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Title: BLUE TUFFS ,, WHAT DO YOU RECKON?? ??
Post by: dwain dibbly on March 30, 2008, 10:10 PM

just got these off ebay , but before i bid i asked if they have been dyed
but he said they haven't but im not sure :-\ :-\ :-\
where do i stand if they turn out to be dyed??

(http://i20.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/e3/de/c0fd_1.JPG)

Title: Re: BLUE TUFFS ,, WHAT DO YOU RECKON?? ??
Post by: crazycraig on March 30, 2008, 10:11 PM

You cant ever prove it .Re dye them they should come up mint  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: BLUE TUFFS ,, WHAT DO YOU RECKON?? ??
Post by: dwain dibbly on March 30, 2008, 10:17 PM

Quote from: CRAZYCRAIG on March 30, 2008, 10:11 PM

You cant ever prove it .Re dye them they should come up mint  :daumenhoch:

i tried dying a set before and had a nightmare >:( >:(
i haven't got anything large enough to boil them up in  :-\ :-\

Title: Re: BLUE TUFFS ,, WHAT DO YOU RECKON?? ??
Post by: lazychubs on March 30, 2008, 10:35 PM

pay rombloke to do it for ya
hes the daddy at it

Title: Re: BLUE TUFFS ,, WHAT DO YOU RECKON?? ??
Post by: MartyC on March 30, 2008, 10:36 PM

Quote from: dwain dibbly on March 30, 2008, 10:17 PM

Quote from: CRAZYCRAIG on March 30, 2008, 10:11 PM

You cant ever prove it .Re dye them they should come up mint  :daumenhoch:

i tried dying a set before and had a nightmare >:( >:(
i haven't got anything large enough to boil them up in  :-\ :-\

Don't need to boil the water (although it does help) just have it plenty hot, with some salt and keep stirring  :daumenhoch:  PM Rombloke, he's the Skyway restoration guru  :daumenhoch:.  I had to do my yellow ones twice, from this...

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g114/martycoughlin/IMG_0089.jpg)

to this...

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/g114/martycoughlin/IMG_0643.jpg)

Title: Re: BLUE TUFFS ,, WHAT DO YOU RECKON?? ??
Post by: lazychubs on March 30, 2008, 11:14 PM

oh and rich waxins nos blue tuff 2's was marble effect like that

Title: Re: BLUE TUFFS ,, WHAT DO YOU RECKON?? ??
Post by: electro808 on April 03, 2008, 12:31 PM

Those wheels have been on eBay a few times but they always had a silly BIN and nobody bought 'em.  When they came back on for a £10 starting bid, I still thought to myself, who's going to buy those?  I thought they'd struggle due to the fade and the fact that there a Tuff 1.  I was surprised to see how high they actually went in the end considering their condition. 

I think the seller buys a lot of his gear from the States and they're probably just faded from sitting in the Nevada sunshine for the last 20+ years.

Have you received them yet?  I'd be interested to see if you could mint them up as they look like a lot of work.  Maybe post some pics in the Tech restoration section to show us how they turn out :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: BLUE TUFFS ,, WHAT DO YOU RECKON?? ??
Post by: Rombloke on April 03, 2008, 06:12 PM

yeah, when they are old old, which they are cos there tuff I's, they will have a tendency to have a bit of a marble effect to em...so i reckon they are un-dyed

Dave

Title: Re: BLUE TUFFS ,, WHAT DO YOU RECKON?? ??
Post by: scowey on April 03, 2008, 10:32 PM

My Gran wants her blue rinse back Dibbly  :LolLolLolLol: