I have a set of wheels preped just like the instructions say, as well I watched the video. I put a pipe cleaner with some graphite on it and ran it in the drill at medium speed but i am not sure that did anything. I see things on other threads about using a walgreens q tip shaft to burnish the graphite in the bore, will this mess up the polish job? I thought that the shaft would be a tight fit and mess up the polish job and or the bore. I want to pull the wheels and do this right and see if i can pick up any speed on the boys cars.
How do you burnish the wheel bores with graphite?
- Thread starter rpenning1970
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I do it with a Wallgreens cotton swab and the final polish, together. Go slow and don't over do it. A few turns of the drill and in and out just a couple of times.
As a piggyback question to the OP's:
If you are going to burnish the bores with graphite, is there any point to polishing them with Liquid Glass, Red Rocket, or any fancy wax?
When I've burnished with a Q-tip, it basically impregnates the graphite into the bore and it's all black. Looks to me like the wax wouldn't be doing any good since it's under the graphite.
I understand how the wax/oil interface works, since the oil film on the axle is actually riding on the waxed surface.
Am I off base here?
If you are going to burnish the bores with graphite, is there any point to polishing them with Liquid Glass, Red Rocket, or any fancy wax?
When I've burnished with a Q-tip, it basically impregnates the graphite into the bore and it's all black. Looks to me like the wax wouldn't be doing any good since it's under the graphite.
I understand how the wax/oil interface works, since the oil film on the axle is actually riding on the waxed surface.
Am I off base here?
Using the wax first just gives the graphite a slicker surface also would not the wax hold the graphite in the wheel to give you longer life out of your prep job?
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