Trying to polish new wheels - not working

[Zach5.9CTD]

Hey everyone. So im trying to polish my new wheels to get more clarity out of them and nothing im doing is helping - in fact it might be making it worse than it was. These spoke faces look HORRIBLE in my opinion. Ive tried flitz to no avail and adams #2 figuring i wouldnt need #1 as its already got a polished surface to start with. 

 

Any suggestions to try and get this wheels cleared up?  

[Zach5.9CTD]

Heres how an untouched wheel looks compared to wheel in first picture. 

[BrianT]

They almost look clear coated, but I'm guessing to get that dull look to disappear you probably need to wet sand them down.

[Zach5.9CTD]

Ope. Thats beyond me. Def not cleared. The towels are black as can be. 

[Chris@Adams]

Are you using a drill and some type of power cone? If not I would try that and start with our MP1 then follow up with MP2, do a test spot on the back first.

Keep us posted.

[Zach5.9CTD]

Yes. Drill and mothers powerball mini. 

[BRZN]

The surface of the metal that makes up the wheel looks rough. The only way to get a mirror, polished surface would be to start by sanding. On raw aluminum I've found the foam of the Mother's Power ball/cone to be too aggressive, leaving scratches; that's what I believe I see in your after pictures.

My Raw Billet Aluminum CCW's purchased used (started to polish the lip to see what I had to work with in this pic):

 

Countless hours by me, and a professional working them too:

The wheels are coated with Adam's Ceramic Spray Coating, they are wiped down with Ceramic Waterless Wash (once cooled down) after every drive, and hand polished at the end of every show season. Hand polishing is 1.5-2 hours per wheel once off the car. The Ceramic Spray Coating polishes off easily by hand with Adam's Metal Polishes.

Edited March 3, 2020 by BRZN

[06Z06DSOM]

yep just went through this, wetsanding is in your future with Adam's 1 an 2.  I had good results with a maguire cone.

With that start maybe start at a 1000 and work up to 4500.  Then 1 and 2..then hand polish with 2. I used the ceramic wheel coating and lost some luster.