Polishing Fuchs

[Jgordon]

Hey, I bought these Fuchs at Hershey (7X16) and I was wondering what the best way to bring the lips up to par would be. They are in fairly good shape, the only real flaw being a scratch on the second one.
(Original saga is here: Fuch'd at Hershe? )

My question is -- is there anything I should (or must) do to protect the aluminum on that scratch? Is it exposed through the anodizing? Is there anything wrong with that?

Any suggestions on a polishing compound would be good as well. I was planning on starting with 3M inperial glaze, and working in some P21S multi-surface polish as it went.

Edit: I should add that all I want to do is clean up the lips and protect them -- I don't plan on high gloss or taking of the anodizing. Just back to stock.

Thanks.

Jared

Photos:

[Victor]

Hi Jared, I used that metal polish wadding stuff to restore my Fuchs lips. It was gentle enough to not damage anything and still removed every last trace of old wheel balancers etc.

This is a pic taken about 5 years later.

[Jeff Alton]

See my post from last week. I will also be refinishing a couple of 16x6 in the near future and photo detailing the procedure.

Jeff

[Jgordon]

Victor, what is the wadding called? I'm picturing something like steel wool, which seems harsh.

Would the stuff go throught the anodizing?

Jeff, I'll look for your post and look forward to the next one.

Any other thoughts? Does that scratch look like it can come out with some TLC?

Thanks.

[RickM]

I'm Guessing Victor used "Never Dull" which is a treated cotton wading.

You may want to protect with "Wheel Wax" which is probably available at larger auto supply places or Tire Rack.

[Jgordon]

Jeff, I found your post, but stripping is far more than what I plan. I'm most likely going for a light polish with a fairly mildly abrtasive compound, and leaving it at that. I'm trying to figure out if I can get those scratches out without going through (or stripping) the anodizing unnecessarily. If worse comes to worse, I'd be happy throwing a coat of wax on them and leave it at that.

[azasadny]

I used Mother's Mag Polish and got my cruddy, non-original wheels as shiny as possible. They actually turned out better then I expected...

[Victor]

Jared,

Sorry for the delay - Rick is correct the stuff is called never dull - there are other brands of the same thing, you can get it at Kmart type places.

It did not eat through any sort of protective coating or anodizing.