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Title: will colored skyways be harmed if left in water with a bit of bleach in?
Post by: skyway or the highway on March 30, 2006, 03:29 PM

I saw that skyway bleaching guide posted by 2Fresh, very useful. Will the color of other skyways be affected if soaked in water with just a little bleach, does anyone know?

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Title: Re: will colored skyways be harmed if left in water with a bit of bleach in?
Post by: oberonspacefruit on March 30, 2006, 04:14 PM

firstly, why would you want to do that? what are you trying to do?

what colour are they? there are better ways of cleaning skyways, if thats what your after...

Title: Re: will colored skyways be harmed if left in water with a bit of bleach in?
Post by: Jazzchimp on March 30, 2006, 10:55 PM

There are loads of posts on here about cleaning the muddy funksters if you search

Personally Ajax them as hard as you can!!

Title: Re: will colored skyways be harmed if left in water with a bit of bleach in?
Post by: sam hudson on March 31, 2006, 10:33 AM

Forget the water,thin bleach em,litres of it.My white Skyways were in a bin full off neat thin bleach for three weeks and they came out nice.As the lads say,ajax works,so does fine sandpaper(they have to be really poor for that though).
Just dont try bead blasting,its too strong(unless you get a blaster who has a low powered blaster).

Title: Re: will colored skyways be harmed if left in water with a bit of bleach in?
Post by: Bren Gunn on April 02, 2006, 08:48 AM

I wouldn't think bleach would be a good idea on any Tuffs unless they are white, and if you do go down that road, you must keep an eye on the alloy hubs, the bleach can eat them.

If you need to get them back to an even colour, dye them with Dylon. Check the Tech section for the thread.

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