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Chromo Buzz:

--- Quote from: Spen69 on October 12, 2014, 10:59 PM ---Have you tried aquablasting them? Gets rid of 30 years of crap in about 5mins..... :daumenhoch:

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Have just had a set of lavender tuffs(i stupidly dyed purple 4yrs back) :idiot2:,aqua blasted and they have come up great. The only trouble is you loose the original smooth finish that you have from when they come out of the original tooling, so i don't really wanna go down the aqua blasting route. Thanks for the suggestion though ;).

Buz :daumenhoch:.

Chromo Buzz:

--- Quote from: chubby on October 12, 2014, 04:09 PM ---Hydrogen peroxide is the best bet chum. Trouble is it relies on sunshine to work best, this time of year you'll be fooked im afraid  :chin:

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Cheer's for that idea chubby, i have vaguely heard of the peroxide route. I think i may have to leave them till next Spring now though, wrong time of year now :'(.

Buz :daumenhoch:.

Andy1970:
Retrobrite details: http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/ and recipe: http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/Retr0Bright+Gel
I used it on some yellowed tufs and a yellowed Kashi Aero and they all came out white like new.I was very imperesed with results.  :daumenhoch:

hokuspokus74:
When greasing up the hubs how do you do the back of them to protect them from the bleach wrecking them?how many bottles of bleach do you need? :daumenhoch:

cheers

Bfellows:
I used a kids paint brush to gob the backs up with grease - don't scrimp either as mine still suffered a tiny bit on the rears from black pitting.  I used 42 litres of bleach in the end even with umpteen empty pop bottles full of water to reduce the volume.  I did both wheels at once though in an underbed blanket box from Ikea.  Took 3 weeks and 4 times through the dishwasher to get them something like.

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