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Cream pinkish Acorn wheels.

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rwleigh:
Has anybody bought a set of these from eBay and managed to get them bleached or cleaned back to bright white?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OLD-SCHOOL-BMX-20-GENUINE-1980s-80s-ACORN-FREEWHEEL-MAG-WHEELS-CREAM-NOS-/180935651152?_trksid=p5197.m1992&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D14%26meid%3D857095873063606420%26pid%3D100015%26prg%3D1006%26rk%3D1%26

Sink:
I had a pair that I bleached, they came up a bit brighter, but no where near white, they are naturally cream, so you'll never get them white  :daumenhoch:
That said they looked the part on my lads old school frame

rwleigh:
Cheers Sink, that's interesting.

Did they actully do both white and cream wheels bitd  then or were they all cream?

theRuler:
Only the tuffs were whitey white.

The acorns and zytecs were a creamy colour (in comparison)

Bleach may help, but I'd go for dye and see what happens.

rwleigh:
So out of curiosity if you dye them how deep does it get into the plastic, what happens with brake wear over time?

Say i dyed a set green would i end up having green wheels with a cream rim after some use?

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