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1fastgixxer1000 06-02-2005, 04:30 AM I am in the process of sanding the outer lip of the wheels and then polishing them. I already have the front ready for polish after I go over it again with the 5k wetsanded. I noticed that the rear wheels have a type of white coating under the paint...Does anyone know what it is? http://www.gixxer.com/forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif x-rtdGSXR 06-02-2005, 05:28 AM um, primer maybe? 1fastgixxer1000 06-02-2005, 06:03 AM All i know is that is was a hell of a lot easier taking the front paint off than it is doing the back...I will have pics when I'm done. x-rtdGSXR 06-02-2005, 06:32 AM definitly post pics, and maybe post up a bit more about your experience with the process, im kinda interested in doing it on my black/silver. 1fastgixxer1000 06-02-2005, 06:39 AM I will tell you about what I have learned. Here is what I bought; 1: 100 grit 2: 200 grit 3: 600 grit 4: 850 grit 5: 1000 6: 1200 7: 1500 8: 2500 just start with the lowest until you get all the paint off and then sand and sand until she's smooth. I started to wet sand at about 1000 or 1200 I forgot and now have to put the finishing touches on the front and then polish with mothers, and then polish some more. The front wheel took me about 2-3 hours sanding and then another 1.5 hours wet sanding. (with a 3 mos old boy to look after) The rear however, it took me 3 hours on just the left side!!!! That is going to be the bitch I gaurauntee it. If you have and questions PM me. SincereSRAD 06-02-2005, 12:22 PM has anybody ever polish the entire rim...my rim the lip is polished bike used to be blue and i painted my bike baby blue and white so the electric blue doesnt look right lol im going to repaint them but if i can polish then and make them look chrome would look better...any opinions 1fastgixxer1000 06-02-2005, 11:13 PM Last night I finished the rear wheel and got it ready to polish....it sucked but grin and bear it. I will be done with the bike by this weekend and I will post some pics to see if any of you are interested in doing it. So far it looks bad ass. x-rtdGSXR 06-03-2005, 06:54 PM could you use a dremel or something faster then hand sanding or would it damage, warp, mark, the rim somehow? ssgsky 06-03-2005, 10:38 PM you could prob use a dremel to start, to wear the paint and primer off, but for finishing a dremel does not have a large enouch contact area to feather the polishing kbrown 06-05-2005, 02:40 AM use aircraft remover, to get the paint off | ||