What Polish for TTIIs?
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Racer
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From: Napa CA
What Polish for TTIIs?
I have a set of TTIIs that I need to clean up and I bought one of those little ball rag type polishers that you chuck up in a drill that is made for rims.
My question is twofold.
Thanks, Eric
My question is twofold.
- Are the TTIIs polished aluminum without any coating?
- What brand/type of polish should I use with a hand held cordless drill and the polishing ball?
Thanks, Eric
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The TTIIs are not coated when they come from American Racing.
There are several aluminum cleaners that will work well and sometimes it comes down to personal preference. As stated above Mother's and Flitz but there is also Simichrome, Blue Majic, Meguiars, 3M, Wenol, and the list goes on and on. How bad are the wheels? If they are just dull this stuff works great and no drill needed. http://www.nevrdull.com/
There are several aluminum cleaners that will work well and sometimes it comes down to personal preference. As stated above Mother's and Flitz but there is also Simichrome, Blue Majic, Meguiars, 3M, Wenol, and the list goes on and on. How bad are the wheels? If they are just dull this stuff works great and no drill needed. http://www.nevrdull.com/
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Racer
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From: Napa CA
...How bad are the wheels? If they are just dull this stuff works great and no drill needed. http://www.nevrdull.com/
Eric.
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Melting Slicks
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From: Confusion
Sorry about Simichrome, it used to be good, but there is a new polish in town!!!!!!
http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/ballbuster/Product.html
PS- An aluminum polisher told me NEVER wax aluminum, something to do with the pores or something, don't really remember why, I just remember DON'T!!
http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/ballbuster/Product.html
PS- An aluminum polisher told me NEVER wax aluminum, something to do with the pores or something, don't really remember why, I just remember DON'T!!
Last edited by corvetteload; Jan 10, 2011 at 09:16 PM.
Melting Slicks
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I use Mothere's...but, I believe there all somewhat equivalent. The key is...and I read this tip on this forum a numer of year ago....simply wipe them off when you get home. So I polish them at the beginnng of the season and wipe them off when we get back....to this day...they look like new!
Muddy
Muddy
Melting Slicks
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That is how the "Brooklyn Ball Buster " polish is made, they dissolve buffing compounds in mineral spirits and trust me when I say it is the best. It was developed to do trucks and it works like you wouldn't believe!!!!
I highly recommend it!!!
Instructor
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I have had really good luck with Mothers and back in the day I would use Blue magic, the later took some elbow grease but they sure looked good. I also think the trick to keeping them looking great is to wipe them off whenever you get it in the garage after a day out and especially right after they get wet. The water spots really stain them quickly.
Good luck
Good luck
