polished alloy wheel storage

[slammedkustom]

ive got a set of polished and painted rims for a project I'm working on. due to lack of space they have been stored in my loft in black bags.
got them down to take some measurements and hold them against the car for a mojo boost. but they had tarnished a little.
I'm going to give them a damn good polish with autosol but they need to go back up in the loft.
question is whats the best thing to do to protect them while in storage?

[monkeep]

I believe it is the moisture in the air that causes the tarnishing, so you could put them in a big sealed box along with some desiccant bags (the silica gel packets you get in new shoes - but bigger) to keep them nice and dry...

Otherwise, you could try a coat of wax (e.g. Rimwax) over the polish, or just periodically get them down and polish them like you have just done...

[1980escort]

Repolish them with belgom metal polish it leaves a film on the surface that will protect it from moisture

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[slammedkustom]

cheers fellas, rims do polish up again but its not gonna do them any good.
I was thinking some kind of coating so I will look into the belgom and rim wax.

getting them up n down is a pain, clumsy curse word,wobbly ladder, small hatch n rim with a tyre on it, not gonna end well one day!!!!

[Iain]

Just throwing an idea out there but would something like a white grease covering protect them well until they're needed, when it can be wiped off?

[slammedkustom]

I was thinking something like that or Vaseline maybe, it would stop the air and moisture but may cause other problems

these are the rims



genuine mk1 rs2ooo 5.5 by 13s

[Deleted]

I had the same issue with my lotus wheels mate, They were in the garage and the moisture started to ruin them. I have recently took them out and autosol'd them up and got them clean again and then used furniture polish and sprayed it all over the wheels and rubbed it in. Heard this gives it a protective coat as well as making them harder to carry haha

Been wrapped up in a sheet in my garage since and still look as good as when I cleaned them!

[nomad]

I would guess anything to stop the air - even waxoly them now and use white spirit to get the wax off when you want to use them*

*Not tried it on alloys but have had decent results waxing chrome on my daily in winter to stop salt etc

[colnerov]

Hi, try putting them in a plastic bag and using a vacuum cleaner to suck all the air out and tie them off.

Colin

P.S. It might be an idea to let the air out of the tyre first.

[slammedkustom]

Feb 17, 2015 13:38:03 GMT nomad said:

I would guess anything to stop the air - even waxoly them now and use white spirit to get the wax off when you want to use them*

*Not tried it on alloys but have had decent results waxing chrome on my daily in winter to stop salt etc

if they were straight polished rims I think that would be fine but as they have painted sections I wouldn't want to be putting any type of solvent on them, good idea tho!

all good ideas fellas. think I'm gonna give most of them a go. currently 2 are in the kitchen after re-polishing the other 2 are upstairs waiting there turn then ill try some of these out before they go back in the loft. once the cars done ill probably chuck a set of winter wheels on it and store the 4 spokes again, failing that a fully heated garage would be nice!

[alolympic]

Bilt Hamber autobalm. Really good stuff and perfect for this.