How to polish a steer wheel on a semi - Evan's detailing and polishing in depth
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- Опубликовано: 12 фев 2020
- How to polish a steer wheel on a semi - Evan's detailing and polishing in depth
Evan of Evan's detailing and polishing in Chilton, Wisconsin goes in depth on one of his more popular how to videos. My technique and pattern has changed a little over the years. If you watched the old video from 10 years ago and liked it then you will love this video. Yes it is a lot of talking but this video dives in depth on exactly how and why I do what I do. Watch all the way to the end and see in real time how I polish a steer wheel in 3 minutes and 30 seconds. Full cut and color in 3 and a half minutes.
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Coming from a Truck Driver. By Far the Best DIY Polishing video on rig rims. You make it look too easy! Keep up the AWESOME VIDEOS!
Thank you. Truly appreciate that. Means a lot.
This guy makes it so much easier to understand and such good Videos explains the whole process so much better than DC supershine.. Evan is by far better and the best!
Glad to help! I don't think I'm the best by any sense of the term. But I do truly appreciate it.
I understand so much more now about polishing metals. Have been around crome polishing in the past.
Thanks for watching.
love the finish look. I'm glad ur updated alot of ur videos. keep up the good work.
More updates coming soon. Thank you for watching. I will try to continue updating old videos.
i like the nuggets at the end of the videos. good little idea and usually good info. keep up the good work.
Glad you like them! I will surely try. Thank you.
Awesome vid man!!
I'm gonna watch it again..
These videos are really helping me out!!
Glad to help.
Awesome. Your videos have taught me more than I thought I’d ever learn. Thank you!
Glad to hear it, it truly makes me happy to know that they are helpful. Thank you.
Been binge watching your videos. Absolutely loving what you do.
Glad you like them and I appreciate you taking the time to watch them. Thanks for commenting too!
Absolutely awesome! Fantastic and informative video!
Appreciate that. Thanks for watching and supporting.
Great video Evan! Keep up the great work.
Glad you like it.
Nothing but the best as always! Keep up the great work buddy!
Thanks for watching.
Absolutely love these videos
More to come!
Amazing bro I’m just starting to polish semi truck wheels and I’m learning fast watching your videos helps a lot !!!!
Glad to hear it and glad to help. thanks for watching and supporting the channel.
Evan u da man! Straight up and honest... love da vids
Appreciate that. Thanks for watching.
Awesome work
Thank you. I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Always enjoy your, videos, thank you for sharing!
Thank you for watching! I appreciate you taking time to comment.
I realize you've been doing this a long time but you make it look so easy and the outcome is amazing. Awesome job Evan.
Thank you! It does get easier with time but there are always some challenges. I appreciate your support.
Just polished my first wheel today! Hopefully one day I can be like you goat
Practice all the time and you’ll kill it.
You definitely make it look easy! I hope I'll get on the same level as you one day lol, a confidence booster watching this for sure 🤙🏻
Im nothing special. Anyone can do what I do. I've had 20 years of daily practice.
great work
Thank you. Much appreciated. Thanks for watching.
Great job as usual!
Thank you for watching. Much appreciated.
Great video,super fast and i like how you control the grinder.
Thank you. Much appreciated. 20 years of work to get here.
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
Another great video man
Thank you. Truly appreciate that.
Hard work is always impressive Bruh!
Thanks, appreciate it!
Thanks for doing these videos! I am going to attempt to buff a aluminum dump bed on a dump truck. This will be no small task but from watching your videos I have learned a lot.
Dump beds are definitely something I tell beginners to stay away from. Takes years to develop proper buff control and pressure to accomplish.
Evan great videos maté explaining it in simple terms I do all my own polishing your tips make my job easier especially the sanding up to 600 grit 👌🏻thanks bud 👍🏻
Thank you. I am happy you have found this helpful. I appreciate you watching and taking time to comment.
Perfect video
Thank you. Really glad you like it. Thank you for watching and taking the time to comment. Truly appreciate it.
Awesome work. Wish we lived closer you would be seeing our coach twice a year. Takes me hours with a mother’s power ball and drill and nowhere close looking like yours!
Appreciate that. You are welcome anytime.
A true professional!!
Thank you.
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks Evan! I’m trying dress my truck up a little and love these videos!
You're welcome!
