Meguiar's Heavy Cut Metal Polish

[filisautodetail]

Hello everyone,
I have a set of Eagle Alloy Polished Aluminum wheels, and I heard about this heavy cut metal polish and was wondering if it could be applied to my wheels. The photos attached are how some of my wheels get if I don't keep up to date with them. I want to know if I can get a great shine using this product by hand or if there is another product I should consider.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Meguiar's Heavy Cut Metal Polish

First off, welcome to MOL!!

Secondly, you sure can use our metal polishes on these wheels. One of our guys has Eagle alloy polished aluminum wheels on his truck and he used our Dynacone Wheel Polishing Kit to shine them back up.

This is what they looked like before he started:


This is the tool in action:


And this is the final outcome:


He didn't think the wheels could be brought back to this level of shine, but the kit surprised the heck out of him. Do yourself a favor though, and get the kit - it will make the whole process a lot easier and a lot faster. Check out the Quik Tips Video on the kit here.

[filisautodetail]

Re: Meguiar's Heavy Cut Metal Polish

Dang thats amazing, why did I not know about this sooner. The only thing is that I know Walmart or O'Reilly doesn't carry the polish that is included in that kit, so would I be able to use the heavy cut and still get an amazing shine. Also my tool box is made with same material how would I go about that. Finally by hand will the polish work just as good or is the drill heavily recommended?

[gclark26]

Excellent work. i must get this.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Meguiar's Heavy Cut Metal Polish

You can use any of our three new metal polishes with the Dyancone and get fantastic results. Well, the Finish Polish is maybe best used by hand, but the other two will outperform the single cut found in the kit. Of course you could use the heavy cut by hand, but on a full set of wheels a power tool is a lifesaver.

[filisautodetail]

Re: Meguiar's Heavy Cut Metal Polish

Thanks for the response, and yeah I know what you mean, before using a cotton polishing cone it would literally take me 1 hour for each rim to get them the best I could, I can't wait to try out those polishes. Quick question, can that polish also be used on my toolbox due to the fact that it's made out of the same material.

[Michael Stoops]

Re: Meguiar's Heavy Cut Metal Polish

These polishes can be used on any bare metal surface, whether aluminum, brass, copper, etc (well, maybe not best for silver!), and no matter if it's wheels, tool boxes, billet trim pieces or engine pieces, the back of an iPod/iPhone, etc. The only thing we strongly caution against is use of the Heavy Cut polish on chrome. Chrome is extremely hard but it can be still scratched or hazed, and Heavy Cut is so potent that it can haze a chrome finish. And the problem with that is trying to then polish out the haze is incredibly difficult with chrome due to it's hardness. Heavy Cut polish on badly oxidized bare aluminum is fantastic, and can often be followed with just the Finish Polish, skipping right past Medium Cut. Not always, but quite often.

[filisautodetail]

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Can't wait to purchase both the heavy cut as well as the finishing polish and dynacone, I bet my rims and toolbox will be amazing do you think i will need do a prior wash with aluminum cleaner spray?

[Daniel Kinder]

Re: Meguiar's Heavy Cut Metal Polish

filis It's best to always clean surfaces before using any cleaners or polishes, that said Yes use a aluminum cleaner spray but remember to start spraying from the bottom up. ( Don't spray top down!!) Wide pattern fine spray, then do as directions recommends.

But I always found that just after spraying I lightly scrubbed with a soft bristle brush and soaked again ( from bottom up)let saturate for a few minutes before rinsing thoroughly and dried before any polishing.

I used to polish bare aluminum day in and day out and I found that Meguiars NXT all metal polysh G130 (remember that product!) was about the best metal polish going if not they best!! Loved this stuff only have about half a 5oz. can left.

Thought this was a great before/during and after polishing bare Aluminum on a used coal truck.

[filisautodetail]

Re: Meguiar's Heavy Cut Metal Polish

Thanks Daniel and been meaning to fix my name my is Fili, wish I could edit it to make it known and thanks for that tip I have used cleaner spray before but never brush did due to the fact I was afraid it would leave small scratches behind. DANG!!!! That's amazing, now I'm debating to try out that polish, I just figured that the heavy polish would go above and beyond due to it being more tailored to my needs but looking at your before and after I might have to reconsider. I might give the heavy cut polish a whirl first just to see those effects and then they your product because knowing my polished aluminum will have to polish those multiple times. Is there a good way to seal/wax my rims so that they may stay clean for a awhile

[The Guz]

Re: Meguiar's Heavy Cut Metal Polish

You can go into your settings and have your name show up instead of Registered Member.

