Rim staining

[Don M]

Once the 2nd coat of Flex Wax is on, I need to turn my focus to the rims. They all have some staining on them that won't come off with an iron remover or APC. By HAND, a light polish started to remove it, but I was wondering if I should invest in a Mother's Power Ball (drill attachment) to fully polish out the rims. I plan on using Meguiar's Ultimate Compound, since I have it on hand. From the overall appearance of the car when we bought it, it had never been polished and waxed or even cleaned worth a darn, so I KNOW the rims have never been polished.

I won't need the power ball for the Camaro, since it has powder coated steel wheels, but the Escape has painted/cleared rims and they NEED a good polishing, I just don't know that I have the energy to do them by hand. Is the power ball a good idea?

[fly07sti]

The power balls are quite soft IMO and though it may help, I suggest a LC 3” wool ball for your drill instead. The power ball is designed more for polishing billet/chrome.

[Bobby B.]

The Lake Country Wool-Ball Polishing Ball would be a better choice as fly07sti stated. You could also use a 3" Polisher.

3 inch Lake Country Wool-Ball Polishing Ball

[vaca22]

I was just going to ask this question, thank you Don for the post and for the following responses!

[Don M]

Quick update ... I tried a small area by hand with the Ultimate Compound and it worked great. It is kind of labor intensive (on the fingers) though.