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing if I wasn’t so far I’d bring my truck over, but I still buy your products and they are great!
Every Single Word That Comes out of his Mouth, is pure Excellence Tutorial......Super Chingon Amigo, You teach me so much with your vides. Thanks
I am truly thankful for your support. It means a lot. I am happy you find my videos helpful.
Great job Evan, truly enjoy seeing your year's of experience. Like to see you do a Pete grill on the truck!
Coming soon! Thanks for watching.
Your video helped so much ..I did my dads truck today and saved him a lot of money .. unfortunately I had to sand but over all pretty easy work with great results
Love hearing this. Thanks for watching. Keep shining.
Great job
Thank you
great video can't wait to get to polishing my own wheels
Thank you. Hope this was helpful. Let us know!
Great video, wondering of stratig this over here in Sweden.
Thaks for a great video ❤
Thank you for watching!
You make it look way easier than it is. I'm taking the video and repeating the steps to try to get better. Having trouble around the hand holes. When you slow down around the holes are you just letting off the trigger? Thank you for all the time you put into helping others try to become successful polishers. We appreciate more than you will ever know.
After 20 years of polishing everyday if I didn't make it look easy I'd be in trouble. LOL But yes I am feathering the trigger when I get around the hand holes. I am grateful to help out and give back to the polishing community. Thank you for watching the videos and for supporting the channel. Truly appreciate it.
Great info thanks
You bet! Thanks for watching.
IM GLAD I FOUND YOU I BOUGHT ALL MY GEAR YOU HAVE TO DO NY OWN 1ST TIME POLISH..THANK YOU BROTHER.ONCE AGAIN ILL KEEP YOU POSTED HOW I DO.🥴
You're welcome! I'm happy you found the videos and are using them along with our products to polish.
Evan you're ABSOLUTELY Amazing when it comes to polishing wheels! The steps you take to help subscribers is very thorough. I've watched several videos of yours and when started polishing wheels like you it's a walk in the park! Thanks for sharing this video and I'm viewing this from the 1st state of DELAWARE! Btw could I get one of those "GET YOUR SHINE ON" posters w the PETERBILT autographed?
Sorry for the late response. I truly appreciate this comment and I am happy to hear the videos are helpful. Email melinda@goshineon.com and we can see if we can't get you something. Might not be the poster but we will see. Thanks for watching.
Awesome tutorial, thanks from Britsh Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦
You’re welcome, thank you for watching.
Great video and free valuable content
I appreciate that!
Dude I’m glad I ran into your channel., well I was watching berry trucking paint that purple truck and I found you through them. But thanks for your info and for being a hard charger..! Cheers from houston tx 😎👍🏽
That's a Beautiful truck. Thanks you for watching and supporting my channel
I have been wanting to learn metal polishing for a long time and the opportunity has recently fallen into place. I'm all fired up about meeting and learning everything I can from Evan. My truck will soon shine!
Soon as the shop slows down we will see you.
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing Thank you.
Another good one 👍🏾
Glad you like it.
Great tips man . I bought some mothers and started hand polishing . Now I have to buy all kinds of stuff
Good luck! You can do it.
Nice job 👍
Thank you.
Wow that’s was fast 🔥🔥
WE are all about efficiency around here. Time is money and no one has ever offered to sell me time. LOL Thanks for watching.
the best video on RUclips
Thank you.
Thanks for sharing
My pleasure, thank you for watching!
I think I've watched almost every video you have LOL. But think I've finally got it for polishing all the trim on my new enclosed race trailer. Going to get a 3500rpm ginder/polisher. Start with Orange and brown, then go to yellow and green. Maybe hand polish in-between. But if the shines not as good as i want, can add yellow and blown in the middle, then go to white and green. (Making sure I use a different yellow wheel LOL)
I appreciate all the videos! Cant wait to get out and try it this weekend, will make a video on my results!
Thanks Brotha, I appreciate you watching and commenting.
Awsome thanks for the video helps me alot!
Thank you, happy you found this helpful. Check out my other videos for more information and helpful tips.
Sure appreciate ur videos
Glad you like them! Hope they are helping.
Great video. You should do a video just like that but for the drives.
I have one here on my channel but I’m going to do an updated one.
Great job thanks for that. Australia🇦🇺
Glad you liked it.
