Mag and Aluminum Polish

[Carfire]

I went to the store the other day and bought various Meguiars products. One product was the Mag and Aluminum Polish. I origanlly bought it for my Aluminum wheels, but it didn't work at all. So tonight I was doing stuff around my truck and decided that the fenders had serious tarnish and they needed to be cleaned. But every product that I have tried did not really help. So I decided to put some of the polish on the fender. I started to apply it to a small test spot and was instantly shocked. I had not even taken off the excess and realized that there was an amazing shine. All of the tarnish was gone!!! Thanks so much Meguiars. I love your products!!!

[Lydia]

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The Mag and Aluminum Polish is good stuff for sure! It works awesome! I just love the cinnamon smell too...

Are your wheels clear coated by any chance? When you attempted to polish them, did the polish on your rag turn black? If it didn't, they are probably clear coated.

[Carfire]

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The rag did turn black. Although I think that I damaged the wheels because I use Bleeche White tire cleaner if you have heard of it. It says on the label to keep off of metal and aluminum wheels. There are all these scratches on the wheel. Do you think I should try scratch x or NXT Generation Tech Wax?

[TXShine]

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The rag did turn black. Although I think that I damaged the wheels because I use Bleeche White tire cleaner if you have heard of it. It says on the label to keep off of metal and aluminum wheels. There are all these scratches on the wheel. Do you think I should try scratch x or NXT Generation Tech Wax?

If the rag did turn black then you are working on a non-coated wheel and I would just keep polishing them. It may take a lot of polishing to get them to where you want them, you might invest in a wool polishing ball, that will cut time and labor way down.

I don't think the Bleeche White would have caused the scratches but, I could be wrong. I'm sure the main reason for keeping it away from metal surfaces would be staining issues.

[Carfire]

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Thanks a lot for your suggestions. I will see tomorrow if I just needed to keep polishing.

[yalerd]

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[Carfire]

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I polished for longer and still nothing happened. Although I do have medal caps on my wheels and I tried it on them and it worked great. Do you think I should try NXT All Medal Polish or a different all medal polish?

[Mike Phillips]

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Just to double check...

When you polish more and more to the same area, does your cloth get blacker and blacker?

This is a sure sign they are straight aluminum.

If you pull a little dirt at first and then your cloth doesn't get blacker and blacker this could be a sign they are anodized and if they are anodized then the only way to re-polish them is to have the anodize coating removed and that means taking them to an anodizing shop.

Can you share a picture?

[Carfire]

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When I polished this morning the cloth did not turn black at all.

[Poki]

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Part of my "chrome" wheels on my Saturn are actually chrome plastic. Maybe yours too?

[Nappers]

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or polished/machined clear coated.

A photo would be cool

[Lydia]

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When I polished this morning the cloth did not turn black at all.

That means they are either coated or anodized. Uncoated aluminum will continue to turn the cloth black. Maybe try a paint cleaner such as #80 or ScratchX on them and see how that goes? Do you have a picture?

[Carfire]

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Here are the pictures you have been waiting for.

http://s528.photobucket.com/albums/dd330/majorcarfire/?action=view&current=DSC00596.jpg

http://s528.photobucket.com/albums/dd330/majorcarfire/?action=view&current=DSC00595.jpg

[Carfire]

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Those are the pictures you have asked for. Although I had trouble with putting the pictures in my post. I read a post about it but the pictures would go into the album

[jwinders]

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Those are chrome steel wheels, I would give Meguiar's Hot Rims Chrome Polish a shot.