How to Sand, Polish and Restore Weld Racing Truck wheels

How to Sand, Polish and Restore Weld Racing Truck wheels - Everything you need to know

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Күн бұрын

In this video, I unpack several years and thousands of hours of trial and error and tips I've learned along the way to help you take old school cool weld wheels and have been neglected for years and make them look brand new again. unfortunately I filmed an out-tro that was cut off when this video was published. stay tuned for a follow up video. thank you for watching!
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timestamps:
0:00 intro
2:30 do it yourself vs. pay someone
3:48 wheel stand setup
6:17 equipment and tools explained
12:10 Hilzinger buffing wheels
13:42 menzerna compounds
16:03 spectrum sandpaper/grits used
22:10 dry sanding aluminum
28:17 sanding do's and dont's/tips
39:49 THE WORK BEGINS -acid washing
46:07 prepping the wheel for sanding
49:20 sanding the face
57:34 orbital sanding the barrel (NO WHEELSTAND)
58:28 outer lip/crusher ring prep
1:02:12 rotary sanding the barrel
1:15:24 orbital 800 barrel pass before cutting
1:17:01 cutting the lug pad
1:21:40 multiple angle cutting explained
1:24:09 Tips/considerations when cutting
1:29:41 cutting the face
1:33:49 cutting the crusher ring/outer lip
1:35:25 cutting the barrel
1:39:26 2nd step: coloring the wheel
1:46:24 finishing the wheel
1:51:35 wheel backside timelapse
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@edwinmendija8087 26 күн бұрын

This has got to be the BEST how to video on KZfaq...EVER! Thank you!!!!!!!

@brackishindustries 26 күн бұрын

You're welcome!!

@Gabriel_polimentos01 3 ай бұрын

I've never seen such a complete video about polishing! incredible result! Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'm from Brazil and here the products are different with different machines and accessories. I'm going to do the entire video step by step and see what result I can achieve! thank you bro

@brackishindustries 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words and you're welcome! I'm glad you liked it 👍

@c.a.mcneil7599 3 ай бұрын

Great job on explaining your thought process. Well edited also. Thanks for taking the time.

@brackishindustries 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! And you're welcome. More to come as I have time to do so 🤙

@mingthemerciless6855 Ай бұрын

Absolutely Brilliant. I'm a stickler for polishing techniques and methods. I will say your technique and method is a first for me. I now want to go and polish my 95 Bronco wheels. I especially like the engine stand mod. It's really cool. Maybe you have a friend who's good with electric motors and attach it to your rig. I'm blown away.

@brackishindustries Ай бұрын

Thank you! Although I personally have not tried an electric motors, I can say I have a few friends who build wheel stands with a belt drive for an electric motor and all of them have unhooked the motor and run the wheel free spinning just as I do in this video. It is a great idea but the challenge is that I'm constantly stopping and starting the wheel and changing the wheels turning pace as I'm working. With the Rope/foot brake, I don't need to stop working and change a dial to get the wheel to speed up or slow down whereas with an electric motor and a variable speed switch I'd be stopping constantly to modify speed

@radabaughondub 3 ай бұрын

Awesome video!!!!

@brackishindustries 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@johnscheffler1514 2 ай бұрын

Amazing it truly is an art.

@brackishindustries 2 ай бұрын

Yes it is. Thanks!

@rodneywilliamson6048 6 ай бұрын

Best video I have seen on polishing 🛞!

@brackishindustries 6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@iTzDray 7 ай бұрын

Love the video man! I've seen some guys stop at 600 (im one of them) instead of going to 800. Have you noticed a better clarity or benefit to going to 800? Thanks!

@brackishindustries 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! No not necessarily. I occasionally stop at 600 myself but I have found that cutting out the sanding especially for beginners is much nicer at 800 versus 600

@jgneolardo8875 2 ай бұрын

Where did you purchase the mini buffs from? I've found a few, but none which have a full systems (hard, course, medium, soft, fine, etc.). I didn't see the link in this video.

