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Polishing alum.wheels,HELP please read

Posted: 2/24/06 11:53am Message 11 of 17
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Vette(s): 1982CE,32,000 and counting. (fast!!) 1981 Vette, black on black. ZZ4 (quick!!)
[QUOTE=BelgiumBarry]i do it with the great means : put my wheels in my "lathe "? ( turning device for machining metal ) , a big brush and clothes with alu polish in the fixed head and let it turn for a few minutes....clean them and they shine for a while.....   You can  try it also riding approx. 20 mph with the brush trough the window  but be carefull for passing cars not to polish their entyre car....[/QUOTE] That is funny I must admit


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Polishing alum.wheels,HELP please read

Posted: 2/24/06 1:11pm Message 12 of 17
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Methinks people in Belgium have some very long arms! Not quite as long as a North Carolina boy that's used to putting empty beer cans in the bed of his pickemuptruck!


Polishing alum.wheels,HELP please read

Posted: 2/24/06 1:21pm Message 13 of 17
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I hear ya Dave,been there,Man those were some times.But it's better now!!!


Polishing alum.wheels,HELP please read

Posted: 2/25/06 4:33am Message 14 of 17
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In the past I polished the wheels on my '78 with I guess Mother's or anything similar to that. I have heard of a product called Zoop that puts a sealer on them and is supposed to last 1-2 years, but I have never used the product. It is expensive--Eastwood sells the deluxe kit for $129. Of course it's very time-consuming to keep the wheels polished also.


Polishing alum.wheels,HELP please read

Posted: 2/25/06 9:51am Message 15 of 17
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Zoop Seal,I've got a unused kit comming from a member on this site for a very good price.I will let everyone know how it turns out.The company says up to 3 yrs.others that have used it said their up to 5 yrs and still looks like day one.

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Polishing alum.wheels,HELP please read

Posted: 2/25/06 10:02am Message 16 of 17
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I saw it used last weekend on TRUCKS ,very time consuming and elaborate job,but the wheels came out GREAT


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Polishing alum.wheels,HELP please read

Posted: 2/25/06 7:20pm Message 17 of 17
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I'm willing to do it if it means I don't have to do every 2 months.It's real humid here in savannah and it don't take long before I have to do it again/Wish I would have seen that episode.I usually don't miis it.Do they have a web site?I'd like to see if I can find out anything on it.


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