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Z Rims **now finished** for my adidas build.

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dancetothedrummersbeat:
I bought a set of white Mike Buff Z Rims a few months ago from rad member dj-paul-c. They were in good nick, although the Mike Buff logo had been almost sanded/blasted out.  I wanted to dye these blue for my adidas build that's also in the tech & resto section. A while ago, I posted up a question on how to dye Z rims. Thanks to Bendycat Eleventeen & Retrodan72 for their help and advice. Also thanks to Gaz rollin72 for his 'how to guide'. Retrodan kindly gave me a few tins of Madonna blue dylon, and I bought a few more to beef up the dye mix. Oh dear. Despite using salt and boiling water, the dye just would not take to the rims and left them a dirty lavender colour. I bleached them for 4 days, sanded them down using wet & dry paper, bought 5 packets of royal blue rit dye and 2 tubs of salt and here you are!

After sanding down with wet & dry


After 3 hours in the pot. I then rinsed with cold water, sprayed them with WD40, and applied acs stick on decals. I then went over the decals with clear lacquer to hopefully preserve them when they're ridden.








So don't use dylon. Rit is the way to go.

all built.

Retrodan72:
They look spot on Andy, a fantastic job. 8)

Not sure clear lacquer will keep the decals on though mate. :-\

dancetothedrummersbeat:

--- Quote from: Retrodan72 on February 11, 2013, 06:11 PM ---They look spot on Andy, a fantastic job. 8)

Not sure clear lacquer will keep the decals on though mate. :-\

--- End quote ---

Thanks Dan. We'll see if it works. Aren't there stencils that you can buy to spray the logos on?

deeman:

--- Quote from: Retrodan72 on February 11, 2013, 06:11 PM ---They look spot on Andy, a fantastic job. 8)

Not sure clear lacquer will keep the decals on though mate. :-\

--- End quote ---

X2 They look great but nothing will preserve the logos if you use the brakes on them.even if they are stencilled,it is only paint and will rub straight off :daumenhoch:

Retrodan72:
I had the same quandary last year, I wanted a set of Zs to ride on my DP but also wanted logos on them. I asked about and listened to advice and it seemed that there was no way of preserving the logos on a rider. ::)

In the end, I saved up and got an identical set of wheels so that I have a show set and a rider set. :daumenhoch:

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