securing the bike (and it would only work for the rear wheel).

 

You can also be pretty sloppy sanding, sanding, sanding, then polishing, then mask off with tape the plished areas you want, slightly rough up the rest and paint the rims black again to get a nice edge. I'll post up pics (tonight) where I did this on my rims.

J.

 

A Dremel tool with one of those "floppy" 120 grit wheels was my first step.....rim off bike the best, then a ton of hand sanding and polishing.

Good luck.

Mike