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ahh right, that would explain it. appreciate the help cliff - will update how it goes when i get my hands on some tomorrow. thank you 👌

hello all. recently i bought some curb damaged 18” alloys for my a3 and thought i’d try to refurb them. i started filling, sanding then started to prime but the primer was cracking, so i decided to completely start from the base. i have been trying to strip them for a couple weeks now using a stripper and a jet washer which at first was going quite well, however i’ve ran into some really tacky and rubber like layer which although comes off at some parts, a lot of it just won’t budge and it’s quite frustrating me and after not getting a lot of help from google i was hoping i could get some help and advice on here. im just looking to see if there’s a way i can do it that would make it easy, a product that would be more effective or wether i might be better getting them sorted professionally. cheers ive attached some pics of the wheels and stripper im using. - also seems to be a weird shiny layer that when i jet wash starts to turn a darker colour rather that coming off.