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Title: Yellow Skyway Colour Restoration (very effective!)
Post by: diesel on September 06, 2005, 02:32 PM

First off - I have to give respect to those crazy lads at RaleighBurner.com for this:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/magburner/phpBB2/index.php'sid=92b06fc574931f85f74d993564b427c0

For this you will need the follow items: 1 large bucket (B&Q or other), Some scouring pads and detergent, 1 container of table salt, 2 small tins of Dylon yellow No.2. 1 pair of rubber gloves!

Here it is in stages: This is what they looked like before I started
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v655/dieseldmc/sky1.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v655/dieseldmc/sky2.jpg)

a) Start by cleaning your wheels, I found out at the end that the better your preperation is the better the final results will be. Therefore I would suggest that your scrub out any small marks and blemishes at this stage (also clean the inside of the hub with a toothbrush to get all the crap out + I would also recommend that you remover the spindles bearings and degreese the whole wheel.

b) leave them to soak for at least a couple of hours in hot soapy water:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v655/dieseldmc/sky3.jpg)

c) Then dump all the water and give them a quick rinse off, Refill the bucket with hot water (a mixture of tap and boiled) Then empty the two Dylon tins and plenty of salt ( I pre mixed this in a seperate jug of boiling water, and added about half of the salt).
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v655/dieseldmc/sky4.jpg)

d) Turn the wheels and stir the liquid every 10 minutes for about an hour, then I just let them sit in it over night. I don't know if they need this long but it was getting late.

And in the morning:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v655/dieseldmc/sky5.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v655/dieseldmc/sky6.jpg)

Have fun!

Title: Re: Yellow Skyway Colour Restoration (very effective!)
Post by: Kelly on September 06, 2005, 02:40 PM

Blimey.

Title: Re: Yellow Skyway Colour Restoration (very effective!)
Post by: retrogeezer on September 06, 2005, 03:14 PM

WOW!!

I should have done that before selling them Dan!! ;D


Cue, scores of resto'd tuffs on ebay......I got some red ones to do!

Title: Re: Yellow Skyway Colour Restoration (very effective!)
Post by: beard1973 on September 06, 2005, 03:23 PM

Quote from: diesel on September 06, 2005, 02:32 PM

First off - I have to give respect to those crazy lads at RaleighBurner.com for this:

A few of the lads on The Burner Forum have undertaken this and they have had some AMAZING results...

Others have tried bleaching White Mags that had yellowed... Again... AMAZING results!!

Title: Re: Yellow Skyway Colour Restoration (very effective!)
Post by: ORB on September 06, 2005, 03:28 PM

Dave Giller has been doing this for ages ;)

And bleach, thats in the rules is it not?

Title: Re: Yellow Skyway Colour Restoration (very effective!)
Post by: diesel on September 06, 2005, 03:43 PM

I believe you can add bleach when you pre-soak them?

I didn't, hence its not in the above process, but if it helps then go for it.

Title: Re: Yellow Skyway Colour Restoration (very effective!)
Post by: scary_leary on September 06, 2005, 03:49 PM

nice..

Title: Re: Yellow Skyway Colour Restoration (very effective!)
Post by: Stodgy on September 06, 2005, 03:52 PM

Nice one!

Hmmm...new Skyways in white + Dylon dye = any colour you like NOS!

Excellent  ;D

Title: Re: Yellow Skyway Colour Restoration (very effective!)
Post by: black rat on September 06, 2005, 04:49 PM

Excellent !

 8)

Title: Re: Yellow Skyway Colour Restoration (very effective!)
Post by: cookem on September 06, 2005, 06:33 PM

Picked up this piece of advice from another OS BMX forum (won't give name to protect the innocent) and according to them the following is the best method for cleaning Tuff's:-

Stick them in the dishwasher normal cycle, normal powder, one on the top and one on the bottom then drench them in WD40 leave for a while like 2 hrs. wipe off excess WD40.

Hope that helps.

Title: Re: Yellow Skyway Colour Restoration (very effective!)
Post by: ORB on September 06, 2005, 07:28 PM

lol...

i was first to suggest said Dishwasher trick way way back on said forum.

They thought i was mad!

Oh,

Dont use normal detergent, use the stuff to remove limescale from your dishwasher....

Title: Re: Yellow Skyway Colour Restoration (very effective!)
Post by: cookem on September 06, 2005, 07:36 PM

What about the metal parts of  the wheels, do they have to be stripped first when using the dishwasher method?

Title: Re: Yellow Skyway Colour Restoration (very effective!)
Post by: ORB on September 06, 2005, 07:43 PM

just take the bearings, freewheel and axle off, clean off any extra mingness and bang em in.

Title: Re: Yellow Skyway Colour Restoration (very effective!)
Post by: Rombloke on September 06, 2005, 08:42 PM

ok, think that the rule of thumb here is if you want to dye white ones to a colour, you need to cook em in the dye, so a metal conainer and small camping type stove would be the answer.

also, yes, white one even if really shitty can be pulled back to life by soaking in lots of neat bleach.

and as for the light recolouring, yes it obviously works well, the pictures show that, this can also be done with most nylon items, (seats etc ). and the wd40 always works a treat but it will take an age for your brakes to work properly.

Dave

Title: Re: Yellow Skyway Colour Restoration (very effective!)
Post by: jellis on September 08, 2005, 05:20 PM

wow :o
can you do GREEN?
JELLIS

Title: Re: Yellow Skyway Colour Restoration (very effective!)
Post by: ash on September 11, 2005, 08:52 PM

do you recon it wouldwork on old yellowing white zytecs?
i want them blue .....do you think that they'll go green?
should i bleach them first? :-\