Black Brake

Blemishes from brake dust on chrome rims?

I have a 35 coupe with chrome 20's and the rear clean very nicly, but the front one;s seem to be stained or etched into from the brake dust. They look like black spots and are rough to the touch. Is there anyway to clear this up? I've tried chrome polish.... just makes the blck spots more noticable.

Are you sure this is brake dust?

To me, it sounds more like rust. I could easily be wrong -- not an expert -- but brake dust wouldn't etch itself permanantly into metal.

If you live in an area where Salt is put on the roads (To combat ice etc. in the winter) I'd either invest in some ugly winter rims, or go the extra mile and buy some polished aluminium rims (They take much longer to rust, if they do at all).

Hope this helps.

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