Hi. I parked the car at my work and some guys was washing the parking floors with a bleach the same time. So I got a good dose of bleach stains on 2 of my almost new Volks GT-7's...
I went to couple of companies (turbax, wheels of america), one said that they can't do anything with that, another one said that they have to disassemble the wheel and polish it off, but it is not going to look the same way like it used to be. The reason is because Volks uses anodized aluminum and they can not reanodize it, instead they can only polish and clear coat it..
My left side wheels (especially rear) looks horrible so I have to do something with it. But on the other side I don't know if I should trust these guys to disassemble the Volks and I don't know how the finished product is going to look.
Is there any other solutions???
I tried different types of wheel cleaners, BONAMI, soap and all kinds of stuff but nothing works...

 

nothing you can do about it boss.. bleach is a strong oxidizing agent and has destroyed your finish, sorry for your loss but only thing you can do is to refinish them..

 

The cleaners will make it worse... strip them and keep them polished.

 

Make the guys washing the floors pay for new ones if they are contractors they should have insurance to cover accidental damages.

 

 

it hit the lips or the faces?
u can refinish the lips ,
or paint the faces , and open a claim with those ppl , not fair

 

turbax and refinish... get a quote first and call the property manager for the building.

you'll prob need a police report. hand both to the property manager.

the owner should take responsibility and pay out. too small for insurance.

act quickly, the window of reasonability is closing.

 

i dont see why u wouldnt go after the place that did this to pay for new ones

 

Couldn't have said it better myself.

 

so what does bleach do to the finish? OP post some pics...just wanna see how "bad" it really is..

 

have lip and face pc'd by a good shop in your area.

 

sucks man. post pics of the damage. hopefully it won't be too costly to repair.

 

Its not werd, its smart and well within the law to do so.

If someone accidentally runs into your car (pending that its not your fault) its there responsibility by law to cover all damage costs.

It should be the same in this situation weither its a settlement or insurance.

If however they warned him not to park there as they were cleaning, thats a whole other story, but by the sound of it so far there at fault.

 

spelling > you.

OP sorry to hear that, hope it all works out!

 

Time to paint them gloss black

 

shipped to 76706....

 

I'll post pics tomorrow. Biggest problem is that they do not make those wheels anymore so I can not ask these people to buy me a new ones. We agreed that they'll pay me to fix them but the question is how do I do it?
The faces are fine, it's just the lips that got stained.
Turbax looked at them and said they can't do anything with it.
Wheels of America said they will disassemble the wheels and polish them and then clear coat them.. But the wheels not going to look the same because they cannot re-anodize them.
Anyway, do you think it is ok to trust them on disassembling the Volks???
Any other solutions do I have?

 

For what? Are you going to re-anodize them?

 

I had no idea it was so hard to remove

http://www.secondchancegarage.com/public/665.cfm

 

I read that one already )))))) Wasn't happy at all..