@brackishindustries 2 ай бұрын

Spectrumalberta.ca you can find all of the mini buffs and the flanges to mount them on a polisher

@jgneolardo8875 2 ай бұрын

@brackishindustries Solid find my man! I was looking everywhere for these before posting my last comment. Sucks that shipping is outrageous to the U.S., but for the convenience of their size, I may just buy them anyways, perhaps in bulk.

@williambrown-wt7oc 6 ай бұрын

Very impressive. I polish truck wheels and tanks on the weekends, but I have yet to master that finish. My finish looks fantastic but in my eyes you have a true show finish there. I live below you in St.marys county, charlotte hall. I have a couple questions, (airway wheel selection) is there any way I may be able to reach out other than the comment section?

@williambrown-wt7oc 6 ай бұрын

@@brackishindustries Hey no problem about the delay, I only do youtube. I appreciate you reaching back out just the same. Ill just call spectrum. Thanks again

@irz587 5 ай бұрын

Hey, awsome results and great video!!! What the best way to tackle oxidized/surface rusted rivet heads? I have a set of Enkei Cookie Cutter Saw Blade American Racing wheels that I want to try polishing.

@brackishindustries 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! The part of the video around the time I start cutting the rivets around the outer lip is exactly how I would do the rivets on eneki blades, depending on the severity I might try and attack the the same way you see me cutting the lug pad (the wheel on its back on the ground and firmly holding the buffer with your hands and the wheel with your feet using the "grip and rip" method once all the way around the wheel moving your body around the wheel clockwise positioning the buffer at 9oclock going all the way around, then repeat going counter clockwise with the buffer at 3oclock again going all the way around so that both sides of your rivets have been polished

@irz587 5 ай бұрын

Thanks man!!! @@brackishindustries

@brackishindustries 5 ай бұрын

@@irz587 any time 👍

@russroy4369 8 ай бұрын

Well done! Do you ever use a sealer or something like a sharkhide protectant?

@brackishindustries 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! No I don't; The menzerna compounds have natural sealants in them last several months if not more than a year if well maintained. I've tried shark hide, clear powder coat, wax, ceramic coating, and a few other protectants that I'm probably forgetting to mention. All of which will add surface protection but at the cost of clarity of the wheel. Right now you can read the serial number in the reflection of a $100 bill clear as day, once one of these protective coatings is applied, That seem reflection gets much more blurry. Not saying some people might be okay with that but my preference is to have as much of that deep rich reflective clarity as I can get

@bigdaddysshop8180 2 ай бұрын

FedEx is a Pain in the Rear

@brackishindustries 2 ай бұрын

They really are 🤦

@joeplaceres5783 3 ай бұрын

Wow! What a Great Video! I'm getting ready to polish my original 79 Vette Aluminum slotted rims and they have a lot of tooling / maching marks. I've tried the abrasive balls but it doesn't do the trick. I saw here that you show the smaller Bauer Grinder with the flexible backing plate and I'm thinking this may be the way to get rid of those marks as i'm going around the wheel and between the slots The only thing is that the Bauer I found only comes in 5/16-24 thread and feel that the arbor being 5/16 may not be able to handle all the sanding I need to do meaning it might break off or something. I thought these grinders all came with a 5/8 thread. I saw the flex plates were available on Amazon. Do you recommend to a newbie like me the That small Bauer with the Flex Plate? Can you provide the Model Number? Thanks!

