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Title: whitening grips
Post by: wildon on January 05, 2011, 01:20 PM
Anybody got any good tips on whitening up a pair of old grips?  They are white/blue unitrons so cant stick them in bleach cause of the blue underneath  :)
Title: Re: whitening grips
Post by: crazycraig on January 05, 2011, 01:24 PM
I stick alot of my stuff in the dishwasher .Grips ,Seats and you can even fit a skyway wheel in there . Ive just done some grips . 2 cycles and they were sweet !
Title: Re: whitening grips
Post by: wildon on January 05, 2011, 01:26 PM
Nice .. i'll give it a try  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: whitening grips
Post by: sweetbeats on January 05, 2011, 01:26 PM
Stuck white mushrooms in the washer came out cool-got dirty again within half an hour though  :crazy2:
Title: Re: whitening grips
Post by: wildon on January 05, 2011, 01:33 PM
They're only for a show pony so shouldn't be a problem  :)
Title: Re: whitening grips
Post by: crazycraig on January 05, 2011, 01:37 PM
If they are really grubby soak them in gunk beforehand  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: whitening grips
Post by: sweetbeats on January 05, 2011, 01:39 PM
They're only for a show pony so shouldn't be a problem  :)

Yer laughin' then-i wet the grips first then rubbed the soap powder on em then stuck them in with a white wash.
Title: Re: whitening grips
Post by: wildon on January 05, 2011, 01:40 PM
They were grubby but i've scrubbed them up pretty good.  They are just not whitey white .. not looking for miracles but hopefully the dishwasher will bring them out some more  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: whitening grips
Post by: wildon on January 05, 2011, 01:42 PM
Yer laughin' then-i wet the grips first then rubbed the soap powder on em then stuck them in with a white wash.

Was actually just about to stick the washing machine on .. will do that first  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: whitening grips
Post by: sweetbeats on January 05, 2011, 01:45 PM
Yer laughin' then-i wet the grips first then rubbed the soap powder on em then stuck them in with a white wash.

Was actually just about to stick the washing machine on .. will do that first  :daumenhoch:

Or rub with washing up liquid first before wash is also good  8)
Title: Re: whitening grips
Post by: brummie on January 05, 2011, 01:51 PM
toothpaste  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: whitening grips
Post by: brummie on January 05, 2011, 01:51 PM
I stick alot of my stuff in the dishwasher .Grips ,Seats and you can even fit a skyway wheel in there . Ive just done some grips . 2 cycles and they were sweet !

they came out okay then craig  :daumenhoch:  8)
Title: Re: whitening grips
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on January 05, 2011, 07:17 PM


i normally wipe some of my @ss sweat on em, do you want a jar  ???
Title: Re: whitening grips
Post by: dordymush on January 06, 2011, 09:47 PM
i would have thought that would have melted em pete  :shocked:
Title: Re: whitening grips
Post by: wildon on January 07, 2011, 06:11 PM
i normally wipe some of my @ss sweat on em, do you want a jar  ???

They have been in washing machine on 90 and then a go in the dishwasher and they are still not that white so yeah, thanks Pete, i'll give that a try  :daumenhoch:
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