I purchased at $55.00 a kit that was supposed to make wheel polishing a simple chore. This was at the Super RV Show in Tampa. The kit was put together by a company called Busch, and as far as I am concerned is a rip-off. I had to use rubbing compound to remove their polish.
I guess there are no simple solutions for that chore!

Alcoa has PDQ Brightener which works pretty good on my Harley. They gave away free samples from the Alcoa website. I also use Mother's mag polish. There is Wenol which I have seen used at car shows. If you don't like polishing all the time buy Zoop Seal. It is a 3 step process which claims to seal out corrosion with a ceramic like coating for up to 3 yrs.

This product works better than anything else on the market. It will make an aluminum wheel shine like nearly chrome. http://www.heavymetalpolish.com/Products/Polishes/ The blue bottle is what you want.

I thought you were supposed to drink Busch products.

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Using an Ultra fine steel wool with "mothers" mag polish gives fast and unbelievable results too.

Well,my own comparison testing results are now complete, and I can report that pre-mud certainly knows whereof he speaks regarding Heavy Metal Polish (URL in previous posting above).

As a dedicated aircraft polishing fanatic for many decades, I ALWAYS relied on Nuvite -considered the industry standard for aircraft-grade aluminum and trophy-class finishes.

Heavy Metal Polish allowed me to go from a tedious 3-step process down to 2-steps, and in some cases, only one! Plus, its liquid form is easier and faster than paste, and it seems to require less pressure - a definate atta-boy when you're facing 2-1/2 acres of motorhome surface. (My coach is only 24', but has zero exterior paint....)

Final sheen & luster is probably just a miniscule tad below the museum-quality result with Nuvite, but when I can reduce application workload by better than 50%, my answer is "who cares?".....I want my Barth to look nice as I use it - not to be a display item in the Smithsonian.......

Billet and heavier extruded/cast products "may" need something a little more aggressive, (haven't tried it there yet), but for aluminum sheet stock, Heavy Metal Polish is a winner in my book.

For most applications, I suggest you consider the GREEN grade for the initial job, followed by BLUE grade for final finish and all future maintenance applications.

Thanks pre-mud! (And the answer is NO, I am not a stockholder - just a new customer!

Lee
'78/24'/P30/454

Glad you found the product to your liking Lee! That was a pretty impressive testimonial for their product for sure. I think I'll e-mail it to the company, maybe they'll send somebody a free bottle,

How about inviting them to the June Rally as a corporate sponsor, and have them bring a set of four dirty old 19.5" aluminum Ford/Deere rims to be used for a demonstration, and lots of their great product to give away to the participants. They could then run a show-and-tell, and then raffle the rims.



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89 Barth Regal 32
Runs like a Deere
New Hampshire

Even better...have a raffle and the winner gets their coach done!!

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Thanks for the Rally input Jack. How are you anyway? Dale

Heavy Metal Polish??

is this good for things beside wheels??

As a last step after rubbing all the black off from the polish take a little of your wife's baking powder on a clean rag and rub a little more. You'll see a difference!

Baking powder is good.....corn meal flour is a tad more aggressive without damaging luster.....

Mixed w/ water to a paste, rubbed in and removed with a Flitz ball on a drill makes for fast work....

Hint: Don't allow black crud to dry up or sit for any length of time - it'll take on the consistency of welding spatter....If it hardens up, laquer thinner softens it but smears it too...allow thinner to flash-off and start over.