Stripping bronze coating?

[atifield]

Hi, I have a set of wheels that are coated bronze out of box. I can't seem to get rid of the coating. I have tried CSC & bleach. They dont react with the coating at all. Any tips?

[ales]

Are you sure the rims are coated and that the plastic itself that the rims are made from is not coloured?

[stisnan]

Yeah, It sounds like the rims are made out of bronze colored plastic. U better be careful not to ruin the rims.

[supermod04]

if you want to paint them, take a piece of 1000 grit and just wet sand the top clear coat off then paint them

[atifield]

I sanded a small area off and it is white plastic underneath. I will probably try just sending the whole wheel.

[ales]

What kind of bleach did you use?

[atifield]

I use Colorex which worked pretty well for chrome plated parts.

[ales]

I see. Very interesting, but I'm afraid I don't have any suggestions. So perhaps sanding is your best option. Good luck. What are you working on?

[atifield]

It is a set of racing-spec BBS wheels. I am working on '97 Porsche GT-1. I should probably create a progress thread when I actually get something to show

[Jay!]

I had similar trouble getting the gold/bronze paint off a set of Fujimi Work Emotions. Eventually, about half rubbed off after soaking in CSC, and I'll have to sand off the rest before repainting.

[atifield]

I will probably try soaking in CSC again. The area between the spokes are very hard to reach with sand paper.

[Jay!]

Indeed. I haven't decided yet how to proceed with mine. If you find a solution, please share.

[mech0t0]

Try oven-spray can "EZ off", I have good luck with it