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Title: What would happen if.........................
Post by: munners on February 13, 2008, 08:15 AM

i put a pair of yellow tuffs in bleach?

Basically i have got a set of alloyed hubbed ones that have dirt stains on. I have put WHITE 3 sets through the bleaching process before but i wondered if it would work on coloured tuffs?  I am going to eventually dye them yellow too but i want the dirt to come out first.

Would bleach do this or would i need to use light sand paper in order to get the best results?

Nick  ;)

Title: Re: What would happen if.........................
Post by: pickle on February 13, 2008, 08:28 AM

from what others have done, i think it just cleans all the grime off them rather than bleach out any colour??

just need to grease up the hubs so they don't go rusty and fook up.....but then you knew that already didn't ya  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: What would happen if.........................
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on February 13, 2008, 07:51 PM

loads of work
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y166/gtperformer/100_1134.jpg)

Title: Re: What would happen if.........................
Post by: MartyC on February 13, 2008, 08:25 PM

As Pickle says, the bleach does not remove the colour just the ingrained dirt.

Like Pete's a bit of elbow grease and before dyeing...

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g114/martycoughlin/IMG_0096.jpg)

Don;t foget to grease the alloy hubs, bleach has a tendency to turn them black  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: What would happen if.........................
Post by: Peter J on February 13, 2008, 08:26 PM

Foookin ell good job..... :daumenhoch: do you have any skin left on your hands  :'(

Title: Re: What would happen if.........................
Post by: Nicfred on February 14, 2008, 11:53 AM

yep i left some yellow ones in  for days and it didnt send em a different colour just got all the poo out  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: What would happen if.........................
Post by: Gary72 on February 14, 2008, 08:59 PM

Has anyone tried that CILAT BANG ???????