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She's finally arrived - Changa Build
Picklez:
Thanks guys :4_17_5:
--- Quote from: Ady on July 02, 2020, 05:44 PM ---How are your fingers after building x4 cross pattern especially with heavy gauge spokes.. (been there still aching till this day :D)
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LOL, not too bad, but bending spokes was a bit 'hold your breath'.
And not as bad as they are right now. Panaracers arrived. Covered in years of dust & grime, note to all: NOS does not necessarily equal mint!
Anyway, hit them with cleaner and a good scrub before the hair dryer treatment - did this before my good lady arrived home, bathroom didn't look pretty before a good wipe round to hide the evidence. Only trouble is I had to confess we now need a new tyre restoring brush, something she advised a can be bought from all good chemist shops, more commonly known as a 'Nail brush' :-\
Anyway, update soon...
Picklez:
Third & final tyre saga, honest.
The Panaracers finally arrived yesterday. Very happy to take delivery but man it looked like there was quite a bit of dried oil residue in the tread area. Working from home, so when they arrived I unwrapped them but had to wait until lunchtime to hit them with the hairdryer, to see how easy they'd clean up. Unfortunately the outcome wasn't as straightforward as with the earlier ST's or IRC's, as it transpired that the residue build up was a combination of dried oils but also years of dust and cack ingrained in the the tread recesses.
Pictures don't show the severity of this very well but they're all I took:
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So this time I hit them with some bathroom type cleaner and the nail brush
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Then the hair dryer, (again pictures don't show it too well) the result was, one tyre came up very nice and clean (top in both pics) but the other still had quite a bit of evidence of residue (bottom in both pics)
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Picklez:
So, a little risky but decided to try hitting the less clean one with some 'back-to-black' type bumper restorer. No pictures, but basically went around the whole of the treaded area applying it very carefully with an old toothbrush & then let it dry over night.
The result, darn pleasing:
The one that came out clean with scrubbing and hair drier
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The one that I back-to-black-ed
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And a final fitted picture, with RadKap's too:
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Finally, moving forward on the next update, though I'm having to slow a little due to waiting on the chromer etc. Still a few little bits to share in the coming updates, to keep things dribbling along in the meantime.
Stay safe & enjoy the weekend :radbmxsmilie:
bobafett:
Nice resto skills Pete.... tyres look awesome mate :daumenhoch:
deeman:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Old-BMX-stamped-Tuff-Neck-trick-nuts-24-tpi/174331265703?hash=item2896f402a7:g:1XAAAOSwouxe77vq
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