Is there a way to get rid of pits from a billet wheel? I bought some 20" billet specialties that have fine pits all over them and had no shine at all. I polished them once and now they shine and look good, but i wanna get rid of the flaws. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

 

There was someone on here who Had a set of em that were completely pitted up and they made em look brand new...I think he did some heavy sanding on em and polished/cleared em back up...maybe he'll chime in, I forgot who it was that did it...have you tried searching through old threads?

 

I looked a lil bit but no luck really. I know theyll need to be sanded but i dont wanna use too heavy grit on them

 

i had some boyd coddingtons with nicks on them and i worked on them. i dont exactly recall which grits of sand paper i used. i wanna say i started with 600 semi rough to work down nicks and went in a circular motion of course to even out all the way around. dull finish. then used 1000 grit to smooth out and polish back up some. then hand polished wheel with mothers billet shine. wasnt as shiny as chrome looking as i would have liked but did shine. perhaps a better billet polish or using mothers power ball would have worked better. if you know of a better billet polish lemme know please.

what width are they and post pics to check them out and see how bad they are if you dont mind. i got some 20x9.5 billet specialties on my 08 silverado (blu rado) and they are not perfect either but "i" like how they look. i cant afford new ones so gotta make do. also pic of my 20x8 centerline stingrays i may sell. thanx, rob.

 

White diamond polish is the best ive ever used. And i would post pictures but i dunno how haha

 

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Depending on how bad the pits/oxidation are will determine what grit paper to use.. You can start out with 5-600 as stated, then go to a finer 1000, then a good buff with a good polish.. I have found alot that if the oxidation is not that bad, that a sos pad or scuff pad will remove them. once they are dull, time to buff the hell out of them.. it is alot of work to bring aluminum back..

 

Get a wheel smoothing and polishing kit from Eastwood with greaseless abrasive, start with the finest abrasive and if that doesn't work use a coarser grit until the pit marks are gone. When polishing aluminum there is no real need to use sandpaper finer than 400grit wet before starting the buffing process sometime you'll get clouding if you do. This is the process I use for mirror results on semi rough aluminum with machine marks 1.) 220 grit dry, 2.) 320 grit dry, 3.) 400 grit wet 4.) tripoli compound of a felt buff, spiral sewn or sisal buffing wheel 5.) white rouge on a loose buff 6.) finish with mothers billet polish on a microfiber towel, wipe with clean microfiber. I try to use a random orbit buffer or die grinder whenever I can, 3,000+ rpm is best.