If you buy the kit give the metal polish that it comes with a try. It is actually very good. If you need to get more aggressive then go for medium cut or heavy cut. Also you may want to consider adding a coat of a synthetic wax to add some protection to the polished metal.

[BillE]

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...or just sign off at the bottom with your name.

Like this,

Bill

[filisautodetail]

Re: Meguiar's Heavy Cut Metal Polish

Thanks the Guz, that makes sense. Only reason considering the heavy metal cut is that my brother for me a Mother's Power ball not too long ago so was going to see how that product would work with the power ball if I notice it doesn't get as much shine I will probably get the dynacone.
-Fili

[Daniel Kinder]

Re: Meguiar's Heavy Cut Metal Polish

Thanks Daniel and been meaning to fix my name my is Fili, wish I could edit it to make it known and thanks for that tip I have used cleaner spray before but never brush did due to the fact I was afraid it would leave small scratches behind. DANG!!!! That's amazing, now I'm debating to try out that polish, I just figured that the heavy polish would go above and beyond due to it being more tailored to my needs but looking at your before and after I might have to reconsider. I might give the heavy cut polish a whirl first just to see those effects and then they your product because knowing my polished aluminum will have to polish those multiple times. Is there a good way to seal/wax my rims so that they may stay clean for a awhile

You can click on your name and edit things or add thing's like signatures (@ the bottom of your post when you reply or start a thread) Just go in and look around and explore the thing's that you can do.

The soft bristle brush I always use for bare metal work to agitate cleaners on metal is just a soft rim brush, $3 or $4 that you can get at auto zone/advance or wal mart.

As for starting with the heavy metal polish, I don't see why not. But I would also get the medium too! I'm also a guy that likes to have more or everything in a line so if one product don't work the way I was hoping for or look as good I can experiment around with the other products. And in this case get all the meguiars metal polishes you can find, because humidity and regions plays a big roll in my opinion in the way a product works and finishes out and you may discover another step or technique to add a insane mirror shine with something as simple as lightly going back over your polished rims using a liquid polish for chrome on your bare aluminium rims on slow speed with your DynaCone or meguiars paste cream for metal.

But when using or starting out with the heavy metal polish don't use alot of pressure, play around with it and remember how much or less pressure you applied and how many passes you did, what pattern you went with. IE: Vertical for the heavy, Horizontal for the medium(if you go this route) then back to Vertical for the fine. Just like in wet sanding, so you'll know if you removed all the previous work so you'll know that it will come out as good as new or better!

Also just like in my pic, the area at the top where it's still unpolished is because that's as far as I could get with my DeWalt Rotary. Read this from Mike Phillips "use terry towels cut into 3''X3'' sections and fold in half so you will have some padding and won't be applying pressure with just your finger tips> (produces funny looking shiny verticle area's through your work) and will be applying evenly applied pressure, and this way you can apply some polish to your terry cloth and then work in and hand polish the sections to blend in''. Slow process but works, and the only way to do area's that can't be reached by machine.


I couldn't tell you how much money I spent buying dvd's and spending time on you-tube watching all these professionals and top company's show and tell me how to do use their metal polish. I would take notes and then at work try to get the results they was. Never come out like their perfect world with what I was working on! I spent about 2 to 3 months perfecting and teaching myself a technique that I was getting great mirror like shine out of these old fuel tanks, rim's, Full fender's and Stainless Steel Turbo Wings.

Sorry to write you a story but hopefully teaching you from alot of my failures and dissatisfied metal polishing's. I've been on several detailing and metal polishing forums and hear so much of how this product won't work, you have to order or get this high dollar brand exotic product if you want great results. They only know what there buddy read or seen from the company's video. I've been getting Awesome (in my opinion) results from Meguiars products but you just have to experiment and find your technique! Also for sealing my work, I use Meguiars nxt tech wax 2.0 paste wax, just apply a couple applications. And don't worry you can apply and leave it on for days even out in the hot sun, it will remove easily. Beads water like crazy, just apply every couple months or so.

Go to the junk yards and tell them that your just testing around with different techniques and products and would like to get a old aluminum or chrome rim that is in bad shape to do these test on and you will bring them back to them and that they can resale for a better price, it's a win/win situation for you both. Also hoods, doors>so you can try learning machine work or touch-up/chip repairs or even play around with trying to pop out dents! I have a junk yard and a couple body shops that give me free rome to their scrap piles

Hope I've helped and give some ideal's to! Looking forward to your rim polishing, Remember take lots of before pics and when you take the after's take of the same area and spot and in the same lighting. Just try to repeat before and after pics the same way, So people can see that you really did remove a scratch or dull blemish. Pictures can be faked and are often times. LOL!! If there's a bad spot that can't be fixed, then do you before and after's in that area showing that bad spot! Or with the valve steam in the before and after.

