Nascarcruzin
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I am attempting to polish my aluminum wheels on our new (to us) motorhome for the first time. They have not been polished in a while so it will be a job. I have thought about using liquid polish with the with the Mothers polishing ball. Is this the easiest way, or does someone have a better way. Thanks Ronnie
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Most truckstops $10-15 a wheel...lots easier!!! 
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RayChez
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Yes, it is a job and a half to make aluminum wheels shine like chrome. Lots of elbow grease or you can pay these professionals about twenty dollars a wheel and they bring their little power tools to polish them up. The only bad thing is that once water hits them, they dull up right away.
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dezertcamper
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Helpful Tip! Use corn starch on a clean rag to get off all that black dirty left over polish off when done.
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JeepBus
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I use my cordless drill, a Mother's "Power Ball" and some Mother's "PowerMetal" Aluminum wheel cleaner. Wash the wheel to get rid of the dirt, a few minutes with the powerball/cleaner, and a rinse with a rag/hose and I'm done.
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I was at the FMCA Southeast rally in Brooksville, FL. and went to an interesting workshop sponsered by Busch Wheel cleaning products. They have products strictly for aluminum wheels and I bit and boy did they really work. It took a while, but now all you have to do is use a quick polish application and rub with a towel to maintain that shine.
Works beautifully................
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Nascarcruzin
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I agree, but we have about a month before we hit the road again. I guess I will have to bite the bullet and do them myself.
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SCVJeff
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JeepBus wrote:I use my cordless drill, a Mother's "Power Ball" and some Mother's "PowerMetal" Aluminum wheel cleaner. Wash the wheel to get rid of the dirt, a few minutes with the powerball/cleaner, and a rinse with a rag/hose and I'm done. This is what I use, but get a corded drill with something between 1800-2200RPM, unless you have a bucket of batteries.
Flitz also works well but not easy to find.
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LLT
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I paid $10/wheel at the Wildwood truck wash. They've literally never looked so good. They removed all the lug covers, center caps and spent 10-15 mins per wheel machine and hand polishing.
I've done it myself several times... I've never been able to match those results. Spend the $10/wheel at a truck stop and save yourself a lot of grief.
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riggarob
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Sir, where is this "Wildwood truck wash" you allude to? I too, am lazy! Robbie 
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