rim re-polishing

[kouness]

Aww man I am such an IDIOT... I am in desperate need of zilvia's assistant.. I use to have some nice polished lips my rims, but now they are all dull. ok here is what I did.. I know i know spare me for the disaster. my brother works for Enterprise Rental and he brought home products to clean, wash your car.. etc... well he also borught home this tire/rim cleaner that he said worked awesome. I was like great.. free car wash soap, carpet cleaner, tire cleaner, what's next.. Washing my car that is. Well i get to washing my car and all goes well until I took a look at my rims and they weren't shiny anymore. I didn't really think anything of it until the car was dry and the shine never came back to my rims.. The tire cleaner had ruined my precious rims.. I researched it afterwards and found out that car places use cheap tire cleaners to clean tires/rims and thyat some of them are not good for rims with a clear coat and/or polished lip becasue the chemical is to strong.
Now my question to all you cardetailing gurus out there is: How can I make my rims nice and shiny again? Will I have to take them to a wheel specialist or can I do it on my own? Thanks in advance on all advices.