What am I missing!!!

[Lmackattack]

I never had good luck with Mothers even on new truck rims that were always kept clean. To much streaking and scratching with their paste polish. I think its too harsh for final polish.
I have used them all and what I have always gone back to is White diamond.

it has a grit to it but it also has a final mirror finish to it. It really works good and its what I use on my RS700L tanks I just made.

http://www.whitediamondamerica.com/i...al-videos.html

also dont forget that when you look at a truck rim your standing 4-5' above it

with models were looking 4-5" away and will see every blemish in the aluminum!

[Dreamweaver]

Mario Travis has hit it right on the head. I have used this trick for years on my 1:1 show truck the only difference is I use baby powder cause it is finer than flour. the haze is just left over polish sticking in the grain of the aluminum where a rag can't get it. the powder acts as a super fine grit sanding agent and pulls that out of the cracks and can sometimes even remove the fine cracks. just a nice light rub in the direction of the grain works great. also use either a microfiber rag or a cloth baby diaper any other type of material is to course and can scratch the finish.

[Supermario]

Thank you so much Travis and Mike ! I'm sure this is the exact step I was missing and cant wait to try it. I was all stoked and set up to start on Saturday morning but the weather had other plans in mind and Im forced to wait for better weather

I'm looking forward to posting pics of the successful results

Thanks again for sharing the tips

Mario

[FlyingBeagle]

Once you have the aluminum polished up to a real nice shine is there any thing you can do to keep it that way. It seems that no matter how nice of a finish you get a little while down the road the metal "tarnishes" and gets dull looking again. Is there something like a clearcoat or wax that will keep it shiny and help keep the finger prints under control???

[Supermario]

Originally Posted by FlyingBeagle

Once you have the aluminum polished up to a real nice shine is there any thing you can do to keep it that way. It seems that no matter how nice of a finish you get a little while down the road the metal "tarnishes" and gets dull looking again. Is there something like a clearcoat or wax that will keep it shiny and help keep the finger prints under control???

I wish I could just coat once and protect but the way I see it, these trucks and trailers get the same attention as our 1:1 vehicles . Frequent minor cleaning instead of letting it get bad and have a lot to deal with It's quick and easy to wipe down the fleet every couple weeks compared to the work involved in keeping the real trucks looking good

Great question though Flyingbeagle. If anyone has a tip on keeping the shine longer, I'm all ears!!!

Mario