My first polish job:

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My first polish job:

By a_CoUpE
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 12:06 am #35387 Ok so im home from school and decided to polish my rimz (new phat fives sold the slips) - and this is my absolute first time polishing anything LMK what u think this is just to c what yall think of my job. :thumb:

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and the rim on the car:
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and a before pic:
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next is the flat black on the inside.

:thumb: :thumb: :thumbdown: :thumbdown: ??
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By Macca
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:01 am #35389 Nice job buddy !
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By ChicagoMike
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 1:34 am #35391 Not too shaby, what materials did you use to do this??
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By york62
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 3:46 am #35400 They look real good for a first time! I know just from people telling me, that its a lot of hours to make them beautiful.
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By a_CoUpE
- Fri Dec 28, 2007 7:20 pm #35460
ChicagoMike wrote:Not too shaby, what materials did you use to do this??


i used alot of sand paper and the mothers polish paste stuff when u get your sand paper buy a wide range lol

and thanks guys here are a couple more rims that i ave done.


the one on the top used to be a nasty gloss black paint on it looked like crap. and the 3rd rims i attempted is on the bottom.
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and a close up of the 3rd rim.
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By york62
- Sat Dec 29, 2007 4:56 am #35529 they are looking good man, i want to polish a set of rims someday, possibly a set of HX's
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By teal_dx
- Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:31 am #35531
york62 wrote:they are looking good man, i want to polish a set of rims someday, possibly a set of HX's


you will shoot yourself after you get one HX rim done and have 3 to go... I think I had about 40+ hrs into my set of HX's. a good winter project though!
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By ohDirka
- Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:35 am #35534 I had 20 hours into my valve cover
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By a_CoUpE
- Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:08 am #35543
D15kid wrote:I had 20 hours into my valve cover


haha thats next in my list sooner or later :P some ppl are saying i should try sanding them down more to get a better shine. but idk :roll:
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By york62
- Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:51 am #35554
teal_dx wrote:
york62 wrote:they are looking good man, i want to polish a set of rims someday, possibly a set of HX's


you will shoot yourself after you get one HX rim done and have 3 to go... I think I had about 40+ hrs into my set of HX's. a good winter project though!


Haha, nice i think i might for take in that next winter! i have enought on my plate now! :lol:
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By Split_second
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 9:50 pm #36377 not a fan of phat 5's but urs came out good
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By a_CoUpE
- Fri Jan 04, 2008 11:07 pm #36389
Split_second wrote:not a fan of phat 5's but urs came out good


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