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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: munners on December 12, 2007, 10:54 AM
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I recently got a white Kashi. Its yellowed over the years. I have heard that if you place it in sunlight it goes back to a nice bright white. We dont get the sun over here so i have sent my mate over the road to stick it on a sunbed for 12 minutes.
Reckon it will work?
WTF am i doing.
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I have no idea if it will work or not but it's gotta be worth a go.
I would say though that on the odd occassion I've used a sunbed it didn;t make my white headphone cable go back to bright white.
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Just seen this thread as i was busy getting my skyways out the freezer. LOL (i need my smileys back)
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Normally when you leave stuff in direct sunlight it 'fades & yellow's', ie it fades dark colours and yellow's lighter ones?
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Thats what i thought but apparently it works!
I get it back in about 20 mins so i will soon tell ya. im not holding out and i have probably wasted £12 and got my seat nylon cancer!
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No change!
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No change!
I hope your mate didn;t just put the seat in. hope he got himself a bit of UV exposure too.
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I recently got a white Kashi. Its yellowed over the years. I have heard that if you place it in sunlight it goes back to a nice bright white. We dont get the sun over here so i have sent my mate over the road to stick it on a sunbed for 12 minutes.
Reckon it will work?
WTF am i doing.
Nick !!
i think you've been on the sunbed too long !! go and have a lie down mate ! LOL !!
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My mates black! Straight up! Thats why i was pissing myself when he went in.
What the fook am i gonna do now?
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Well if nothing else, we know it dont work now! .
sometime you got to try these things.
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What the fook am i gonna do now?
bleach ?
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aparently it fooks them.
Im gonna dye it black.
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My mates black! Straight up! Thats why i was pissing myself when he went in.
What the fook am i gonna do now?
Tippex LOL!
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My mates black! Straight up! Thats why i was pissing myself when he went in.
What the fook am i gonna do now?
Try a bootle of KIWI SPORT WHITENER FROM TESCOS. No shit!!! i tried evrything and this came up prity white u gota put thin coats on and spred it on evenly, i would put a photo on but my pc is to shite
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My mates black! Straight up! Thats why i was pissing myself when he went in.
What the fook am i gonna do now?
buy mine numbnut....
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What is it?
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footwear whitener
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I will give it a go. Does it turn it nice and white or just slightly?
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I only put a couple of coats on it, it came up ok but not bright white as a nos one. its wurth a try unless u spray it if its only for show, i went to to that trouble trying to get mine so white now im spraying it ORANGE.LOL
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Dye it mate. Wouldnt spray it!
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munners mate i read what happened to jts white kashi, but heres a tip which worked wonders on my white tuffs, instead of submerging in bleach, simply paint a layer of it on and place that in direct sunlight, leave for a few hours only and then rinse and recoat, time consuming but it really worked a treat, i think the key is the uv rays and air getting into the nylon, hence the u571 treatment doing nothing more than eating the materials away !
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Like the sound of that too.Im gonna try the lot. Its a shame to dye a white kashi black!
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Its a shame to dye a white kashi black!
Sure it is !!
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Is that what michael jackson uses ??? :D
Nick you're mad mate hehe... can you not bleach it?
Try a bootle of KIWI SPORT WHITENER FROM TESCOS. No shit!!! i tried evrything and this came up prity white u gota put thin coats on and spred it on evenly, i would put a photo on but my pc is to shite
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Try dyeing blue, before black.
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I tried to bleach a hot seat once, kinda made it a bit lighter, didn't shift the ingrained dirt, dissolved the gold logo and made the rails very rusty. I'd say that attempt failed..... :( ah smilies...... :daumenhoch:
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That's right Mark, bleach all the tuffs you want but leave them seats alone !!! :)
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If you got some serious patience, melt candle wax over the rails before putting it in bleach. I left mine in for hours, then took it out and went over it gently with an abrasive washing pad, then back in the bleach, seat will soon be gleaming. YOU WILL LOSE the gold logos, but our Del will sort you out with those. Rub the wax off with a wooden lolly stick or plastic knife, NOT ANYTHING MADE OF METAL!! I've done two white Kashi's like this, no probs so far! It's another option.
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If you got some serious patience, melt candle wax over the rails before putting it in bleach. I left mine in for hours, then took it out and went over it gently with an abrasive washing pad, then back in the bleach, seat will soon be gleaming. YOU WILL LOSE the gold logos, but our Del will sort you out with those. Rub the wax off with a wooden lolly stick or plastic knife, NOT ANYTHING MADE OF METAL!! I've done two white Kashi's like this, no probs so far! It's another option.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v213/mikamagic1/castle.jpg)
Dedication's what you need :daumenhoch: