Chrome wheel issue

Bigds2012TT

Bigds2012TT

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I rinsed my wheel with water then I used CG Diablo gel cut 3:1 and agitated with Daytona jr brush, then rinsed. And did the step again. I dried off with a clean mf towel and noticed all these fine scratches everywhere. I used a little optimum metal polish and still a little dull in some of the cracks and the scratches. View attachment 15277View attachment 15278
They look great but up very close you can see the dullness in certain areas and I cannot get them to shine up.
 
I only use the Daytona brush on the barrels of the wheels...never on the face. I'm not saying the brush did it but that seems to be a pretty stiff and sharp bristle to be using on the face of a wheel.
 
Chrome is really hard. I don't think the bristles of a wheel cleaning brush would scratch chrome.


Take the metal polish and rub just a little to an area already scratches but in a different direction than the scratches and see if the metal polish is instilling the swirls?


Could it be the chrome was already scratched?


:dunno:
 
Since I have been addicted to AG and really reading and buying products I have not noticed until now. It's very possible they were already there. Probably the brake dust and road grime that people before me had done to the wheels. But I had no idea chrome could scratch that easy. It's a new truck but was in the wrong hands before I got it. long story short the dealers "detail crew" severely marred and hologramed my paint just to get a few little scratches out. They then sent the truck to an outsourced detailer here in OKC that used 3m products and got most of the damage out. Still a lot of swirls and imperfections and now my very bad OCD is killing me and I'm actually scared to wash my truck using the 2bm or the GDWM. So I actually have not done anything but just a little test on the rear door pillars where I debaged emblems. I'm afraid of causing more swirls and afraid to touch it anymore with my UDM to correct it because I don't have a meter to tell me how much I actually have to work with to fix the truck. 2012 Toyota Tundra black (202). I've read everything on this forum and have EVERYTHING to do a detail but scared to hurt this paint anymore.
 
I don't think that the previous detailer took off so much clear that you are in danger of burning through with a DA. Do as Mike alway's suggests and do a small test section and see what is needed to correct the problem. Toyota has soft clear, so it shouldn't take anything to aggressive to correct the marring.
 
Menz 4500 w/ a blue CCS pad worked great on the area I did try. Just not sure how or why my chrome wheels got scratched like that.
 
Bigds2012TT said:
Just not sure how or why my chrome wheels got scratched like that.
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-It's a shame your chrome wheels now have scratches. :(

-Try to always have a protective layer of wax/sealant/Coating on them from now on...
in order to avoid having the underlying nickle-plating becoming compromised.

Also...
-Please take a conscientious effort to use extreme caution if you decide to try
to polish-out the scratches in your chromium-plated wheels.

The "thickness" of decorative chromium-plating is only ~ .00001”-.00003”.


:)

Bob
 
I won't attempt to polish the scratches out. They are hard to see and I will seal them with my PB wheel sealant or some BFWDPS this weekend if I can.
 
Bigds2012TT said:
I won't attempt to polish the scratches out. They are hard to see and I will seal them with my PB wheel sealant or some BFWDPS this weekend if I can.
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That's an excellent plan!! :props:

:)

Bob
 
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