[filisautodetail]

Re: Meguiar's Heavy Cut Metal Polish

You can click on your name and edit things or add thing's like signatures (@ the bottom of your post when you reply or start a thread) Just go in and look around and explore the thing's that you can do.

The soft bristle brush I always use for bare metal work to agitate cleaners on metal is just a soft rim brush, $3 or $4 that you can get at auto zone/advance or wal mart.

As for starting with the heavy metal polish, I don't see why not. But I would also get the medium too! I'm also a guy that likes to have more or everything in a line so if one product don't work the way I was hoping for or look as good I can experiment around with the other products. And in this case get all the meguiars metal polishes you can find, because humidity and regions plays a big roll in my opinion in the way a product works and finishes out and you may discover another step or technique to add a insane mirror shine with something as simple as lightly going back over your polished rims using a liquid polish for chrome on your bare aluminium rims on slow speed with your DynaCone or meguiars paste cream for metal.

But when using or starting out with the heavy metal polish don't use alot of pressure, play around with it and remember how much or less pressure you applied and how many passes you did, what pattern you went with. IE: Vertical for the heavy, Horizontal for the medium(if you go this route) then back to Vertical for the fine. Just like in wet sanding, so you'll know if you removed all the previous work so you'll know that it will come out as good as new or better!

Also just like in my pic, the area at the top where it's still unpolished is because that's as far as I could get with my DeWalt Rotary. Read this from Mike Phillips "use terry towels cut into 3''X3'' sections and fold in half so you will have some padding and won't be applying pressure with just your finger tips> (produces funny looking shiny verticle area's through your work) and will be applying evenly applied pressure, and this way you can apply some polish to your terry cloth and then work in and hand polish the sections to blend in''. Slow process but works, and the only way to do area's that can't be reached by machine.


I couldn't tell you how much money I spent buying dvd's and spending time on you-tube watching all these professionals and top company's show and tell me how to do use their metal polish. I would take notes and then at work try to get the results they was. Never come out like their perfect world with what I was working on! I spent about 2 to 3 months perfecting and teaching myself a technique that I was getting great mirror like shine out of these old fuel tanks, rim's, Full fender's and Stainless Steel Turbo Wings.

Sorry to write you a story but hopefully teaching you from alot of my failures and dissatisfied metal polishing's. I've been on several detailing and metal polishing forums and hear so much of how this product won't work, you have to order or get this high dollar brand exotic product if you want great results. They only know what there buddy read or seen from the company's video. I've been getting Awesome (in my opinion) results from Meguiars products but you just have to experiment and find your technique! Also for sealing my work, I use Meguiars nxt tech wax 2.0 paste wax, just apply a couple applications. And don't worry you can apply and leave it on for days even out in the hot sun, it will remove easily. Beads water like crazy, just apply every couple months or so.

Go to the junk yards and tell them that your just testing around with different techniques and products and would like to get a old aluminum or chrome rim that is in bad shape to do these test on and you will bring them back to them and that they can resale for a better price, it's a win/win situation for you both. Also hoods, doors>so you can try learning machine work or touch-up/chip repairs or even play around with trying to pop out dents! I have a junk yard and a couple body shops that give me free rome to their scrap piles

Hope I've helped and give some ideal's to! Looking forward to your rim polishing, Remember take lots of before pics and when you take the after's take of the same area and spot and in the same lighting. Just try to repeat before and after pics the same way, So people can see that you really did remove a scratch or dull blemish. Pictures can be faked and are often times. LOL!! If there's a bad spot that can't be fixed, then do you before and after's in that area showing that bad spot! Or with the valve steam in the before and after.

Thanks Daniel you have been so much help as well, really like how you went in depth with your applications as well as tips and tricks to go above and beyond with your work. Will make sure to take everything to consideration, I have this page bookmarked and even copy and paste text into Word to make sure I never lose it. I just called a local junk yard and they said they would be willing to let me practice my technique on metal parts they need assistance on, I think I hit the jackpot cause they also said they would like someone to do something about the polished aluminum rims they have in stock. Will make sure to take lots of close ups as well as detailed pics already waiting for that phone call from the junk yard. Finally was going to say I heard using a carnauba wax such as gold class or m26 wouldn't work as well as a sealant due to the fact that the heat build up on the wheels would make it "fall" off, guess a sealant would be best such as ultimate, nxt, or m21 correct?