Dude, that's a bummer man. I feel for you. My yella front wheel got all screechy and black stuff all over. ...



But I was going for a silly look. So I am OK; it would be super bummer for your white wheel. Yeah, I just found out about this just last few days. ... Sorry couldn't help.

Re-lacing shouldn't damage the parts used. A little scratch here and there. It should work fine. But if you are going to sell it, then you might as well sell the wheel as new. I would only re-lace wheels I know I am going to use. It's time consuming and take some patience to lace and true a wheel. I am no good so I have to true at least once after initial truing/lacing. Yeah only recommend it if you are really geeky about wheel-building.