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Title: I think have just knackered a nos white Skyway up…….
Post by: SDF on September 30, 2016, 06:23 PM

I  think have just knackered a  nos front  white  Skyway up……. Tried to dye it green with five Tropical Green Dylons and salted boiling water , left into soak  for over 24 HOURS at hasn’t taken at all,  it looks like  a whitey green colour, far far away from the actual dye colour it has been submerged into. Cant lie I'm gutted !!!!  I am calling on you good people to give me some advise on  how I can rectify this situation. Hoping the wheel isn't scrap and I'm left with one nos rear white coaster Tuff Wheel. :-[

Title: Re: I think have just knackered a nos white Skyway up…….
Post by: deeman on September 30, 2016, 08:22 PM

Aqua blasting should bring the front one up again....or peroxide.
As for changing the colour I would sell the white ones and look for a green set;;

Title: Re: I think have just knackered a nos white Skyway up…….
Post by: oldschoolace on September 30, 2016, 08:41 PM

How old is the dye?

Title: Re: I think have just knackered a nos white Skyway up…….
Post by: brummie on October 01, 2016, 11:19 AM

Bin the front and sell me the rear
Look for an og green set

The front won't ever be white again, you would have to redye, could be patchy

Title: Re: I think have just knackered a nos white Skyway up…….
Post by: rodriguez on October 01, 2016, 01:36 PM

Heres a how from the only thing I'd do different is use RIT dye instead of Dylon and also if you could come up with a way to keep the water hot, I think someone use a wallpaper steamer by putting the end the steam comes out of into the container, someone else set a large tin container on a bbq.

http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=51182

Title: Re: I think have just knackered a nos white Skyway up…….
Post by: SDF on October 01, 2016, 03:53 PM

Many thanks for all your tips people. Luckily  the bleach and then the peroxide has done the job! The Dylon hadn't hardly seeped in/impregnated  the Tuff Wheel surface . I am sticking with the white now.  Learnt a bloody good lesson there!

Much appreciated.

SDF. :daumenhoch: