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Originally Posted by piecesparts
The Wizards sealant goes on like a wax, and they recommend that you let it set for 12 to 24 hours to cure into the metal. Keep in mind it will not stop everything from affecting the aluminum, but as I stated I put it on my Billet
Specialties that I ran all of the time on my daily driver.
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Well, I had some oxidation & light scratches that I couldn't remove. I tried Mother's Mag & Aluminum with no luck, as well as Meguiar's All-Metal with the DynaCone. I did some research & ended up buying Meguiar's Heavy Cut metal polish, along with their Finishing Cut metal polish. Seeing some results of aluminum polishing on Meguiar's forum, I thought that would do the trick. Wrong! So, I was hesitant to make the leap but jumped into wet sanding them. After doing this, I was able to use the Meguiar's Heavy Cut & Finishing polish to get them to an almost new, mirror-like shine. I did this on the front two before heading out on a road-trip over Labor Day. We used my Tahoe during the trip to my In-laws place. They have a gravel driveway that washes out. I had to drive through a mud puddle. Since it was late at night, I didn't take time to wash off the wheels. I later noticed that it had stained the aluminum once again. Now I'll have to re-polish them. So I definitely need something to seal them as best as possible. This is a daily-driver as well.
Here's a before/after pic when using the Mother's to remove the heaviest oxidation. It looks pretty decent in the pic, however there was still oxidation & light scratches on the polished side that I could not get removed no matter what (as mentioned above).