Polishing alloys (problem)

[metro1800]

I'm in the process of polishing a set of teardrop alloys for the Golf at the minute. But a couple of the rims are quite porous/pitted. Is there such a thing as an aluminium filler that can be polished? Or am I expecting a bit much? I've finished one of the rims and have to say it looks mighty well

 

[Graham]

shot blasing then polishing maybe ?

 

[Max]

i would imagine u would just rub deeper till it disppears?

 

[metro1800]

i would imagine u would just rub deeper till it disppears?

Already tried that, and got rid of some of it, but alot of it is quite deep. Its a shame cos I don't want to go for the usual BBS/deep dish on the Golf, and polished teardrops are a bit different
This is what I was aiming for....

 

[metro1800]

shot blasing then polishing maybe ?

They are already semi-polished (bought them from veedubboy), and to be honest I don't think blasting would remove it. I might just paint them and keep as a spare set

 

[Max]

do they come with metal centre caps too? Keep rubbin till they disappear, it'll be worth it

 

[Graham]

i agree with maxwel, get a polishing bit for the end of the drill ryan and see i'm sure theres summit in yer work you could borrow

 

[metro1800]

do they come with metal centre caps too? Keep rubbin till they disappear, it'll be worth it

Aye, alloy centres as well. To be honest I'm a bit fed up rubbing at them! This polishing alloys lark is harder than it seems

 

[Pocket_rocket]

id save yourself loads of hassle and paint em. imo polished alloys look aweful, not as bad as plastic/chrome ones but damn near it. plus your gonna have to keep cleaning the buggers to stop the alloy oxidising and looking crap.
just my opinion but id paint em nice and shiny silver with some sparkles added to it.

 

[metro1800]

id save yourself loads of hassle and paint em. imo polished alloys look aweful, not as bad as plastic/chrome ones but damn near it. plus your gonna have to keep cleaning the buggers to stop the alloy oxidising and looking crap.
just my opinion but id paint em nice and shiny silver with some sparkles added to it.

It was just to try summit different though. Never saw these polished before. Tried one on there to see what it was like

 

[JayT]

if there really badly pitted it wont polish out, i might even get worse the deeper in you go. If its really annoying you take them and get them diamond cut on a lathe it should remove ALL imperfections and leave them with a nice shiney finish. an extreme option is to get a spot of weld put on it and grind it down.

 

[S Hessy]

fill it with liquard metal m8 it will polish up i done a few sets with it its only abt a £5 4 the tube worth a try

 

[metro1800]

fill it with liquard metal m8 it will polish up i done a few sets with it its only abt a £5 4 the tube worth a try

JB Weld or the like?

 

[Baz C]

JB Weld or the like?

be worth a try lad, i'd say it would do the job

 

[rsnutter]

You could get them diamond cut and laquered as well - more expensive, but should take out the pitting and will give a durable finish.

 

[metro1800]

You could get them diamond cut and laquered as well - more expensive, but should take out the pitting and will give a durable finish.

For all they're worth I don't think it'd be worth it. Really don't know what to do now. I've polished one, painted another one silver, and now I've got my eye on a set of Ronal R10's. Damned decisions

 

[rsnutter]

know what you mean mate, its not worth doing unless you value the wheels quite highly. Although i do like the look you are going for, its quite a bit different from the norm!