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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: gmac on February 19, 2006, 03:21 PM
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I reckoned that they would never get used in the state they were in, so I got the old Dylon & salt mix out again, and brought these Z-mags back from the dead :)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d158/gmac-01/IMG_0319.jpg)
They were both in a sh!t state to start with. Both had heavy brake marks from using black blocks on white rims, and also the usual smearing of the decals ::)
The one above is how they both were. I had already cleaned one, before I decided to go and get my camera
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d158/gmac-01/IMG_0321.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d158/gmac-01/IMG_0322.jpg)
They came up pretty well with a bit of time spent with various cleaning agents, scourers, and wet & dry
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d158/gmac-01/IMG_0325.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d158/gmac-01/IMG_0324.jpg)
Into the deadly dip for a transformation Kat Deeley would be proud of
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d158/gmac-01/IMG_0329.jpg)
Looking good after a couple of hours, but I left them in overnight anyway cos it was getting late.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d158/gmac-01/IMG_0330.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d158/gmac-01/IMG_0332.jpg)
The final result -
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d158/gmac-01/IMG_0366.jpg)
Cheers
Guy :daumenhoch:
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look spot on i am doing some zs this week ran out of dylon at me shop
did you use 3 and 1/2 1b salt
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I didn't measure the salt, I just put loads in & I used 4 pots of Dylon. Maybe a bit excessive, but I just chucked in what I had :daumenhoch:
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Will this work with z rims :) i have a nos white and lilac could i make a matching set then ??? and what colour will make a match?
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do em black Nana then you can be sure of a decent result
4 tins is best, and you may want to go as hot as you can keep it for the Z rims Tom, i had a bit of trouble getting them to take properly till i went nuts with the heat
oh, and on another point, i tried to dye some brake blocks, and it did not work.
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;D Brake blocks thats as bad as trying to dye mushroom grips ;D ok i will make a steel tank to put them on me hob ;) black you say :) is there no way of taking the lilac out as i have seen dye stripper stuff wonder if this would work :-\ also made by dylon bye the way :)
Oh and thanks ever so mr orb
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Try bleachin the lilac one first. I reckon whatever colour you dye them, they will turn out different if they start different colours/shades.
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try to mix up kids paints to get lilac then dye white on then both different colour
cant think of an easy way bar black