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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: Chromo Buzz on October 11, 2011, 10:40 PM
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Evening chap's,
Hoping you guy's can point me in the right direction on a dilema i have :-\.......i spotted some yellow tuff's on Ebay.com late one night for a BIN price that was too good to turn down (though no Int. shipping), though i believe if you dont ask you dont get. Emailed the seller & he said yes (top bloke) :daumenhoch:, they arrived in 1 week from the states & no custom's charge which was a result!! My dilema is do i dye them (yellow) or after reading another thread on here do i get them aqua blasted??
Here's the one's from the state's(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/zz80/buzzer1971/skywaytuff2steelhubbed001.jpg)
In the photo's they look pretty sweet, i want to put these on a carpet queen so they need to be 10/10
Now about 8 months ago i had another pair of yellow tuff's which were faded so i went down the dyeing route, though stupidly i read a thread on here wrong & put 3pkt's of dye instead of 2....doh!! They went from this (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/zz80/buzzer1971/yellowskywaydying002.jpg) to this(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/zz80/buzzer1971/yellowskywaydying007.jpg) Then tried dyeing them to red & fooked up, so they are gonna be black now. Dont wanna screw these one's up, so any advice would be greatly appreciated :daumenhoch:
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I would try the less aggressive option first - the old dish washer..
If that fails - very, very fine wet and dry paper to remove the discolour and some good neutral boot polish.
and then Aqua blast if its not the result you want - I can give you the details of the chap I used in my thread.
if that does not do it dye em.
;)
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simple - try bleaching them - the colour should fade out if it's not had a fixer added - won't hurt to try - will need to polish up metal parts after - couple of days in a check regularly
cheers B ;)
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I think hes after advice on what to do with the yellow tuffs he's just bought rather than the other ones which he's already fecked up :)
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my mistake :D
if you dye them used DYLON DYE / GOLDEN GLOW x 2
the orange one's will dye to red if you want - you just need to get the technique right and use the right stuff
here's a quick way of doing it
the Gorden Ramsay way of dying wheels [/size]
take 1 set of OGK's - slightly faded
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2016-2.jpg)
wash
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2017-2.jpg)
pick out any dirty bits missed
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2018-2.jpg)
scrape off any brake marks
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2019-2.jpg)
bleach
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2020-2.jpg)
hot water
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2004-3.jpg)
salt
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2002-3.jpg)
dye
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2003-3.jpg)
put in and leave for 24 hours - turning and stirring every so often
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2005-3.jpg)
cover
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2006-3.jpg)
take out and wash in cold water - then dry
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2008-3.jpg)
now ready to serve - i mean ride - DONE
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2009-3.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2010-3.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2015-2.jpg)
cheers B[/size]
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great result there bendy :daumenhoch:
my mistake :D
if you dye them used DYLON DYE / GOLDEN GLOW x 2
the orange one's will dye to red if you want - you just need to get the technique right and use the right stuff
here's a quick way of doing it
the Gorden Ramsay way of dying wheels [/size]
take 1 set of OGK's - slightly faded
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2016-2.jpg)
wash
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2017-2.jpg)
pick out any dirty bits missed
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2018-2.jpg)
scrape off any brake marks
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2019-2.jpg)
bleach
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2020-2.jpg)
hot water
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2004-3.jpg)
salt
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2002-3.jpg)
dye
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2003-3.jpg)
put in and leave for 24 hours - turning and stirring every so often
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2005-3.jpg)
cover
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2006-3.jpg)
take out and wash in cold water - then dry
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2008-3.jpg)
now ready to serve - i mean ride - DONE
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2009-3.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2010-3.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/tt183/ELEVENTEENBENDYCAT/bmx2015-2.jpg)
cheers B[/size]
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I think hes after advice on what to do with the yellow tuffs he's just bought rather than the other ones which he's already fecked up :)
You were spot on mate, it was the new one's i needed the advice on :daumenhoch:
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Excellent work on those OGK's Bendycat :smitten:, it was your thread i followed last time but i fecked up on by putting one too many packets of the dye in the pot :uglystupid2:
They ended up like this when i tried dyeing them red(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/zz80/buzzer1971/skywaytuff2steelhubbed010.jpg)
I'm gonna dye these black now, they will go on an 85 Sport (future build) f/forks powdered in yellow with black components, So all is not lost :)
Thanks again guy's for your advice ;) :daumenhoch:
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I can only guess that it is where you get a top layer on skyway mags - this looks faded and mostly on the inside of the spokes and not the spines of the spokes so to speak - it looks like a layer of dust that won't move
when doing up skyways you some times have a load of this on them - this needs to be removed or it can show up after a dye as dark patches
I guess you have three things to try here - sand them down again and this will take a long time with hard work - or auqa blast them but cost big money or dye them black and polish up the hubs to a good finish to make them look good
B ;)