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Title: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: Funkyworm on June 28, 2014, 09:13 PM: Ok so i picked up a set of new WHITE tuffs the other week, the guy has only used them once but with BLACK brake pads.

Anyone know a quick easy way to remove this without marking up the wheels ?

Thanks in advance
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: Munnyella on June 28, 2014, 09:43 PM: you could try T cut or similar, but I reckon careful application of a razor blade is the easy way!!

MM
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: Funkyworm on June 28, 2014, 09:58 PM: Quote from: Munnyella on June 28, 2014, 09:43 PM
you could try T cut or similar, but I reckon careful application of a razor blade is the easy way!!

MM
Yeah I've got the razor blade out but think I'll wait for daylight to try it properly.... Scotch brite pad maybe ???
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: BMX1973 on June 28, 2014, 10:15 PM: Toothbrush and bleach :-\
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: bigfatolly on June 28, 2014, 11:22 PM: Stanley knife blade,hold it with both hands and kind of scrape it towards you with the blade at a slight angle :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: john4130 on June 29, 2014, 09:53 AM: bar keepers friend worked great for me with little effort.
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/8868/Bar-Keepers-Friend?gclid=CjgKEAjw8r6dBRDZprbmndPi90sSJAB2U6dRbRnVUaDX9Rpxxfwi5PSBxbEtYTZEgDxmvZvbCWwr1PD_BwE&src=gfeed&s_kwcid=AL!49!3!52965942731!!!g!42447400380!&ef_id=UfPcSQAABLpUlsh2:20140629085254:s (http://www.lakeland.co.uk/8868/Bar-Keepers-Friend?gclid=CjgKEAjw8r6dBRDZprbmndPi90sSJAB2U6dRbRnVUaDX9Rpxxfwi5PSBxbEtYTZEgDxmvZvbCWwr1PD_BwE&src=gfeed&s_kwcid=AL!49!3!52965942731!!!g!42447400380!&ef_id=UfPcSQAABLpUlsh2:20140629085254:s)
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: Jt on June 29, 2014, 01:48 PM: One of them white magic sponges will do it...
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: pickle on June 29, 2014, 08:04 PM: Its a proper cynt of a job in all honesty, anyone that says 'a bit of brake rub but easily sorted' has never done it themselves. I hate it and has put me off buying old tuffs in the past
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: chubby on June 30, 2014, 09:30 PM: Cif & 1 one of those curly metal pan scouring things Cal, scotchbrite works too bud I used purple on some zytecs recently :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: griff on July 01, 2014, 12:17 AM: Tippex :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: maca on July 01, 2014, 07:31 PM: I used Boiling water and did a bit at a time, the hot water soffens the rubber left behind by the brakes and then used a razor for the stubbon bits.
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: benno on July 01, 2014, 07:50 PM: orbital sander, check my z rim resto thread, thats what i used
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: Steve P on July 23, 2014, 12:34 PM: Cream cleanser (Cif) on a kitchen scotch brite sponge ... works every time :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: Bob_Acid on July 23, 2014, 12:51 PM: Craft knife and fine paper.
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: fischflo on July 23, 2014, 06:50 PM: dye tuffs in colour of the brake rub
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: Devilock on July 23, 2014, 07:03 PM: Quote from: fischflo on July 23, 2014, 06:50 PM
dye tuffs in colour of the brake rub

;D
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: Rabdul06 on August 06, 2014, 09:33 PM: Stanley knife blade and drag it towards you keeping it level. Boring job but easy enough. Then go over it all with a scotchbrite scrubby pad thing...
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: Gnarlyscoots on August 06, 2014, 09:40 PM: Bolt the wheel in the frame or fork, lay the blade in the rim and run the wheel away from the blade edge while pressing firmly.

You will get a near finish to the rim and it's not tedious this way either :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Best way to remove coloured brake rub from White Tuffs ????
Post by: deeman on August 09, 2014, 08:37 PM: I use wet n dry. start with 180 grit and work up to 1200, then a bit of t cut. Tedious but works :daumenhoch: