Sandblasted Rims Possible To Polish The Dish

[gt-t_r34]

hey i'm i a bit of a pickle i got my rims sandblasted and now i want to have the inside powdercoasted gold but polish the outter dish piece only thing is the sandblasting is such a rough finish anyone know how to get it smooth i tried sanding but it to about 20 mins to get a patch smooth about as long as your finger! but then that bit polished up ok. We thought of jacking the car up and putting the rim on there and just spinning the wheels while in the air holding some sand paper there good idea??

or maybe some type of acid bath? thanks

simon

p.s you can see in the DSCF0289.JPG picture where i sanded and polished it and then more to the inside what i started with

[MANWHORE]

Shouldkn't be a rpboelm. Buy some polishing compound and a buffng wheel attachment for your drill.

[MANWHORE]

wow, i've never seen sandblasted rims before. thanks for the image btw. You learn somethign new everyday.

What did the rims look like before?

[dontfeelcold]

Just lift the car off the ground, put it in 5th and polish away. Be careful though.

[AgentR31]

yeah NO c**t, thats dangerous do it properly

sand blasting is shit if some one touches it it leaves finger prints

[DaFuca]

I would say find someone with an old wheel blanacing machine in the trader or local paper that they are selling really cheap, and mount the rim on that, then sand the bit you want polished with some different grades from about 120 working your way down to about 400, then by the time you get to the softest grade you may not need to polish it, cos most of the time just the really soft grade paper gives alloy a polished look.

Give it a go.

[T04GTR]

hmmm.

ok. youl need a range of wetn dry paper. 600-2000

then use a buffing wheel with the cutting compound. (big block of stuff)

then with no buffing compound go over them.

it should take roughly 1-2hrs each wheel.

alternativly you can take them to a metal polisher. i got quoted 200bucks each.

[gt-t_r34]

wow, i've never seen sandblasted rims before. thanks for the image btw. You learn somethign new everyday.

What did the rims look like before?

the rims were just chrome before but with heaps of deep scratches because we tried painting them and the half chipped off so i tried paint remover and a scraper and the end result was lots of scratches,

i'll try the sanding option again and put it on balancer,

btw the sandblasting took out a fair bit of gutter rash so he went pretty hard on them

cheers