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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GREG@SN95" data-source="post: 723345">I was polishing my rims on my ws6, so I figured I'd share with you guys on how this is done... My rims were polished probably, 15 years ago, and were never taken car of... This took me about 3 hours for this rim...Here is what I used...-1200 grit wet/dry sand paper-1500 grit wet/dry sand paper-2000 grit wet/dry sand paper-flitz wheel polisher on dewalt drill-flitz wheel polish1. Wash dirt and grime off. I used a hot water pressure washer.<img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs524.ash1/30823_549496468060_54903454_31946758_5204479_n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />2. Start cleaning the nasty oxidation and 15 year old brake dust off... I started off with 1200 grit sand paper and wet sanded. If 1200grit doesn't cut it, try something more aggressive. It is always better to start off with something less aggressive and work your way up until you find results that you like... Scotch pads and steel wool also work well in cracks and crevices... Here is a pic of after 1200 grit wet sanding<img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs524.ash1/30823_549496443110_54903454_31946753_8251908_n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />3. Work your way through various grit sand papers and wet sand... After 1200 move on to 1500 then 2000 and so on and so forth... here is how it should look after wetsanding with 2000 grit<img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-sjc1/hs584.snc3/30823_549496448100_54903454_31946754_2264304_n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />4. Once you reach 2000 I highly recommend you go out and buy flitz metal polish and wheel polish ball thing... DO NOT waste your money on the shitty mothers ball or anything made from foam, they suck... If you decide to spend the money on the flitz polish and ball this step shouldn't take more then 20 minutes... You may need to hit a few nooks by hand...If you decide that you don't want to blow your money on flitz products, here will be your procedure...1. Rubbing compound 2. rubbing polish3. hours of work and sore handsHere I did the center cap with flitz and left the rest of the rim to try to show a before/after flitz..<img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs564.snc3/30823_549496478040_54903454_31946760_2411710_n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs584.snc3/30823_549496473050_54903454_31946759_1091356_n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />And here is how it looks all done<img src="http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs564.snc3/30823_549496463070_54903454_31946757_5005985_n.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />The more work and time you put into this, the better the results... But if you are lazy like me and just want something to look great fast, this is the way to go...</blockquote>