chromed wheels - odd surface damage

[anonymous-user]

The wheels on my Surf are pretty badly messed up - I tried cleaning all the gunk off and after a bit of polishing they came up shiny in places but with a strange sort of white damage all over, like white snake lines under the surface. Here is a picture of it -
www.jameskett.dsl.pipex.com/Surf_wheel_after.jpg

Can anyone suggest a way of polishing them up to remove or hide this damage? I can't afford a full chrome refurb and I'd rather keep them chrome and shiny than repaint them the typical alloy silver.

thanks
James

[Pure Detail]

it looks as though the wheels have lacquer on them and that is what's blistered.

To strip the lacquer off use nitromorse. But then you will have to either re-lacquer them or look after them very well.

[anonymous-user]

Is the stripping something that can be done safely with the tyres still on?

I have a spare under the truck so I've got a wheel to practice on at least.

[Pure Detail]

yes it can. i did mine while still on the car.

i will email you pics of how i did it and what happens

[anonymous-user]

Thanks very much, the pictures will be very helpful so that I know what to expect - I've not tried stripping laquer before, last time I repainted a set of wheels it was to a different colour so I just sanded them down and sprayed them.