Cleaning/polishing aluminium rims

[tl_tub]

Im giving the katana rims a quick clean and 'polish' but would like others input on the subject. What have you used to get the job done and protect them from corrosion? I stared off with a 3m abrasive disk and then used steel wool. Have used some turtlewax to hopefully protect them from corrosion but im not sure how well it will work?

[betti]

corrosion protection is a full time job if you have polished them upto a good standard, using wet and dry paper, then a specialised polishing compound comes in three grades brown, blue and white gradually getting finer. Then crc 56 or wd40 sprayed on gives you some protection, but there's no substitute but keepin the polishing up with autosol or a quality aluminium polish from someone like wurth

[tl_tub]

Cheers for the response Betti.. Not the response I was hoping for :msn-wink:
I guess I had better keep that tub of polish handy!

Where did you get that front guard for your katana? Is that from a gsxr? A very nice looking bike youve got there!

[LED]

Fraid so dude once you start that polishing there is no going back! Have to keep it done regularly to keep the corrosion at bay.........geez you wouldn't want to read these comments out of context!!

[tl_tub]

Haha, im sure the guys on here are as pure as snowflakes! Cheers LED

[Gremlin]

once you start that polishing there is no going back! Have to keep it done regularly
making a silly silly comment like that, I simply can't help myself... :lol:

[LED]

yep set myself up well and truely!! nice work cropping the quote like that - you must work in media :niceone:

[Gremlin]

nope. labourer/student. then IT. Simply couldn't resist a challenge like that tho... :lol: