Wheel polishing?

[Quicktimederby]

Alright I have noticed that when polishing a set of BSA wheels that some shine and polish super good, and than on others using the exact same process don't polish half as good. Even mold matched sets. Just wondering if others run into this same problem? If so have you found a way to get the trouble ones up to the good ones?

 

[tosawylo]

I have found the same issue. I have not found a solution. What I normally do is prep more wheels than I need and chose the ones that look the best after the prep process. Not sure if this is good yet since this is my first year proxy racing.

p.s. I have only run the team events but I will be sending individual cars for the next race.

 

[5KidsRacing]

The Q-tip stems are not the same size and using a small one will give you different results than a correct size or a big size. Maybe not different results because of the actual size, but because it is harder or easier to run it into the bore and therfore you polish the bore different (different drill speed, different rate going in/out). Does that make sense? I would measure your stems and always use the same size and always use the same technique that gives you the best results. I know this sounds a little generic, but as with everything in a PWD build I can't just describe the way I do it and then you will have success. You have to experiment and find what works for you.

That being said I haven't always found a correlation between a super shiny bore or a less shiny bore and speed. Sometimes my less shiny bore wheels run faster. Now you are thinking just great Scott... thanks for nothing..

 

[ZZ Racing]

For wheels that I can't get polished with novus 2 I will use novus 3 then novus 2 again and 9 times out of 10 that will fix the problem.

 

[5KidsRacing]

I have Novus 3, but never tried it... I'll have to give it a go sometime. The problem is I have probably 50 cans and bottles of stuff I need to give a go..

For wheels that I can't get polished with novus 2 I will use novus 3 then novus 2 again and 9 times out of 10 that will fix the problem.

 

[Skippy Kicky]

I am beginning to see I do not pay near enough attention to the details. I don't know much about shine and not as much shine on the wheels, but y'all mentioned q-tips. I have a tip for q-tips. /images/boards/smilies/smile.gif When I was first trying the process out it seemed like the scissors seemed to slightly unround the end of the q-tip, so I now use a razor blade while the q-tip is spinning in the drill bit to cut off the end that will go into the wheel. It seems to keep it nice and round. I'm sure y'all already do something like that, but I was happy with the results and thought I would share.

 

[DerbyDad4Hire]

Good tip!

I am beginning to see I do not pay near enough attention to the details. I don't know much about shine and not as much shine on the wheels, but y'all mentioned q-tips. I have a tip for q-tips. /images/boards/smilies/smile.gif When I was first trying the process out it seemed like the scissors seemed to slightly unround the end of the q-tip, so I now use a razor blade while the q-tip is spinning in the drill bit to cut off the end that will go into the wheel. It seems to keep it nice and round. I'm sure y'all already do something like that, but I was happy with the results and thought I would share.

 

[OPARENNEN]

I just chuck my Qtip, while spinning, I wet sand the pointed end at a 45 degree angle. After, I coat the entire Qtip with the polish or compound. Never a problem.
Another Qtip use -- Using a qtip that is tight, put it in the wheel, but not all the way thru, only so the tip is 1/64 from going all the way thru. While spinning, apply the compound or polish on a lint free cloth, and polish the inside and outside hubs (obviously turning the wheel around on the qtip for the other end).

 

[Quicktimederby]

All great info.

 

[Guest]

Great advice-/images/boards/smilies/smile.gif