Your the man!!!👍🏻🤙🏻
Appreciate that. Thanks for watching
Thank you
Thank you for watching!
Nice man
Thanks for the visit
Love every episode you've done. I have an old truck that hasn't seen or been polished in no telling when. Would love to do this myself to save time and money from going to shop. How clean does the wheels and tanks have to be before polishing? And how often can I polish to get these to look like new?
The cleaner the better for polishing. You can polish as often as you want also.
Great video sure learned a lot used to do mine by hand but getting older need something easier when do u have to sand first n how fine a paper should I use keep up the great work
I say the first grit gets it smooth. The rest of the grits make it polishable. No perfect answer as every wheel is different. But try 400. If it’s not deep enough go deeper until you find the right grit then work back up to 600 to make it polishable.
Epic 👏
Thank you
Damn those things look good
Thank you!
Awesome
Thank you for watching.
Hi love the videos I have learned a lot from them and really appreciate the help. I bought a full mask respirator from you a while back just like the one you always wear and seemed to have a problem with it fogging up. Was wondering if you had any pointers for me thanks.
Check the nose cup. If the nose cup isn't sitting just right it will fog up.
That’s cool buddy
Thank you
Nice
Thank you!
Very educational! I am seriously considering getting into doing wheels .at this point I’m just an idiot.
Follow along with the videos. It is not going to be perfect in the beginning but with time it will get better. Best of luck! Thanks for watching.
3:43 seconds one rim. Very good.
Thank you!
That's not my 3000 rpm variable rpm Makita polisher... I enjoy your willingness to show your technique. I am helping my dad next week polish up his 1999 T2000 with 1.3 million miles. Hope I get in the ball park. Beautiful work.
You can. Just take your time and you got this.
When will the new green compound be available to buy on your website or is it available now? Awesome and very helpful videos you do👍🏻
Hoping real soon.
Where do I get polish wheels and rubbing polish? Dude you work fast and amazing.love your work
www.goshineon.com
Great work Evan- two questions tho. What RPM are you running the grinder at for this and do you ever wind up using a rake at all? Sometimes it seems like I might be getting too much buildup and it gets streaky when I try to color.
Thanks in advance for any advice/help!
In this video I am spinning 6,000 rpm. I don't rake my cut buff but I don't over compound it either. I only rake my color buffs. Hope this helps. Thanks for watching and supporting.
Awsome
Thank you for watching!
He does My Question What Polish what Grade is his Pad and what speed
? Great Vidio !
Nice! Can you share exactly what wheels and polish you are using
Yes I can. goshineon.com 2 step aluminum kit and add the 40 ply flannel with extension.
best regards, the second machine you used is the one with variable speeds, 3500 rpm
Thanks for commenting and watching the video.
You are the best. question make any difference if I wash rims Whit acid before polish?
Neri's mobile car truck wash from California
I've been using a yellow buff to cut so do I need to use a orange buff to cut.Also I've been using a green bar to color so do I have it backwards.And what rpm do I n need to use for my grinder
Hi Evan i just purchased the makita 7021.That’s a 6600rpm grinder I noticed that the buffing wheels that I’ve come across are only rated for 3200-3400 depending on the manufacturer.Are you using buffing wheels that are rated for a higher speed if so where can I find them?
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Thank you
Im on it
Thanks for watching!
Nice video thank you!
How can we remove a superficial scratches ? Do you have any recommendation? Whit the experience you have? If you can respond I will appreciate!
Stepping down buffs softer and softer. Some people use hand polish on an orbital to clear those up as well.
Great work lovin it trying to do the same thing here in Maryland. Just need a weekend to get the wheels and tanks done. What do you suggest for “Alcoa Level One” wheels?
Same as what you just watched in this video. Alcoa lvl 1 is same thing.
Evan Steger thank you sir.
Evan, you've talked about how our eyes see the most clear, mirror-like finish when polishing is done vertically. How do you make a flat, horizontal surface look good at ALL angles (e.g. trailer fenders, trailer floors)?
You gotta change angles for how it will be seen.
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing I'm not sure I totally understand. Can you please elaborate further?
If you were doing the top of a 2-wheel trailer fender (which would be viewed from the front, back, and side at any random moment) are you saying you pick one angle and go with it, OR do you mean you polish in 3 different directions until it's somehow uniform from all angles?
