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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: haro magnet on June 09, 2010, 03:50 PM

Title: graphite tuffs
Post by: haro magnet on June 09, 2010, 03:50 PM
hi need some help with 1st gen graphite tuffs does anyone know who restores them in the UK. can get it done in the states but dont want to send them out there
Title: Re: graphite tuffs
Post by: meticulous on June 09, 2010, 05:13 PM
just curious, but how do they actually restore them without pulling them apart and distroying them?    ???

sam
Title: Re: graphite tuffs
Post by: haro magnet on June 09, 2010, 07:26 PM
just curious, but how do they actually restore them without pulling them apart and distroying them?    ???

sam
[e] dont actually know but have heard you can have slight dings and scractes sanded out and they come up like new.but have not seen this myself this is why iam asking.i have been told this can be done in the u.s
Title: Re: graphite tuffs
Post by: meticulous on June 09, 2010, 08:23 PM
i think they must either lightly buff up the plastic after sanding or have them painted...  good luck!!!! ;)
Title: Re: graphite tuffs
Post by: MartyC on June 13, 2010, 08:20 AM
They get media blasted, Waza in NSW does them here in Australia but any good blaster should be able to do them.  It needs to be media blasting though, not shot or sand  :daumenhoch:.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrasive_blasting
Title: Re: graphite tuffs
Post by: Bigplinky on June 13, 2010, 08:23 AM
Stuff like that normally looks better with the battle scares than some gash repair which has a different surface finish to the original, I'd leave them well alone.
Title: Re: graphite tuffs
Post by: haro magnet on June 17, 2010, 04:38 PM
They get media blasted, Waza in NSW does them here in Australia but any good blaster should be able to do them.  It needs to be media blasting though, not shot or sand  :daumenhoch:.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrasive_blasting
mmm do they look good as new when they been media blasted or s**t
thanks
Title: Re: graphite tuffs
Post by: pkradman on June 17, 2010, 08:25 PM
fcuk it .. just get sam or neil to paint em with dulux matt emulsion  , they have the midas touch when it come to paint wheels  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: graphite tuffs
Post by: ozone on June 18, 2010, 07:30 AM
Stuff like that normally looks better with the battle scares than some gash repair which has a different surface finish to the original, I'd leave them well alone.

+1 on that.  If you really want to devalue your wheels then go for it...
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