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Well i'm finally back in North Wales and that means I can do some work on the car She hasn't been started since September and started on the button this morning :worship:

Today I made a start on polishing up the lips on my Ronals with some help from my friend and now a fellow mk 1 owner :goodjob: We managed to get the first one finished and the second one needs another couple of hits with two more polishing compounds and then only another two to go!

Check out my lathe :goodjob:



Lots of sanding to remove any pitting, then a hit with a sissal loaded with grey cutting/polishing compound, followed by a hit with a spiral mop with green cutting/polishing compound



Comparison to show how they started life in my ownership



Random shop mid polish



First one finished B)





Then a shot of the second wheel half way through the compounding process. I think the second wheel is going to come out slightly better as it looks like I've done a better job with the sanding



I had to pack up for the night then as I (well actually my mum), don't want to upset the neighbours :sarcasm: There is always tomorrow!

If anyone is interested in the method I have used, then here it is using the standard 21 piece polishing kit, and some yellow polishing compound with another loose mop from thepolishingshop.co.uk =

1. Strip the paint off with Nitromors and a pan scouring pad.
2. Jack up one side of the car and support on axle stand, bolt rim to rear of car, put her in reverse and start her up. WATCH YOU FINGERS! The wheels are spinning from here up to step 10. but do stop between stages to inspect your work.
3. Use P120 grit oxide paper until you are happy you have removed all pitting marks etc
4. Next use some P180 wet and dry (used dry) to remove all the sanding marks from the previous stage
5. Use P240 wet and dry (used with water) until all the previous sanding marks have been removed
6. Move onto P400 wet and dry (used with water) until you have removed the previous grade's marks. You should now have a satin like finish when you have wiped up the water.
7. Load up a sisal with some grey 523LBZ Menzerna Polishing Compound and work the compound down. The trick is to not put too much compound on the sisal and mops otherwise you end up clogging the surface you are polishing! I gave the rim two generous going overs with each compound.
8. Take the spiral mop and load it up with green 439T Menzerna Polishing Compound Medium cutting & colouring compound and repeat the above process.
9. Take a loose mop and load with blue P164 Menzerna Polishing Compound General finishing compound and repeat above process.
10. The final polish! I bought this one as it give a flawless finish to your hard work. Load up the loose mop and attack. I found I had to add compound pretty often with this stage.
11. Wipe the polished surface over with a rag and the supplied Vienna lime to remove any excess compound wax then pat yourself on the back and admire your hard graft :goodjob:

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Well so far so good, they are coming up a treat! I have finished the lip on 3 of them and tomorrow should see the 4th one finish.... Ever started one of those jobs you wish you had never started? :trigger:

2 all done


bling


By the end of this afternoons work


Wheel number 3 sat in the sun



I've decided to go gunmetal grey with the centres too so thats the next stage after polishing

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