Best way to polish painted satin/matte black wheels?

Marc Hufnagel

Marc Hufnagel

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They aren't clearcoated, just looks to be single-stage satin/matte black paint. Ford OEM 20" wheels.

Bought them from another forum and they gathered a few light scuffs during shipping and not sure how to clean them up back to new (they are new).

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

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Most OEM wheels are clear coated to prevent issues for the customer in the long run. Im surprised that the ones you have are just matte finish. Can you post a pic of the wheels?
 
They are the ones in the picture above, they are not clearcoated as a distinct shine was not the goal when they put them together as an appearance package.

It's almost dark now to get a closeup picture maybe tomorrow.
 
Well a most unlikely setup seems to have removed my very fine scuffs. A MF cloth and some Ultimate Compound (megs) and a little hand action. Wiped off the remainder after about 30-60 seconds of small circular motions and they can't be seen any longer.

No extra shine was introduced, so I'm not sure what it is with the paint, low-gloss clearcoat perhaps?
 
I'm willing to bet that's either matte clearcoat (yes, there is such a thing) or matte powdercoat.
 
Probably matte powdercoat. See if you can get in touch with the parts department at a ford dealership to see what exactly the coating is.
 
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