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Title: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: dix on October 14, 2008, 12:19 PM
ok ive got some white mags
ive read the guides but what i want to know has the bleach gota be neat and how long to soak for
cheers dix ;)
Title: Re: bleaching mags
Post by: oberonspacefruit on October 14, 2008, 12:39 PM
skyways?
Title: Re: bleaching mags
Post by: dix on October 14, 2008, 12:46 PM
ammaco white ones
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: Swivel on October 14, 2008, 12:58 PM
Nice mags those... fooking rare also. Weren't they like Zytecs?   ??? :)
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: dix on October 14, 2008, 01:01 PM
i got them off kuwarhero top bloke fast delivery and they are in great condition
just need a little love

any ideas if the bleach has to be neat dood ?
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: beaglepopper on October 14, 2008, 01:29 PM
Click on this thread, its an excellent guide for restoring mags  :daumenhoch:

MAG RESTORING (http://www.raleighburner.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php't=359)
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: dix on October 14, 2008, 02:11 PM
cheers buddy  ;)
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: dix on October 15, 2008, 03:29 PM
ok they have been in there a day

they look cleaner i will give em another day

just one thing i guess its the back wheel there are some black spots like oil splashes ?

shall i just leave em in there and it will sort it self out i had a little scrub but couldnt get them off???????

cheers dix
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: dix on October 15, 2008, 04:11 PM
ok they have been in there a day

they look cleaner i will give em another day

just one thing i guess its the back wheel there are some black spots like oil splashes ?

shall i just leave em in there and it will sort it self out i had a little scrub but couldnt get them off???????

cheers dix

anyone know please ? :P
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: CD17 on October 15, 2008, 04:20 PM
I would take them out give them a real good scrub with Cif & chuck them back in  :daumenhoch:


Also make sure you protect the hub with grease, as I fooked a hub  >:(
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: munners on October 15, 2008, 04:42 PM
Oil splashes are very hard to get out of white tuffs and even harder on Aero Zytecs.

Dont know what your mags looklike though.
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: dix on October 15, 2008, 05:51 PM
munners i will take a pic in a bit

its better to ask you guys as youve done it before :-[
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: dix on October 15, 2008, 06:36 PM
when i first got them you couldnt see nothing but after being in the bleech for a day and a half they have started to appear

last resort is dying em red but wanted white really

 :) any help is gladley appreciated these are for my sons redline they are ammaco ;)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/t244/dixon_024/IMG_3469.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/t244/dixon_024/IMG_3468.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/t244/dixon_024/IMG_3467.jpg)
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: Bigfrawg on October 15, 2008, 07:07 PM

after bleach and a good scrub with jif ( or similar ) if the oil spots are still there , try some fine wet and dry paper.
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: dix on October 15, 2008, 08:24 PM
cheers bigfrawg ;)

i woudnt of been able to sleep so i took em out the bleach now and scrubed like a fooker with cif in the bath

thank god it done it im gona stick em back in the bleech now

are they supposed to back come super white ?

heres a pic of what they are like now with the oilspots removed 8)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/t244/dixon_024/IMG_3477.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/t244/dixon_024/IMG_3474.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/t244/dixon_024/IMG_3475.jpg)
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: jono on October 16, 2008, 10:14 PM
Top job mate, look the dogs now  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: 1984haro on October 19, 2008, 06:50 PM
i take it the hubs just bolt back on ammoco mags??
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: sweetbeats on October 19, 2008, 06:53 PM
Looking spanking them dix top job matey :4_17_5:
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: 1984haro on October 19, 2008, 07:01 PM
If you are bleaching skyways with alloy hubs, Make sure you cover the hubs, And i mean Cover!! them in grease, otherwise they will get eaten by the bleach.
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: magna13 on October 20, 2008, 07:42 AM
wow, been promising myself to have a go at this... after that result i just might do!
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: dix on October 20, 2008, 09:00 AM
im going to do a step by step guide today and get it on here ;)
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: magna13 on October 20, 2008, 04:18 PM
 ;)
Title: Re: bleaching mags advice needed please
Post by: emerbmx on October 20, 2008, 06:41 PM
look sweet as-
if anyone else going to give it a go- make sure you don't breathe too much of that shit in- specially when you're busy scrubbing  :crazy2:
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