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Chromo Buzz:
Evening chap's,

Hoping you guy's can point me in the right direction on a dilema i have :-\.......i spotted some yellow tuff's on Ebay.com late one night for a BIN price that was too good to turn down (though no Int. shipping), though i believe if you dont ask you dont get. Emailed the seller  & he said yes (top bloke) :daumenhoch:, they arrived in 1 week from the states & no custom's charge which was a result!! My dilema is do i dye them (yellow) or after reading another thread on here do i get them aqua blasted??

Here's the  one's from the state's
In the photo's they look pretty sweet, i want to put these on a carpet queen  so they need to be 10/10

Now about 8 months ago i had another pair of yellow tuff's which were faded so i went down the dyeing route, though stupidly i read  a thread on here wrong & put 3pkt's of dye instead of 2....doh!! They went from this to this Then tried dyeing them to red & fooked up, so they are gonna be black now. Dont wanna screw these one's up, so any advice would be greatly appreciated :daumenhoch:

sid1972:
I would try the less aggressive option first - the old dish washer..

If that fails - very, very fine wet and dry paper to remove the discolour and some good neutral boot polish.

and then Aqua blast if its not the result you want - I can give you the details of the chap I used in my thread.

if that does not do it dye em.

 ;)

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
simple - try bleaching them - the colour should fade out if it's not had a fixer added - won't hurt to try - will need to polish up metal parts after - couple of days in a check regularly

cheers  B  ;)

ukoldschool:
I think hes after advice on what to do with the yellow tuffs he's just bought rather than the other ones which he's already fecked up :)

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
my mistake  :D

if you dye them used DYLON DYE / GOLDEN GLOW x 2

the orange one's will dye to red if you want - you just need to get the technique right and use the right stuff



here's a quick way of doing it

the Gorden Ramsay way of dying wheels [/size]

take 1 set of OGK's - slightly faded


wash


pick out any dirty bits missed


scrape off any brake marks


bleach


hot water


salt


dye


put in and leave for 24 hours - turning and stirring every so often


cover


take out and wash in cold water - then dry


now ready to serve - i mean ride - DONE





cheers B[/size]

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