Polishing wheels on Ford Chassis
Any recommendations on polishing aluminum wheels on Ford 53 chassis. Do not know mfg. Freightliner uses Alcoa but do not know what Ford uses.
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Let's get back to polishing....When I first purchased my Monaco in 2005, the Accuride wheels looked nice. They eventually started to dull. I bought a Mother's Power Ball and used Mother's polish. I was like "Tim the Tool Man Taylor", the more the better. I would put on a ton of polish and try to make the wheels look good. All I got were several towels full of black gunk while wiping the polish off of the rims.
Every once in a while I would see someone's rims that looked like "Fire Up's" and ask how they did it. Well....I finally figured out I was using waaaaay too much polish. I started using "Flitz" (Mother's would be fine too) and cut down the amount to about a thimble full per wheel. As "Fire UP" stated, you have to put some elbow grease into it until they get highly polished. After that, keep wheel covers on them when not in use and all you'll need is a little touch up every couple of months.
Here are the Monaco rims after some work.
My new coach has the Accuride AccuShield wheels that are coated and do not require polishing. The good news, no polishing, the bad news, they don't shine like the uncoated wheels. I'm a little disappointed, but not enough to strip off the coating since I have 6 wheels now.
Every once in a while I would see someone's rims that looked like "Fire Up's" and ask how they did it. Well....I finally figured out I was using waaaaay too much polish. I started using "Flitz" (Mother's would be fine too) and cut down the amount to about a thimble full per wheel. As "Fire UP" stated, you have to put some elbow grease into it until they get highly polished. After that, keep wheel covers on them when not in use and all you'll need is a little touch up every couple of months.
Here are the Monaco rims after some work.
My new coach has the Accuride AccuShield wheels that are coated and do not require polishing. The good news, no polishing, the bad news, they don't shine like the uncoated wheels. I'm a little disappointed, but not enough to strip off the coating since I have 6 wheels now.
