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Offline brough74

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Any way to stop white worm
« on: April 12, 2013, 05:09:50 pm »
I got my alloys refurbed last early last year, and took them off my car for winter.

Decided to put my summer wheels back on today as the weather is warming up ( but still snow in places in cumbria) and 2 of the wheels have started with white worm again near the centre caps.

Gutted is not the word !!!! i dont want to refurb them again at the moment or get them sprayed yet.  So any ideas ??????
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Re: Any way to stop white worm
« Reply #1 on: April 12, 2013, 06:04:30 pm »
Would say as worm is below lacquer coat once it starts you cant do much :sad1:
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Re: Any way to stop white worm
« Reply #2 on: April 12, 2013, 06:12:01 pm »
As said, once its started.  :sad1:

You could have a go at refurbishing them yourself....

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Re: Any way to stop white worm
« Reply #3 on: April 12, 2013, 06:29:24 pm »
As above once started its too late unfortunately.  :confused:

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Re: Any way to stop white worm
« Reply #4 on: April 12, 2013, 06:36:15 pm »
You could try refurbishing that section... mask everything off, nitromors in, wet sand it, then lacquer it back on... might not be a perfect finish but might not be too bad.

My old rims were a complete mess, but I managed to get them back (albeit with some paint) for my winter setup:

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Re: Any way to stop white worm
« Reply #5 on: April 12, 2013, 11:05:12 pm »
^^ nice resto there :happy2: