I had a post awhile back about stipping clearcoat off of solid aluminum wheels..Just finished mine..
Here's what I did, and they turned out beautiful:
Used BIX Tuff-job stripper
Use your handy picnic plastic knife to take off the big stuff
Use medium grade bronze wool to clean up
Use fine grade steel wool to polish
Use Mother's Aluminum Polish to take out any discoloration
Wax well
Took awhile to figure it out..Ya'll take care