stevietuck
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Jun 12, 2017 17:36:10 GMT
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Was wondering if anyone has used a dremel to polish the lip of alloy wheels? Did it work ok? also what did you buy in the way of attachments to do the job?
Cheers steve.
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Jun 12, 2017 17:49:12 GMT
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It would take forever and cost a fortune in bobbins!
Just buy a 3-4" mop and soap kit of ebay and put it in a power drill.
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stevietuck
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Jun 12, 2017 17:56:05 GMT
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VW I'm worried that I'l wreck the paint if I use anything bigger. They have already been polished up but they have been on the car all winter, and I was just hoping to save my fingers lol!
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Jun 12, 2017 17:58:31 GMT
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Some folk have successfully polished rim lips by jacking the car up and spinning the rim/leaving the car in gear with the engine running to spin it, then holding a rag or similar with polish to the rim. Be careful doing that though!  |
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Jun 12, 2017 17:59:04 GMT
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Mask them off.
Ive polished wheels, but not with a dremmel.
Ive polished lots of stuff with a dremmel, but not wheel lips.
The idea of doing wheel lips with a dremmel wouldnt even cross my mind. I think id get so frustrated id loose concentration and be more likely to damage the paint.
Id rather wet sand up to mega fine and polish by hand than use a dremmel.
I may be wrong, maybe someone has done it and found it ok?
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Jun 12, 2017 20:14:46 GMT
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I think even after hours and hours and hours of work it would still be very patchy - its just not going to give you a even polish and its to small and feeble really .
And like he said , you would use perhaps £50 worth of bits !
If they have been done before just use a drill or my hand - don't be a lazy curse word !
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Wilk
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Jun 12, 2017 21:42:53 GMT
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Buy a mop and drill pig tail set from Perfect Polishing. Mask up the paint well and you'll be fine
Avoid some of the cheap kits off eBay as the soaps just turn to dust. Much better value to buy from the pros
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If it can be fixed with a hammer, then it must be an electrical fault
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rude
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I'm too heavy handed for dremmels. I can smash my way through a 1000 piece kit in just a few hours, producing no results whatsoever except destruction on a small scale. I've had 3 and they all died a horrible death, even the Clarke equivalent lasted about a week. I wouldn't even contemplate going near my rims with one... and putting the car in gear?! I've done some stupid stuff in my life but those guys are mental... I'd rather have dirty rims and all me digits!
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I've used the cheapo Aldi version to do the edges of my wheels in the past, I can't say it was very much better than doing them by hand. I've never tried the genuine article, and the only genuine branded "bits" I've bought have been random clearance items that I can't recall. I buy the polishing mops from generic sellers at autojumbles. I mainly use it with a reinforced cutting disc in areas where I can't get a 3" cutter in, or with a diamond burr for grinding down welds where I can't get the die grinder in.
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BT
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I put my car on jacks, put it in gear and held a bit of sand paper and then polishing compounds onto the wheel... Yeah, I know.
It worked though.
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slater
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Dremel polishing kit.slater
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It's essentially all we do when we polish them on a lathe. As long as it's secure on the stands there's little issue. The main problem would probably be the valve getting in the way on some wheels..
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Last Edit: Jun 13, 2017 9:42:30 GMT by slater
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stevietuck
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Jun 13, 2017 10:55:58 GMT
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Thanks for all the advice guys.
Think I'm going to man up and buy the stuff for the drill.
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Jun 13, 2017 12:34:32 GMT
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Dremels don't like being on for any length of time, the motors burn out... been there done that  |
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Tepper
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Jun 21, 2017 10:17:41 GMT
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+1 for putting the car on stands and having the engine running in gear, I've seen it done and it worked well with no fingers lost.
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rude
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Jun 21, 2017 12:42:15 GMT
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Well, I tried cleaning my front rims using this method. Jacked the car up and on stands, started it up and put it into drive only to watch it force it's way through the neighbours lounge wall...
...jokes... seriously though, I can't recommend things like that especially at this stage in life where a large part of my job is reducing risk and being accountable for high risk operations! Turned me into a right elf and safety it has... as I sit here eating my sandwich with my hands stinking of Diesel...
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Jun 21, 2017 15:52:00 GMT
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Of course pitting the car in gear only works on two of the wheels... Then you have to swap wheels round. And any resistance will stop the wheel and allow the other to spin so best have three on the ground... Never tried it but strikes me using 5th gear would be best, faster spin and if it falls off the jack it will stall the engine?
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