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Cleaning skyway white wheels tips please

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h2ggv:
Going to use these wheels on a team aero pro I'm doing the wheels are in good shape and quite clean any tips on how to get them as white as me mates false front tooth :)

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
If you don't like hard work, get them aqua blasted

or try bleaching - but comes with troubles   ;D

stu27:
ive done them in the past with wet and dry sand paper at different grades
bloody hard work,but,i thought the result was well worth it :daumenhoch:

kalex:
i just wet and dried my yellow z rims, i was going to get them vapour blasted, but as i got them cheap i wanted to try a few things out that i wouldn't have dared do on a more pricey set. i soaked in wd40 for 12 hours then scrubbed with wd40, didn't do much. i then used cif with a green scubber and didn't do anything, put them in a hot dish washer cycle, came out clean but still stained. even tried BBQ cleaner on a small section then ran under the tap to dilute it, and still nothing. so got the wet and dry out and their nearly as good as new. just got a bit to do to finish them off.

BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN:
Aqua can cost but should work well

bleaching - can mostly work - but some times over cooking them can turn the more yellowy - you will need to sort out the hubs and no matter what they say "put clear grease on to protect alloy hubs" will still need to polish up a bit to take of the dulling that bleach does to them

you can use a razor if you are good with your hands - sanding as well - all this takes time

so money or hard work ? up to you

rush it and you might as well get a five year old to have a go

hard work shows, the fakes from the pro's  ;)

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