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Old 07-23-2007, 08:28 PM
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whats the best brand to use to polish your wheels?
Old 07-23-2007, 08:44 PM
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I've tried several brands but had the best results with a product called Diamond Bright from a company named Built-Rite, and it was sold for use with their truck toolboxes. I get it at my local Lowe's where they sell the toolboxes.
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the turtle wax one and the mother chrome polish work real good. i used them for years.
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i think the powerball with the polish is the easiest and most effective way to polish wheels. they have the big one, and the smaller one is good for tight spaces. i also love neverdull. it works very well and is good for small areas and exhaust tips, etc
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I've been using mother's billet aluminum polish for a while now and works great.
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Originally Posted by Sleepy53
I've been using mother's billet aluminum polish for a while now and works great.
Same here! Best stuff I've ever used. Powerball works great as a maintenance/upkeep tool, but if you let them get too far gone you might as well rub gravy on the wheels. The Mother's Billet polish will bring them back from the dead if they've gotten that far.
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Is the Mother's Billet polish more abrasive than the liquid powermetal polish I use? It takes me about an hour each to powerball and carnuba wax each wheel. They stay clean for about a month.
It's time to do them again already
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I don't know if it's more abrasive. I know that a LOT of elbow grease and Mother's Billet produces a MUCH better finish than the Powermetal polish/Powerball combo. It's a LOT more elbow grease, but it takes me about an hour/wheel as well.
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mothers billet is what i use. the paste stuff. its expensive but it works. i use a microfiber to do the polishing because it seems to hold the polish in there better
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I just polished my wheels with a new meguiars mag and aluminum polish, and I really liked it because it's very easy to use, you don't have to rub hard and it's very easy to take off, also it smells pretty nice.

also I found very odd that the picture of the wheel they use on the lid it's of the same wheel my truck it's wearing.

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