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Offline car_maniac

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Will it work for wheels
« on: 11 February 2013, 23:13 »
I want to strip the chrome from some wolfrace alloys but don't know what material they are made from.
Some is bad enough to pull off by hand but the rest, no chance

I've found on youtube that Hydrochloric acid (muriatic acid) can dissolve chrome off of plastics like bits of trim etc  but will it start dissolving the wheels too?

Not your usual vee dub Q  :tongue:
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Offline rallye_golf

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Re: Will it work for wheels
« Reply #1 on: 11 February 2013, 23:59 »
Judging by this vid I just found, I would say its a no-go!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts0XRbBlF5Q

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Offline car_maniac

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Re: Will it work for wheels
« Reply #2 on: 12 February 2013, 11:10 »
Good thing I decided to look into it a bit then or I would have turned my wheels into purple soup lol

Guess I'll just have to sand them down unless theres some other way to do it from home?
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Offline RichardBaronGolf

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Re: Will it work for wheels
« Reply #3 on: 12 February 2013, 20:44 »
nitro mors?
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Re: Will it work for wheels
« Reply #4 on: 12 February 2013, 22:35 »
Chrome Wolfrace wheels could do with being dissolved :whistle:
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Offline SI74

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Re: Will it work for wheels
« Reply #5 on: 12 February 2013, 23:04 »
^^^^^ LMAO!
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Offline car_maniac

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Re: Will it work for wheels
« Reply #6 on: 19 February 2013, 16:47 »
HAHA
Quote from: dom069 on 12 February 2013, 22:35
Chrome Wolfrace wheels could do with being dissolved :whistle:

HAHA!! I like that. Really would like some new wheels but any I like are way up in the hundreds before tyres.
Trarted stripping the chrome with a sanding disk on an orbital polisher then just gonna spray em up black  :cool:
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Offline HJGTI

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Re: Will it work for wheels
« Reply #7 on: 21 March 2013, 23:19 »
Quote from: RichardBaronGolf on 12 February 2013, 20:44
nitro mors?

+ 1 that is excellent stuff !!!
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