@@gregorymarsh9504 I go in one angle but you need to blend in a few different angles on your cut. Work it multiple directions then finish in one direction. Usually from bottom to top. That is the best way I've found. Hope this helps as there is no other way to explain other than to show you. And I don't do them often so would take a long time before a video comes out. LOL
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing Ok, I'll give that a try. Thank you for following up with me! Appreciated!
Hey Evan. I learning much useful things by watching your videos, thanks for that! But I have a problem that I can't understand. When I polishing rims I can't reach a deep mirror effect, it looks foggy.
Starting with paint remover, sanding till 800 and then 3 steps of polishing. Any advice how to reach a deep mirror? Thanks!
If you can send me pictures to my cell phone at 9209790386 of what this fog looks like I can try to help diagnose what the issue is. Without seeing it it would be hard to tell what the issue is. Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks for watching my videos and subscribing to the channel. Really appreciate it.
Hoped to find your buffing wheels and compound bars in your shop or on Amazon…. the Makita is also not available
Buffs and wheels can be found on our site at www.goshineon.com
hey evan polished my first wheel today definitely need some practice but i have a question. Why am i leaving lots of black residue after i polish i think i was using too much compound but not sure
Very loaded question. Could be too much rouge. Or too little rouge.Or too hot in the room. Or too cold in the room. Or too much pitting causing the rouge to burn into the pits and pull out of the buff. Would be very difficult to know without seeing what you are working on and how you are polishing it. I am sorry I can't be more help on this issue without those parameters.
Awesome job. My question is once finished polishing what kind of towel do you use to wipe it down
Once I cut and color I don't touch it with anything as anything you touch it with while it is warm and soft it will scratch. I don't wanna scratch what I am doing. If I have to remove some light compound then I will use a little whiting powder and a cotton Terry towel on aluminum or microfiber on stainless.
Thanks
I recently just started buffing and polishing for my new job. And every time I try to buff a wheel, I get rouge everywhere. How do I know when to put more on the wheel, how do I know how much pressure to apply, and how do I keep from getting the rouge everywhere?
Sounds to me like the items may be too rough to just polish and may require sanding. I am not sure without seeing it. But When to apply and how much to apply is the beauty of the art. There really isn't a set amount or a right answer to that question. I have a few videos explaining that here on my channel but there isn't a good answer.
What RPM should I use with this two step technique?
Orange/brown, yellow/green on a working semi. 10 wheels and 2 tanks.
Great vids! New sub!
I run at 6000 RPM
No cleanup between compounds so there’s no-cross contamination?
I also want to seal the shiny. Clearcoat or some kind of coating
If you use compounds that work well with each other there is no cross contamination. Clear coat on aluminum is a bad idea. Aluminum is like a sponge and it needs to breathe. If you coat it it will off gas underneath and leave it foggy/hazy. Rouge has the best sealant in it. A simple quality hand polish like time2shine aluminum polish will maintain the shine easily and for a long time.
Sick job..my wheels are in good condition..can I use only green?
Always cut before color.
How about polishing exhaust stacks ? What would you use on them ? Thanks
Just chrome hand polish. Chrome plating is just a plating. Machine buff it and you’ll strip the chrome. Ruins it.
Hey Evan do you put any like ceramic coating or anything on the rims when you are done? Not sure if that helps them stay polished longer or nah ?
I don't. When you have a good quality compound it is not needed.
If I use a red buff first with brown is that going to have better cutting results? Then follow with the normal steps orange/brown yellow/green
It can on rough stuff but on nicer stuff going too aggressive can make more work.
how do you polish/cut the holes on the wheel? just hand sand and polish? Whats the best way you have found to work
That is the best way. You can also use goblets and compound. We sell polishing balls and such on goshineon.com/shop
@@EvanStegerMetalPolishing thank you Evan. i use a mothers power ball mini and cone once i hand sand. Seriously thank you for the reply keep up the killer work been watching all your videos since the begining
I Love u men thank u ❤
Thanks for watching!
How do deal with pieces with more nooks and crannies, where even an 8" airway buff won't reach? Just hand polishing, or are there other polishing tools that you use?
We use hand polish. We do sell 2 and 3 inch barrel, cone and disk buffs. Also have 6in mini buffs. All depending on the area that you are polishing.