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Skyway wheel cleaning help??

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burnerboy:
Hi guys and gals,

Any ideas and tips on how to clean these bad boys?

I have tried that ozziis wheel cleaner on a small part of the wheel but don't seem to do much.

I know the plastic is old and bound to be faded but any tips or tricks you have tried will be greatly received.

And yes there to go on that burner frame so get over it!

Picklez:
Others may hopefully pop along and provide better advise, and I really don't claim to be any kind of expert, but the following has worked well on Z rims in much worse condition than those lovely tuffs - I won't comment on the frame  :LolLolLolLol:

Wet wet-and-dry, down through the grits. I start with 600, then 1200, then 2000grit. Others may recommend also going to 3000 or 4000grit, but I didn't find the need. Some also then mention to finally wipe (not the braking area) with WD40 once finished.

One of the other options is Aqua Blasting, but (personally) I've seen a combination of great and not-so-great results with  that method. If you find a company that know what they're doing it seems to work ok. But the results I've seen from some companies leave too much of a mottled finish on the surface, probably either from too high a pressure and/or a particulate size that is too large.

As I say, I'm no expert, not done a set of Tuffs myself, but in principle the above should work.

HTH's good luck.

deeman:
fOOK ME!! THOSE ARE BEIGER THAN MINE!!!
The only way to do it sympathetically is to peroxide them....look up threads on here, probably in Tech and Resto section...
You will need either liquid peroxide or the pastey hairdressing type....and sunloght!!!
Good luck and don't kill any seagulls!!!  :daumenhoch:

Midschoolfool:
Don't peroxide them. Only do that if you are desperate and they are white.

It's just surface oxidisation. Use the sandpaper and elbow grease method. Friend of mine did it that way and they look new.

If it's too deep use Rit dye but the one for nylon.

burnerboy:
Just thought I'd update you all on what I used to clean the wheels.

In the end I took them to my local sand blasters but used corn cob media to blast them with.
I think it worked really well, was a bit of a faf to get the pressures set right as was quite a fine grade I had bought but once sorted it took me about 20 mins a wheel to do.
It got all the white kak off along with alot of the surface marks bringing the yellow back into them.
I also have given them a good overnight soak in wd40 which really finished em off nice.

If you want any more info just ask.

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