Need help with these rims

[JG_Detailing]

My girlfriends brother in law texted me the other night and asked me if I could clean his rims. Well with the combined products we used it took about an hour just to clean one rim. Is there a better product that will cut that in half. These rims are stained with I quess hard water or something.
This is the rear rim.

This is the front we did.

[fullbirdmusic]

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Ouch. Super fine steel wool and metal polish? But don't take my word for it, they're not my rims. But that's probably what I would use. They look NASTY.

[BlackScreaminMachine]

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Polishing rims **** and thats a case where you need to find aggressive product and then step down to refine.

I polish my own stuff on my own time which is enjoyable but it gets very retarted when your trying to do a customer's car. If those bolts are removeable, then remove them to get a clean spot, those def stand out.

Sad part is im very retarted about the look of a rim but I bet from standing up and being 5 or so feet away, I bet they look worlds better.

[KyleGates]

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Polishing wheels takes time, that's just how it is. You made a great improvement on that one. #0000 steel wool will help speed things up, it is slightly abrasive but not so much to scratch. There are also drill attachments from various company's that will help a lot. I like to spray an all wheel cleaner first and use steel wool with that, them move to the polish. Seems to speed things up. Best of luck!

[CHzo6]

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First you need to find out what the wheels are made of and if they are coated with anything. Cepek wheels usually have a UV protectant top coat on whatever material they are made from.

Looks like there is a lot specs of surface rust, possibly from the material in the brake dust sitting on the wheels and then oxidizing.

[Murr1525]

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What did you use so far? And any coatings?

[J. A. Michaels]

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Need more info. What did you use to get them to look like this?

[fullbirdmusic]

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I think whatever they WERE coated with is long gone by now...

[THE BIG BUFFER]

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Polishing wheels is an art all it's own.
I've a product called Flitz and had some great results. Mothers Power Ball and their liquid metal polish works good also. The best produt I've used (other than a rotary and blocks of metal polishing rouge ) is good ol' Meguiar's All Metal Polish and lots and lots of "passion" as Mike Phillips would say. In other words there are no real short cuts when polishing wheels.