Polishing Fuchs, Don't want to ruin my rims Options

[Ian Stott]

My Fuchs just got dropped off and I bought the Mothers Power Ball and Mothers Power Metal ( Aluminium ) Polish. Going to power wash the rims first then I thought I would check with club members before I did anything else just in case there is a chance I could do more harm than good. I read in a previous post somewhere that a fine grit sandpaper had been used, I am scared shitless to do that for some reason. All comments appreciated even the smart ass ones!

Ian Stott
Moncton
Canada

Candidate for slowest restoration ever!

[r_towle]

how can one get the anodizing off yet retain the white paint???

Rich

[rfuerst911sc]

how can one get the anodizing off yet retain the white paint???

Rich

Not sure about retaining the paint but the home brew for removing the anodising is the yellow can of Easy Off oven cleaner. The yellow can is the heavy duty version with lots of lye in it. Be careful with skin and eyes but it works good.

[jsayre914]

how can one get the anodizing off yet retain the white paint???

Rich

Not sure about retaining the paint but the home brew for removing the anodising is the yellow can of Easy Off oven cleaner. The yellow can is the heavy duty version with lots of lye in it. Be careful with skin and eyes but it works good.

I have the same job in front of me. Couple of questions also

1> my wheels were spray painted by PO and I want the paint off as well as the anidization. Do I use paint remover first then oven off second. or will oven off do it all, i dont want to stain the wheel with black where i dont want paint.

2>Doesnt oven off require heat?

3> how can you tell if ALL of the anidization is off (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

[rfuerst911sc]

how can one get the anodizing off yet retain the white paint???

Rich

Not sure about retaining the paint but the home brew for removing the anodising is the yellow can of Easy Off oven cleaner. The yellow can is the heavy duty version with lots of lye in it. Be careful with skin and eyes but it works good.

I have the same job in front of me. Couple of questions also

1> my wheels were spray painted by PO and I want the paint off as well as the anidization. Do I use paint remover first then oven off second. or will oven off do it all, i dont want to stain the wheel with black where i dont want paint.

2>Doesnt oven off require heat?

3> how can you tell if ALL of the anidization is off (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

1. Use spray aircraft paint remover to remove the paint first.
2. No it doesn't need heat to remove the anodise.
3. On my 911 Fuchs it took 3 applications of oven cleaner to remove all the anodising. You'll see it coming off as you scrape with a Scotchbrite pad.
It is a messy job but doable by a DIYer. After the anodise is off the REAL work begins. Lots of hand sanding with MANY different grits of sandpaper. Once that is done you switch to MANY different polishing compounds. I averaged about 8-10 hours per wheel.