Polishing Aluminum

66340SEDAN said

Any tips on brining back the shiney finish on old aluminum mag wheels? I have some old Cragar G/T I want to restore, will I need to use sandpaper, what grades? All I need to polish is the outer area around the spokes, I want it to shine like new again. Most of the crud is in the surface, no deep corriosion areas. I have 2 already polished up but it was done before I got them, thanks a lot! BTW, great thread!!!!!!!!

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I normaly cut down everything with the ruffer paper. then do the nooks and granies.
That way if you hit the paper roll on some part of the easy large areas it is not finished polished. then i final sand the smaller areas followed by the final large areas.
Then do the same polish the smaller areas and then the larger ones.
If you slip on the smaller tight areas and hit the large ones it does not matter since they are the last part getting done.