I posted this in the detailing section but i figured I'd post it here to incase anyone has had this happen before...

Ok, well the deal is this guy that details my car thought he knew better than me when I told him just use soap and water on my rims (Volk SF Challenges). He said nah, that he had this wheel cleaner that he uses all the time and its safe for all rims. Well turns out he was wrong and now I'm left with rims that look like they have a matte finish on the lips or almost a machined looking lip, not to mention the numerous acid etchings. Is there anything I can do to polish the lip on my rims back out? I've tried doing it by hand and it hasn't really done much. The guy tried to polish them with the stuff he had and a buffer right after it happened but he really didn't do much good, and actually slightly burned one of them in the process. The place I bought the rims from said to use Mother's Metal Polish on them with a buffing wheel, but I don't really have any experience with one. Should this work or do those rims have a clear coat on the lip? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'd post up pics but I don't have anywhere to host them.

Thanks in advance!

-Stephen