How To Polish Aluminum Wheels After Sandblasting

I work my way up to 2000 grit with the finishing grain going the same direction as my intended polish grain.

How to polish aluminum wheels after sandblasting. A number of different materials are used to de chrome wheel rims through sandblasting including sand. However aluminum rims may require blasting with glass beads since they cause less damage to the underlying surface below the plating. This process helps to create a weather resistant. Because of their makeup coating or painting them require a very special process.

I use a mastercraft media blaster sandblaster to prep a set of aluminum rims before painting them with tremclad rust paint. I would use the acid that detail shops use to clean non cleared aluminum rims. Once it was all dry next day i ran a bead of clear silicon around the seam between the inner section and the outer wheel rim both front side and back. Any blasting media recomendations.

How to clean and polish anodized aluminum. Will sand be too harsh. I want to blast the spokes and have the outer rim polished. These older light weight performance wheels are magnesium and aluminum alloyed mixed material.

They are not 100 magnesium. I found a place who will polish em for 35 a piece but i have access to a blaster and can blast them myself. After this the surface can be painted or coated. Outdoor blasting is generally done with a pressure pot sandblaster.

Anodized aluminum is extremely durable as the anodizing process helps to harden and coat the metal. Or they even have stuff to clean the orginal wire wheels on classic cars then actually had real wires. I primed with tremclad red oxide after sandblasting painted with wheel paint colour coats then 2 clear coats. For smaller objects like aluminum wheels rims or parts a.

Now that stuff will clean anything off of alum. The traditional method for blasting aluminum surfaces is to dry blast and then polish the surface. I think the medium you might be looking for for a close to polished finish is crushed walnut shell abrasive affil. To remove pits from aluminum i usually have to start with 80 grit paper.

Link to product info on amazon all the engine covers and other parts of my yamaha that are bright. The sought after cromodora and campagnolo wheels are a thing of beauty and a desired feature to a classic dino. This is not a sponsored video. Sometimes i have had to use 40 grit if it is factory cast.

I have some torq thrust style aluminum wheels with painted spokes. Link to product info on amazon but even after getting the aluminum smoothed out after blasting i continued the polishing with buffing wheels and jeweler s rouge affil.