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The blue Dawn is a degreaser, so you can use it remove any old wax. WCW or Car Shampoo followed by IPA (Isopropyl Alcohol mixed 50/50 with water) will work too.

what is WCW?

Thanks, I was about to order the hand polishing kit but noticed the new metal polish towels are sold out Ill have to wait.

Someone recommended using Blue Dawn soap to preclean them and it sounds like a good idea. I was thinking clean them with the soap, clay the lips using a mild clay bar and detailer spray.. any tips?

Dawn is actually a pretty stout degreaser.

 

It does tend to dry out the plastic and rubber trim pieces so don't forget to apply a dressing that moisturizes them afterwards.

Can I pre-clean aluminum with the dawn soap as well?

I was thinking about cleaning the lips with the soap, claying them, and then polishing... think thats good?

The micro marring is kicking my *** right now.

:welcomebanner:Yohan!

Thanks

Welcome to the forum!

Thanks man

Polish them yourself and enjoy the satisfaction when you see them shine. Get yourself some metal polish 1&2, and for what it's worth I'd guess to say get one pad for each wheel. At $7 each it's cheap insurance. But I think if you're trying to save $ you can run the #1 polish with a single blue pad on all 4 tires and follow up with the #2 by hand and one of those new fancy metal polish pads and you would be good. Buy yourself a can of the quick sealant and an applicator so that shine stays there longer. And don't wash them with APC after you seal them or you will strip the sealant. Welcome to the forum.

Nice to see another close member, your down the street for me per say. I am in Broward too.

I will try this out but will buy 4 blue pads to be safe. Also thinking about the gallon of all purpose cleaner to clean them first. Is there anything else I can use?

welcome Yohan!

Thanks Nick!

thanks chris I appreciate the welcome!

oh sorry I didnt know about that

thank you for your help I am looking at making my first order from adams today !

Awesome! didnt know dawn dish soap had that kind of power thanks again man

Just dawn dish soap and water?

hey guys, trying to put together a metal hand polish kit for my aluminum wheels.

Adam's Polishes - Adam's Complete Hand Metal Polishing Kit

I looked at the above, but I see most people rather the blue hex grip applicator. Would I be able to switch them out? Looks like the kit includes 2 pads but I cant be sure of it.

OR....

Should I do this set up?

2 of these - Adam's Polishes - NEW! Adam's Premium Metal Polishing Towel

1 of these (to apply mp#2) - Adam's BLUE Hex-Grip Car Polish Applicator - can I simply buy one, clean it and reuse it? or should I buy one for each wheel? If reusable how should I clean it?

2 of these(same questions as above) can they be reused? and how - http://www.adamspolishes.com/p-71-adams-microfiber-applicator-pads.aspx

and obviously one of these - Adam's Metal Polish 1 & 2 Combo

thanks in advance guys, newbie here

Oh great, looks like I can simply attach those to my drill..

Is it safe to assume that it should only take 1 pad per wheel?

or can I simply use 1 pad finish and clean the pad and start on the next wheel?

what can I use to clean the pad and make sure it wont scratch up my next wheel?

sorry for all the questions, truth is a local shop is offering to polish all 4 lips @ $20/each, but to me it's not about the money, I rather learn.

What is IPA?

before even doing any of this, how should the car be cleaned? I am a noob too and looking to get the PC kit.

I was looking at the following items

Adam's Microfiber Applicator Pads

Adam's Metal Polish 1 & 2 Combo

However I need tips for pre-cleaning the metal. Anything you guys recommend? All I did before hand was go over them with a wet microfiber towel. I feel as if that isn't enough...

Hello AF'ers!

I've been lurking for a while and decide to finally join. A set of three piece wheels is how I found myself on these boards, and after what I've seen I hope to be a long time member.

Like promised some pics, my current set up is a bunch of mixed microfiber towels and Mother's metal polish and cone. It's a poorman's corner but itll grow

To the wheels...

I think I messed up, I polished one of the lips with the cone and even though in some lighting it looks great, in reality upclose it does not.

What it looks like in certain lighting

What it looks like under flash lighting.. as you can see the outer most part of the lip doesn't look too bad. However the wider section looks hazy and has 342432769475647487 fine thin scratches

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

My best friends older brother has polished wheels and said he spent 5 hours on each with mothers. I then polished them got about 30 minutes on each with Adams MP1 and he said that even after that they looked WAY better than after the 5 hours with mothers. I then hit them with MP2 and he was even more impressed.

 

I've never used mothers on polished wheels so I can't really comment on how well it does, but you might want to look into the Adams metal polishes and the 4" blue polishing pad.

Thanks for the info

Adam's Microfiber Applicator Pads

Is that the pads your talking about?

When I am polishing and the pad turns black, do I simply keep using it?

sorry for all the questions, maybe someone can point me to the right sub-forum.

thanks for the welcome fellas and that video helped out!

Hello AF'ers! LOL

I've been lurking for a while and decide to finally join. A set of three piece wheels is how I found myself on these boards, and after what I've seen I hope to be a long time member.

Like promised some pics, my current set up is a bunch of mixed microfiber towels and Mother's metal polish and cone. It's a poorman's corner but itll grow

To the wheels...

I think I messed up, I polished one of the lips with the cone and even though in some lighting it looks great, in reality upclose it does not.

What it looks like in certain lighting

What it looks like under flash lighting.. as you can see the outer most part of the lip doesn't look too bad. However the wider section looks hazy and has 342432769475647487 fine thin scratches

Can anyone point me in the right direction?