polished rims damaged

[floordoc]

When I collecting my car back from having it valeted I noticed some run like marks not unlike what you get with soapy water at the base of the wheels running on to the tyre then the ground. I thought that these marks would just rub off, They don't.
I've done some investigating and found out that the product used was Traffic Film Remover and that this stuff will burn in to polish alloy due to Caustic (spelling maybe wrong).
Anyone know if any chance of saving the polished rims.

[bigsi]

Don't know whether this helps but I had that problem, and some 'scrapes' on my split rims. I contacted Wicked Wheels who visited, repaired, painted etc. Excellent service and good quality work. Not polished but I would reccomend them if you go down this route
best of luck

[rs666]

I have seen this before on polished rims. Autosol should shift it.

[rick111s]

i've used traffic film remover for over 2 years and never had a problem - used it on 6 different cars now - lotus, tvr, porsche, fiat, audi and ford so one of those wheels would have reacted.

However i jet wash it off after only a few minutes soaking on the wheels. all i can think is that they left it on to soak too long. TFR is what 90% of dealership use in their valeting bay and is where i bought mine. Generally they will used a diluted spray for the lower sections of a car and neat on the wheels.

[kayc]

rick111s said:

i've used traffic film remover for over 2 years and never had a problem - used it on 6 different cars now - lotus, tvr, porsche, fiat, audi and ford so one of those wheels would have reacted.

However i jet wash it off after only a few minutes soaking on the wheels. all i can think is that they left it on to soak too long. TFR is what 90% of dealership use in their valeting bay and is where i bought mine. Generally they will used a diluted spray for the lower sections of a car and neat on the wheels.

I use it to,never had a problem but you have to jet wash it all off properly...