I made a mistake with steel wool

[Mikesta]

I steel wooled some of my 80 wheels... looked great wet... but after it dried, tons of scratches.

Has anyone successfully buffed scratches out? What compound/tool did you use?

thanks

 

[AATLAS1X]

They are clear coated. correct or not?

Mothers power ball is kick ass!!!

Use a diluted mixture or Castrol Super Clean and water.

 

[bull]

They are good and rough up for some paint now. Depending on how good of a job you did you may need to have a shop polish them and clear coat them again.

Steel wool works great for paint prep!

 

[NorCalSam]

That does not sound good

 

[treerootCO]

I made a bigger mistake with steel wool once.....


I attempted to tear it in half with my bare hands. not the smartest thing I ever did...every finger was cut and bleeding.

 

[Capocaccia]

Light it on fire and swing it around, thats alot of fun.

 

[ats4x4dotcom]

i have a vid of that in the dark, like a katherine wheel, but to big to put here........

 

[rgsiii]

There are some post with information on the clear coat. I may be trying to redo one wheel soon.

https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=12551&highlight=wheel+coat

https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=52449&highlight=wheel+coat

 

[Dusty]

keep polishing your chrome wheels till you get all the chrome off--they will look better then

 

[LandyLover]

My wheels are oxidized from the clear coat peeling off in a few spots. Salty roads will do that. I've thought about taking them to a wheel shop where they can turn the wheels on a lathe and then re-clear them. It looks soooooooo good when its done. Its darned expensive, though.

 

[Mikesta]

keep polishing your chrome wheels till you get all the chrome off--they will look better then

Chuckle... they are aluminum

 

[Mikesta]

Some wax did the trick... wax on wax off... the small steel wool marks came right out.

cheers!