Back almost 40 years ago in my college days - before PCs or cheap televisions - I'd grab one of my wheels, an old rag and my tub of Simichrome polish down to the dorm common room and polish away whilst watching MASH or Charlie's Angels... I had the original Ukai alloy rims of my S-10S so shiny that some people mistook them for chrome steel wheels. Same for the spokes. Great stuff.