# polishing +cleaning aluminum wheels **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 4, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/polishing-cleaning-aluminum-wheels/187213 "2007-01-04T16:39:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![red04cavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@red04cavy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/red04cavy)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/polishing-cleaning-aluminum-wheels/187213/8 "2007-01-05T20:41:37Z")
> [@FS: First Racing Jacket in Updated Mesh](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-first-racing-jacket-in-updated-mesh/27071/5): > > i have a polishing pad on the end of a drill for now. it gets alot of the oxidation off and has some shine but like you im not a refined polisher just a douce bag that thought 2 complete sets of aluminum wheels instead of 1. good thing is after i get 1 set polished i can put them on while im polishing the other set.:nuts: You need something faster than a drill. Trust me, to try to get the right shine would just burn up ur drill. To get the highest shine, you need to get a loose cotton wheel and use it with white compound, then go to a canton flannel wheel with jeweler’s rouge compound. Check [http://www.eastwoodco.com/index.jsp](http://www.eastwoodco.com/index.jsp) for the right wheels. Get the smallest ones (4" I think) and use those with a die grinder or bench grinder with flex attachment to get into tight spaces. This is if they had been polished before. If they were never polished, PM me and I can provide you with a booklet of info I have on my hard drive that details how to smooth them out then polish them. I know how to do this stuff, I just haven’t had a lot of time to practice it. The few things I have done did come out looking pretty good for being practice though. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/polishing-cleaning-aluminum-wheels/187213)._