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Once you get them prepped, they are fairly easy to maintain. Don’t get me wrong, they take work – but not as much as you think.

This process is only for untreated wheels, if they are chromed or have another coating on them, this will not work.

 

 

We’ll divide this into three types of wheels

Those in good shape

Wheels that have a major scratch in them covered  << here >>  

Wheels that have some paint chips and minor scuffs covered  << here >>  

The wheels that are in good shape are the easiest to work on. They need elbow grease, but not much more. You will need the following tools:

soft rags

 water

polishing compound

Mothers Wheel Polish

Do not use rubbing compound, it is too harsh and will scratch your rims.

Take a rag and dip it into water. Wring as much water as you can out of the rag. Next scoop a little polishing compound onto the rag, maybe just enough to cover the tips of two fingers. Choose a flat part of the wheel to start on. You haven’t done this before, so you do not want to start on the petals of the wheel.

Move the rag with the compound using a circular motion, similar to how you put on wax. Press on the rag, but not too hard. You are just trying to move the surface grit off the wheel, not dig into it. Keep doing this in the same area until the compound starts to disappear. That part of the rag will get really black, don’t worry that is normal!

Now let’s take another rag and wipe that section off, you will see the dull finish is beginning to disappear. Do this with the rest of the wheel, but be patient! Do not start this project an hour before your are to go somewhere, because you will not be done.

Once you have used polishing compound on the entire wheel, rub the wheel down with a fresh rag. You will see some improvement just from using the polishing compound. Now, get another rag and put some Mothers on it. Using the same circular motion and pressure, rub the Mothers into the wheel.

The oxidation will come off on the rag, causing it to turn the blackish color. Make sure you rub it in good, refreshing the rag with Mothers as needed. Once you have completed rubbing in the Mothers, take another rag to wipe down the wheel.

Your arms are going to get tired, you will need to put muscle into rubbing the wheel down – the more pressure you use wiping off the wheel, the more gleam you will get! To finish one wheel probably took you a couple hours – If not you probably did not get the results you were hoping for.

That was the hard part! Rubbing Mothers onto your wheels once a month will increase the depth of the shine, but the amount of elbow grease actually decreases.

How to polish wheels that are scratched

How to polish wheels that are chipped