Polishing aluminum

[steverboss]

I want to polish the aluminum base for my Mark V wheels. There will be other items I will be wanting to polish, too. Right now I have nothing. What do you guys have the best results with? Which type of buffing wheel/pad do you use! Which buffing compound do you use? Do you sand first with 400, 600, 1000 paper or emery cloth first? Any suggestions here would be much appreciated!

[DOWeaver]

What I Do
1. Clean parts with( purple power). Soap degreaser
2. Then use 240 grit ,Emory paper goto hi-er grit if to many scratches
3. Next polish wading
4. Mother, s mag + aluminum polish
5. Easy as stacking B Bs

[steverboss]

“What I Do
1. Clean parts with( purple power). Soap degreaser
2. Then use 240 grit ,Emory paper goto hi-er grit if to many scratches
3. Next polish wading
4. Mother, s mag + aluminum polish
5. Easy as stacking B Bs”


What does polish wading mean? What’s Mathers s mag? Do you use Mothers by hand or using a buffing wheel? And by the way, stacking B B’s is impossibly difficult! Lol

[DOWeaver]

Used to be called magic wading polish. Kind of a wool wading in a aluminium polish. Mothers Used by hand and buffing wheel where it will fit. TheBB reference because I don't like high polished tools.