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Title: z rim dye help
Post by: GTnumber1 on February 04, 2009, 09:43 PM
got a pair of cream mike buff z`ds which have seen better days all the writing`s almost gone and want to restore them. im in two minds what colour to them depending on which one of my builds i use them on! green or white!!!!  can i dye them white and what dye do i use cos dylon dont do a white dye. any help would be much appreciated

cheers :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: z rim dye help
Post by: jT Racing on February 05, 2009, 12:57 AM
nah mate, you can bleach them, but they are off white and will stay off white when bleached. i have wo sets and bleached them both and theystayed off white and one set was in for a week. Makes no odds, but you can dye them. bleacing wil bring them up nice though.sand off any brake rub and scrub clean before and after.
Title: Re: z rim dye help
Post by: snav69 on February 05, 2009, 08:21 AM
What JT says  :daumenhoch:
I have just (last week) taken mine out of bleach and they are off white/cream but they have come up pretty clean  :smitten:

Before
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n164/snav69/DSCF1171.jpg)
After
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/n164/snav69/DSCF1308.jpg)

 :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: z rim dye help
Post by: GTnumber1 on February 05, 2009, 06:30 PM
cheers guys but can they be dyed white white and wot dye do i use???


 :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: z rim dye help
Post by: jT Racing on February 05, 2009, 07:29 PM
fook knows, i don't see how you could dye anything lighter than it's original colour but hey ho give it a go, i'm curious to see if that would work, do they sell white dye of any kind?
Title: Re: z rim dye help
Post by: GTnumber1 on February 05, 2009, 07:33 PM
fook nos ;D  but i rember buying a front skyway off of here cant remember from who but im prity sure its been dyed. fook it maybe ill do em green

what colours did the buff zeds come in
Title: Re: z rim dye help
Post by: jT Racing on February 05, 2009, 07:35 PM
off white ;D
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