@brackishindustries 3 ай бұрын

The bauer you saw me referring to is a model #1814E-B (i removed the plastic handle from the head) and you go on Amazon and copy and paste: TORQ BUFLC201 R5 Dual-Action Backing Plate with Hyper Flex Technology, Red (5 Inch you will find the exact backing plate I'm using. Keep in mind that is NOT a rotary machine is is a dual action paint polisher. Rotary machines use a 5/8 thread and paint polishers use a 5/16 as you mentioned. These machines work great with a wide barreled wheel like the 14 wide weld in this video. The problem is because they throw and they spin at the same time, they bump edges alot and don't do well with skinny barrels or anywhere where there's a transition or lip. Without seeing your wheel I can't advise. DM me pictures on Instagram @deanryan0899 if you'd like me to take a look and advise accordingly on how to address your wheels

@joeplaceres5783 3 ай бұрын

@@brackishindustries Thank you so much for getting back to me so quick... I'm trying to send you pics on instagram but couldn't find your account or maybe I'm doing something wrong... LOL.... If you send me your email maybe that would be easier.... Thanks!

@joeplaceres5783 3 ай бұрын

Nevermind... I found you as deanryan08.... I'll send you pics now for your guidance.

@JoshMedley641 4 ай бұрын

Any advice on American Force wheels? would you use the same compounds since american force wheels tend to be a little softer?

@brackishindustries 4 ай бұрын

Welds are actually much softer than forces especially any forces made after wheel pros acquired them. I do them the exact same way I do these welds but I don't take the tire off. Stay tuned hoping to have a force video out this summer

@danbuchner1494 3 ай бұрын

Love the intro it was funny

@brackishindustries 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Had to get my point acrossed somehow 😆

@Dimitrioswtf 4 ай бұрын

How do you feel about sanding lips of wheels ? (3pc Work wheels) I’ve heard you don’t wanna sand the lip too much . Is there any issues when it comes to sanding wheels too much and making the material/ lip to thin?

@brackishindustries 4 ай бұрын

I haven't worked with work wheels specifically but I have done plenty of CCW in the past which appear to have similar lips. Sanding these lips can be difficult because there's not much lip/barrel to fit a sander in and make it look right. If I were you I would try to cut he heck out of the lip and avoid sanding at all costs (because if you make defects by accident there's really no fixing them without completely taking the wheel apart and screwing the outer barrel to a board and polishing them that way. Also, if your renters are painted, powdercoated, or anything other than raw aluminum, I would create a tape buffer at the outer portion of the spoke where it meets the barrel if you're machine polishing them like I did in this video. My preferred method is to put painters tape over the spoke where the buff might hit it, then duct tape over the painters tape, then painters tape over the duct tape electives making a painters, duct, painters tape sandwich. This is the best way to give yourself Insurance of not accidentally hitting the coating and removing it, but also taking the tape back off without lifting g the coating. Hope that helps

@TheGoochmeister 7 күн бұрын

How can I get in contact with you? I’m in MD also thanks

@brackishindustries 5 күн бұрын

@@TheGoochmeister are you on instagram?

@TheGoochmeister 5 күн бұрын

@@brackishindustries yes @feng.shui911

@rodneywilliamson6048 6 ай бұрын

I have a Weld 15x4 racing wheel. I have a DA and I’m having problems with sanding because of the width of the wheel 🛞. Do you have any suggestions? DA/Orbital. I sure would appreciate it if you could help me. Thanks

@brackishindustries 6 ай бұрын

Did you mean 15x14? or 15x4? Are you having problems sanding the face or the barrel?

@rodneywilliamson6048 6 ай бұрын

@@brackishindustries15x4. Having problems sanding it because I don’t have room enough to do it correctly. Thanks for responding back. That means a lot sanding the whole wheel 🛞

@rodneywilliamson6048 6 ай бұрын

@@brackishindustriesyes I keep doubling my work because of the small area too sand. I can’t get my DA to sand the wheel 🛞 like you’re describing. The 15x4 weld Wheel 🛞 is very hard to do. Thanks

@rodneywilliamson6048 5 ай бұрын

@@brackishindustriesdo you have any suggestions?

@rodneywilliamson6048 5 ай бұрын

@@brackishindustriesI will try. Thanks