Truls
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Well vacation time is over, and i have all my suplies around me, i got some stuff right before i went on vacation, and that had to be tested
Subject:
Graku Comp 13" rims
about 15 years sitting outside summer and winter makes things look kinda shabby, so when i found these wheels where my brother-in-law store them, i threw`em in the car (well thats in my wifes car that is)
and drove them home for some tlc
How they were at the start.
Looks good???
Well then i had to bring in the team to restore it to a better shape:
P21s wheel gel (Euro style, but pretty much as the P21s WG that AG caries)
Megs hard wheel brush
Megs soft wheel brush
DG 591 marine and rv Wash C
old sponge
And her is the Euro P21s WG at work
These wheels may have needed some stronger stuff, but they are uncoated aloys, so i didnt want to try that.
Getting better, the P21s cleans great, 15 years of much gone, and i just used a garden hose, no HP washer
And i wanted to try to clay them, that was kinda Mission impossible, it was like trying to clay asphalt,
Start:
Done:
Straight in the garbage with that one i presume......(scratches is/was on them before i started)
Over to the Polishing prosses, i got the P21s polishing soap witch i realy like, also got the P12 (German P21s) witch seems to be almost the same as the polishing soap but the P12 a liquid type.
Goes on:
P21s polishing soap after:
P12 after:
And IMO the P21s is the winner of those two, they may have been kinda like, but its something about the Polishing soap thats makes me like that most, it got some more foaming, and the sponge that comes in the box is way, way better than the sponge in the P12 pack.
Duragloss #881 Metal Polish as a LSP on these rims, and i tryed the Duragloss #501 Marine RV polish just for fun also on one of these uncoated wheels.
The DG 881 states "makes aluminum shine like chrome", well it didnt do that to these wheels, but i guess these wheels were over the top regarding gloss some years ago, and its no "miracle" product made by Harry Potter either, but YES they ended up 100 times better than the state they were in when i started on them. so i can recomend the combo, and this was before i tryed the DG 881 and mother polishing ball, that combo was a killer, some more pics at the end of this post.
P21s Wheel Gel
P21s Polishing Soap
DG 881 Metal Polish
(the 501 also worked well, but im not sure how "smatr" that one is to use on uncoated alu wheels)
Finished, Didnt end up like "new", but as said, alot better imo
And here is some after the Mother polishing ball and DG 881 combo, buffed off with the Flitz..
Be amazed!!!
Some 50/50 shots
Guess witch one that has been polished.....
Is there another alu polish that is more "hardcore"?
The End
Subject:
Graku Comp 13" rims
about 15 years sitting outside summer and winter makes things look kinda shabby, so when i found these wheels where my brother-in-law store them, i threw`em in the car (well thats in my wifes car that is)
and drove them home for some tlc
How they were at the start.
Looks good???
Well then i had to bring in the team to restore it to a better shape:
P21s wheel gel (Euro style, but pretty much as the P21s WG that AG caries)
Megs hard wheel brush
Megs soft wheel brush
DG 591 marine and rv Wash C
old sponge
And her is the Euro P21s WG at work
These wheels may have needed some stronger stuff, but they are uncoated aloys, so i didnt want to try that.
Getting better, the P21s cleans great, 15 years of much gone, and i just used a garden hose, no HP washer
And i wanted to try to clay them, that was kinda Mission impossible, it was like trying to clay asphalt,
Start:
Done:
Straight in the garbage with that one i presume......(scratches is/was on them before i started)
Over to the Polishing prosses, i got the P21s polishing soap witch i realy like, also got the P12 (German P21s) witch seems to be almost the same as the polishing soap but the P12 a liquid type.
Goes on:
P21s polishing soap after:
P12 after:
And IMO the P21s is the winner of those two, they may have been kinda like, but its something about the Polishing soap thats makes me like that most, it got some more foaming, and the sponge that comes in the box is way, way better than the sponge in the P12 pack.
Duragloss #881 Metal Polish as a LSP on these rims, and i tryed the Duragloss #501 Marine RV polish just for fun also on one of these uncoated wheels.
The DG 881 states "makes aluminum shine like chrome", well it didnt do that to these wheels, but i guess these wheels were over the top regarding gloss some years ago, and its no "miracle" product made by Harry Potter either, but YES they ended up 100 times better than the state they were in when i started on them. so i can recomend the combo, and this was before i tryed the DG 881 and mother polishing ball, that combo was a killer, some more pics at the end of this post.
P21s Wheel Gel
P21s Polishing Soap
DG 881 Metal Polish
(the 501 also worked well, but im not sure how "smatr" that one is to use on uncoated alu wheels)
Finished, Didnt end up like "new", but as said, alot better imo
And here is some after the Mother polishing ball and DG 881 combo, buffed off with the Flitz..
Be amazed!!!
Some 50/50 shots
Guess witch one that has been polished.....
Is there another alu polish that is more "hardcore"?
The End
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