Polished aluminum ???????

[Big Motion]

The lip on my wheels are polished, and i'm lazy and getting tired of having to polish them to get them clean. Is there any other options to get them shiny?? i thought about painting them black, but can you even paint aluminum???

 

[nytahoe]

yes you can paint alum. just prep it good

 

[blueflamed03]

do you add a coat of way on them after you polsih the rims?

 

[Big Motion]

do you add a coat of way on them after you polsih the rims?

I haven't been, but a buddy of mine mentioned that today. i guess it keeps em clean longer

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yes you can paint alum. just prep it good

anything special i need to know?? any certain primer i should use?

 

[07Burb]

I think my prepping he means making sure you clean it REAL good to get all of the dirt, oil and other contaminents off. After that then I think you can just use regular primer but if you don't it good and clean you'll be wasting your time.

 

[nytahoe]

yea make sure all oil wax dirt is off. i would do an adhesion promoter primer paint and clear

 

[chip]

Just have them professionally polished, then clear them.

 

[ILLEGAL REGAL]

I hear good things about zoops sealer but it's pricey and I never tried it.

I use wizards brand polish and they have a sealer think its called power seal. It's an acryilic based wax and you let it haze and sit for 24 hrs then polish off. It usually triples-quadruples the timeframe between polishing Al