Paint Removal From 2.0 Fuchs?, Damage control Options

[Ottomotion]

Have a set of 2L fuchs that have been painted with black in the 'low spokes'.
I prefer the factory all metal look.
Wondering about recommendations for paint removal. Chemical? Pressure wash?
Obviously want to retain the stock look without damaging the underlying alloy. What would you do?

Thanks....

[technicalninja]

The trick for using lye on aluminum stuff is to not leave it on long.

Lye/scrub/wash off in under 90 seconds.

Lather, rinse, repeat, as needed.

I use oven cleaner for lots of "nasty" removals.

If left on too long it will first discolor the alloy and then it will start to eat it.

I'd clean any alloy wheel by using increasing powerful cleaners.

Dawn dish soap/simple green/normal cleaners first then

Acetone, alcohol, B12.

Followed by "aluminum safe" paint stripper (this will most likely be citrus based).

Real old school paint stripper.

Lye based cleaner.

The last three I'd be very aware of how long I left it on...

Minimum exposure would be my target.

Nothing I've ever tried works as good as oven cleaner on cast iron blocks. You can get them to the point it looks like they have been "vatted" in caustic solution.

Most machine shops "vats" have serious caustic solutions in them. I once saw a 100+ hour ported Mitsubishi head that a moron paced in one of these vats for 10 minutes. Looked like something out of a horror movie- Total loss...
Thank God it wasn't mine. I'd have executed the moron.

Lye is a wonderful stripping chemical; I use bunches of it.
It can damage alloy things.

I always get mine at the dollar store. The cheap stuff is usually lye based.