So I picked up an old R6 wheel on craigslist to try out wheel polishing. I want to polish my R1 wheels but don't want to mess them up in the process. I used this stuff
Let me warn you know if you use this get a mask or spray it and move away, I thought i was going to choke at the first breath of this stuff. I didn't clean the wheels before, and actually left a piece of ductape that was on the rim and just sprayed this stuff on, it took it all off.
First I taped of the rim along the inner lip(the rough part) and it made for making an easy straight line with the painters tape I used.
Note: I did this with the tire on. The tire was flat and will have to be replaced so I didn't worry about spraying the stripper on the rubber. It eats through it pretty good, so you want to take the rubber off or make sure you don't get any on there. This can sprayed like spray paint so I would of had a really hard time keeping it off the wheel.
This is the rim before.
The can said to wait around 10-20 minutes but when I sprayed it on, this bubbling occured within about 2 minutes. I left it on around 5 minutes.
I wiped it off with rubber gloves on, as this will irritate your skin pretty good so be careful.
This is after the first wipe.
I repeated this process 2-3 times depending on how much came off.
Starting too look better here.
And this is the first side done. It is kinda dark in the picture but it is a lot better looking than when I started.
And the other side before I start.
And finished, I didn't wet sand or polish it, this is just what the stripper did. I will post some more pics when I polish. Mad Bohemian feel free to add on here, since I know you put a little more work into your stuff..
Next are my R1 rims, I am going to not do the middle of the wheel and leave it black on my Rims, it looks pretty good.
Let me warn you know if you use this get a mask or spray it and move away, I thought i was going to choke at the first breath of this stuff. I didn't clean the wheels before, and actually left a piece of ductape that was on the rim and just sprayed this stuff on, it took it all off.
First I taped of the rim along the inner lip(the rough part) and it made for making an easy straight line with the painters tape I used.
Note: I did this with the tire on. The tire was flat and will have to be replaced so I didn't worry about spraying the stripper on the rubber. It eats through it pretty good, so you want to take the rubber off or make sure you don't get any on there. This can sprayed like spray paint so I would of had a really hard time keeping it off the wheel.
This is the rim before.
The can said to wait around 10-20 minutes but when I sprayed it on, this bubbling occured within about 2 minutes. I left it on around 5 minutes.
I wiped it off with rubber gloves on, as this will irritate your skin pretty good so be careful.
This is after the first wipe.
I repeated this process 2-3 times depending on how much came off.
Starting too look better here.
And this is the first side done. It is kinda dark in the picture but it is a lot better looking than when I started.
And the other side before I start.
And finished, I didn't wet sand or polish it, this is just what the stripper did. I will post some more pics when I polish. Mad Bohemian feel free to add on here, since I know you put a little more work into your stuff..
Next are my R1 rims, I am going to not do the middle of the wheel and leave it black on my Rims, it looks pretty good.