Cloudy Fuchs, Yes...I've searched...it's overwhelming. Options

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There are lots of answers here from media blasting to muriatic acid to oven cleaner to Mother's polish....but it's been difficult to wade through and figure out what's specific to my situation so please excuse another "cleaning Fuchs" question....

This is a good example of what mine look like after a good wash.
Soap and water with a light Mother's polish on the spokes.
See the cloudy bit in the recessed part? Thats' what I want clean and i'd like it in the non-polished/matte finish. I can polish the paddles and the lip but I just can't seem to get rid of the cloudiness.

If I need to send them off and get them refinished, that's cool but I'd like to try something myself first. It's a driver so I don't need it to be perfect - just better.

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Generally speaking, you want to be careful with what you put on the rough-anodized sections (what's cloudy on your Fuchs), just as you do on the clear anodized sections (the spokes and lips) that look great on your wheels. I'd hate to refinish those wheels unless there was no other choice.

Vaseline may help, or it may not, but my guess is it will only seal in what you've got. My advice would be to try increasingly aggressive cleaners starting with something NOT aggressive and approved by Harvey or Al or anyone else familiar with these wheels. I have had the same problem with the "rough anodized" sections of my Fuchs, and found that once mild soap and water wouldn't do the trick, approved wheel cleaners only got me so far. Trying to remember if Harvey liked Simple Green or not, but I found that Citrus cleaner in VERY limited time bursts and rubbed only with a clean towel succeeded in bringing them back clean without causing any apparent damage. The fact it worked made me wary to the point that I did each wheel one at a time. Wasn't rocket science, but wasn't something I wanted to be distracted from either.

Felt a bit risky, and it is. But your wheels are already cloudy, so might be worth a try? Worst case, you send them off for refinishing to one of the three places people seem to like. Good luck!