Polishing/compounding powder coated wheels

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Grifftech

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I have some black powder coated wheels that have a 3" deep lip on the rears and about an 1.5" lip on the front.

It looks like I almost have swirls in the lips but they are pretty much straight fine lines that run clear around the lip.

Do you think it is possible to buff or polish them out? I know powder coat is alot harder than paint so I didn't want to start digging into it and mess it up, till I got some opinions.

Thanks,
Chris
 
So the whole wheel is powder coat? Im only asking since some wheels have a clear coated lip option. If thats the case you could use some compound although youd probably risk staining the area you are trying to fix. Im subbing for info though in case i ever run into this problem
 
Could they be machine marks in the rim that were then powder coated over?

The lines are straight and run around the lip?
 
The whole wheel is powder coated. The wheels originally had a lip insert that squeaked like crazy so I removed them and then had them sand blast and prep the rims for clear coat.

They are not clearcoated, and the rims did not have any machine marks on the lip they came to me smooth as glass. I am pretty sure in me cleaning them with one of my "tire microfibers" or something I "scratched" them.

Cause I would usually spray them with QD and then run the MF around the lip to clean off dust, grime and brake dust and I am sure the grime and dust is what might have marred them.

So I figure if they can be marred by dust and a MF I can polish it out.

I have the Mother's Power Cone Mothers PowerCone Polishing Tool, drill polishing tool, foam polishing cone, power cone, polish wheels, polish metal, mother metal polish that I thought I could use it with some compound to work the lip area of the rim as my DA can't really get in there. Think that might work?
 
If you've scratched them just by wiping with a microfiber and some QD, I think a compound would be way to aggressive to use.

Personally, I wouldn't do anything more to them - it sounds like the powdercoat would be damaged further.

Have any pix of the marks?
 
forrest@mothers said:
If you've scratched them just by wiping with a microfiber and some QD, I think a compound would be way to aggressive to use.

Personally, I wouldn't do anything more to them - it sounds like the powdercoat would be damaged further.

Have any pix of the marks?
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I will try to get some pics. Maybe I will use some glaze on them to soften the "swirls" up and then just seal them. I have been thinking about using Cquartz on them
 
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