etched water stains on rims?

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groggy23

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I have some OZ Superleggera rims I.. I just recently bought them used with about 2k miles of usage and 4 months of storage. Pretty good condition 'cept for one rim. I'm sorry I don't have any pictures yet but I will post once I get home from work today. But it seems it has some etched water stains.. I'm not quite sure if thats what it is or something else. The rims are race silver and on the sides of the spokes theres like fadded white spots. When I run my finger across its smooth. I've tried some sonus car wash soap and even p21s gel cleaner, let it soak for about 5 minutes with agitation of course. Still there.
 
pics of what im talking about:



the 1st 2 pics can be clearly seen. The 3rd pic came out blurred, but if you look closely you can see what looks like to be a ghost of a water drip maybe.



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Maybe someone left some wheel cleaner on too long. I'd try some clay and AIO first.





Not to hijack your thread but, anyone ever use AIO with a Powerball on rims?
 
Well I tried the Klasse AIO to no avail, although it did polish and clean it up nicely.. Haven't tried the claybar yet though. And yeah it looks like a cleaner was left on it and dripped or something.
 
definitly try the clay and if thats not working, try a compound on there....



also, not to hijack your thread but i have used AIO and powerball and it worked great
 
Thanks for the suggestions, tried them all to no avail. Here's the steps... Wash, p21s gel, let sit 2 hours, wash. still there. Tried claybar and Klasse AIO no luck either. So I gave up and just proceeded with aio and kgs. On a lighter note all my other 3 wheels are nice and clean and shiny :)

It seems tho now those wierd etched stains stand out more since I cleaned the heck out of 'em with sore fingers. I'm afraid its going to result in wheel recon work or sandpaper... :(
 
Since you bought them used it could be that there was some damage on the wheels and the previous owner crap-painted it to make it match.
 
possibly, I will goto a local detail shop to see if they can figure out what needs to be done. For now I can accept the way it looks.
 
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