Polishing My Wheels

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Fudily

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I'm selling one of my old cars and want to polish up the wheels first.
I'm still pretty inexperienced with wheel types and polishing, but I've done some research and am posting here to confirm that there aren't any obvious issues with my plan of action.
Thank you for your time and knowledge.

The wheels are "Konig Incident" Graphite w/Machined Face.
After cleaning and clay bar, I plan to use Mother's Mag & Aluminum Polish on a White 5.5" pad with my PC 7424XP on the face of the spokes. Followed by M205 on a Mother's Powerball for the inside of the spokes and possibly the center caps/emblems. Then coating the wheels with McKee's 37 Wheel Coating.
My choice of polish is based off the assumption that the "Machined Face" is a bare Aluminum-Alloy, and the "Graphite" is paint.

Do you see any problems with this? Should I wait for my 3" Rotary pads to arrive before doing the face of the wheel? Or use the Mother's Powerball on the whole thing? Or will my PC with 5.5" pads be fine?
 
I think either pad that will fit into where it needs to go will do the job. Is the part that looks like bare aluminum coated with clear? Many wheels are clear coated. If they are, you can't polish the aluminum without stripping off the clear. I have done this recently and it really isn't too difficult. I polished my aluminum wheels with 3" wool pads, which worked real good. Good luck.

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I had a set of Konig wheels, machined face with Graphite. They where clear coated over the entire wheel and I would bet yours are the same. Treat just like normal paint to clean and correct.
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I bet you're probably right. Thank you.
 
Fudily said:
I'm selling one of my old cars and
want to polish up the wheels first.

I'm still pretty inexperienced with
wheel types and polishing...

After cleaning and clay bar,

I plan to use Mother's Mag & Aluminum
Polish on a White 5.5" pad with my PC
7424XP on the face of the spokes.

Followed by M205 on a Mother's Powerball
for the inside of the spokes and possibly
the center caps/emblems.

Then coating the wheels with
McKee's 37 Wheel Coating.
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•IMO:
-You’ll definitely gain some experience by
going through all of this fuss and muss
on a get-ready for sale wheel detail.

•I suppose it’s also nice to go the extra mile;
but, I wonder if this action can produce enough
buyer enticement that, whatever extra dollar
amount that I would need to add to the bottom
line of the vehicle’s selling price—for performing
such an action—wouldn’t become a deal breaker.



Bob
 
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