My brother's truck has aftermarket aluminum rims that had not been polished in who knows how long. They had such heavy oxidation that even after a thorough cleaning with APC they still look dirty. In the videos, Adam himself says that the Metal Polish isn't designed for nasty, thrashed wheels, but rather ones in decent shape, and that same thing has been echoed by Dylan on here. I figured I'd give it a shot at these anyway. I knew hand polishing wasn't going to cut it so I broke out the drill and my oldest orange 4" pad. For anyone that wants to try this themselves, just know that you're going to ruin the pad. I didn't want to spend much time on the wheels tonight but just gave each one a quick pass to see what the polish could do. On a nice day we'll jack the truck up, take the wheels off, and polish them properly without having to worry about the lugs or center cap being in the way. Anyway, instead of rambling on, I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.
Here's what the wheels looked like before. Heavy oxidation marks, and absolutely no luster. Note that this is after being washed and scrubbed with APC.
Here's some during shots:
Is that a gray 4" pad?
Nope. Just a really dirty orange one.
Finally, the results. The difference just one pass made is amazing. You can see the contrast in around the lug nuts where I didn't polish yet.
This is as clean as I could get the pad afterwards. It's now a dedicated metal polishing pad.
In conclusion... Adam, you lied in your video. The Metal Polish does work on nasty, thrashed wheels. Now I have to get some Metal Polish #2 so that once I get them all decent, I can bring out that extra pop.
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My brother's truck has aftermarket aluminum rims that had not been polished in who knows how long. They had such heavy oxidation that even after a thorough cleaning with APC they still look dirty. In the videos, Adam himself says that the Metal Polish isn't designed for nasty, thrashed wheels, but rather ones in decent shape, and that same thing has been echoed by Dylan on here. I figured I'd give it a shot at these anyway. I knew hand polishing wasn't going to cut it so I broke out the drill and my oldest orange 4" pad. For anyone that wants to try this themselves, just know that you're going to ruin the pad. I didn't want to spend much time on the wheels tonight but just gave each one a quick pass to see what the polish could do. On a nice day we'll jack the truck up, take the wheels off, and polish them properly without having to worry about the lugs or center cap being in the way. Anyway, instead of rambling on, I'll let the pictures tell the rest of the story.
Here's what the wheels looked like before. Heavy oxidation marks, and absolutely no luster. Note that this is after being washed and scrubbed with APC.
Here's some during shots:
Is that a gray 4" pad?
Nope. Just a really dirty orange one.
Finally, the results. The difference just one pass made is amazing. You can see the contrast in around the lug nuts where I didn't polish yet.
This is as clean as I could get the pad afterwards. It's now a dedicated metal polishing pad.
In conclusion... Adam, you lied in your video. The Metal Polish does work on nasty, thrashed wheels.
Now I have to get some Metal Polish #2 so that once I get them all decent, I can bring out that extra pop. 
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