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Title: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: neiljonarcus on June 05, 2009, 04:34 PM: tried to bleach these and they are still nicotene yella .now if i paint them in 2 pack poly they will look the dogs nuts
and if i do i always have this doubt in my mind that i have just painted a set of SKYWAY ALLOY HUBBED WHEELS
please cast your thoughts on my dilema thanks :daumenhoch:

before

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070345.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070346.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070347.jpg)

middle

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070373.jpg)

after

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070375.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070376.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070377.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070378.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070379.jpg)
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: moanjam on June 05, 2009, 04:48 PM: tigers still look the dogs mate i'd paint them if they need to be proper white
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: GTnumber1 on June 05, 2009, 05:03 PM: if its gona be a carpet queen then paint em mate cos how ever much you bleech white skyways they never come up brite white :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: neiljonarcus on June 05, 2009, 05:11 PM: as moanjam says "tiger,s" are still mint and i painted them a year ago . and they have been riden alot and heavy braking also :-\
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: the_wheelie_king on June 05, 2009, 05:20 PM: Seems silly to paint them, but if the white still looks a bit yellowy would they not be the perfect candidates for dying into another colour? Can tuff's take to dye like that? They'd look mental in baby blue or something...
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: tigerbrown on June 05, 2009, 05:33 PM: Quote from: n2cus on June 05, 2009, 05:11 PM
as moanjam says "tiger,s" are still mint and i painted them a year ago . and they have been riden alot and heavy braking also :-\

Hope you weren't refering to me when you mentioned heavy breaking??
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: Bigfrawg on June 05, 2009, 05:37 PM: how long did you bleach them for neil ? i only ask as i had a set in a worse state than yours and after a week or so in bleach they came out whitey white .
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: moanjam on June 05, 2009, 06:04 PM: Quote from: jackiebrown on June 05, 2009, 05:33 PM
Quote from: n2cus on June 05, 2009, 05:11 PM
as moanjam says "tiger,s" are still mint and i painted them a year ago . and they have been riden alot and heavy braking also :-\

Hope you weren't refering to me when you mentioned heavy breaking??
:D
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: meticulous on June 05, 2009, 06:09 PM: defo paint them, if you do them right you will never know, its either that or have a crap looking set skyways......... ;)
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: matt on June 05, 2009, 06:27 PM: DONT PAINT EM bleach them for a week or so, you cant paint alloy tuffs for christs sake
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: motomagII on June 05, 2009, 06:28 PM: just bleach em for longer ,take out and scrub em every now and then and put em back in .cant paint alloy hub tuffs it would be proper shame
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: buzzlightyear05 on June 05, 2009, 06:33 PM: Longer in bleech i reckon,

just not in the bath!! otherwise you wont be smeelinmg to great by the time there done. :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: munners on June 05, 2009, 06:37 PM: Neat tesco thin bleach mate. Add no water.

Leave them in there for 1 week. Take out everyday and scrub them with JIF and a kitchen abrasive cloth (green abrasive).

Over do the grease on the hubs. They shouldnt need polishing :LolLolLolLol: as they never were!

Yours will go whiter but they will never go minty white. Not like my NOS white set >:D
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: neiljonarcus on June 05, 2009, 07:01 PM: R I G H T i have read all the replies . i now know what i am going to do leave it with me thanks lads :-* :-* :-* :-*

ps jonny boy there will be no heavy brake with that quite little bum of yours on the seat

:LolLolLolLol:

:LolLolLolLol:

:LolLolLolLol:

:LolLolLolLol:

its fooking massive
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: moanjam on June 05, 2009, 07:30 PM: LOVE OWT LIKE JOHNS ARSE ME LIKE :4_17_5:
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: neiljonarcus on June 05, 2009, 07:34 PM: i hear his finger loves yours too :: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: moanjam on June 05, 2009, 07:42 PM: ssshhhh :D :D :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: neiljonarcus on June 05, 2009, 07:49 PM: F P M S L ;D
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: tigerbrown on June 05, 2009, 07:54 PM: It's still a tight arse for a big lad

Just ask alex :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: moanjam on June 05, 2009, 08:10 PM: ;D
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: Mattdub on June 05, 2009, 09:59 PM: Quote from: matskybeat on June 05, 2009, 06:27 PM
DONT PAINT EM bleach them for a week or so, you cant paint alloy tuffs for christs sake

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De lord 'as spoken ................
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: oberonspacefruit on June 06, 2009, 10:34 AM: Dont paint them. White alloy hubbed are really hard to find now. Pass them on and get summat else if theyre not white enough for you.
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: jT Racing on June 06, 2009, 04:16 PM: if i remember, weren't people adding peroxide to the bleach to get a white persil would be proud of? it was a few years ago but it did work and went quick as hell too.
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: neiljonarcus on June 06, 2009, 04:38 PM: i wish i could find a lovely white pair these are nice don,t get me wrong but i NEED LILLY WHITE :idiot2:. i think its my c.o.d . kickin in
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: jT Racing on June 06, 2009, 04:44 PM: wish i had a talking fish. :LolLolLolLol:

try getting some peroxide from the chemist or hairdressing supplies shop and using neat cheap bleach. it should work as it has worked for many in the past.
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: g_lamb on June 06, 2009, 08:25 PM: Quote from: n2cus on June 05, 2009, 07:01 PM
R I G H T i have read all the replies . i now know what i am going to do leave it with me thanks lads :-* :-* :-* :-*

ps jonny boy there will be no heavy brake with that quite little bum of yours on the seat

:LolLolLolLol:

:LolLolLolLol:

:LolLolLolLol:

:LolLolLolLol:

its fooking massive
Don't paint them FFS....!

If u want to sell 'em on, keep me in mind, depending on what u do with 'em, of course ;)
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: neiljonarcus on June 06, 2009, 08:41 PM: these wheels i painted a year ago and they are still being riden around by " jackiebrown" on his skyway

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1040902.jpg)

what looks better
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070379.jpg)
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: g_lamb on June 06, 2009, 09:04 PM: Quote from: n2cus on June 06, 2009, 08:41 PM
these wheels i painted a year ago and they are still being riden around by " jackiebrown" on his skyway

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1040902.jpg)

what looks better
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070379.jpg)
see ur point. they're sweet... ;D wonder if I can do that with my red tuff's?
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: neiljonarcus on June 06, 2009, 09:10 PM: ask paul db250 we done a set of blue ones for his kuw they looked mental
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: pickle on June 06, 2009, 09:13 PM: can't believe anyone would consider painting Tuffs?! i should think most of us at some time have lost hours trying to scrubb off crappy old paint where someone did it in the past.

i can't see much wrong with them the way they are :-\

if you want em whiter then stick em in bleach for longer........painting tuffs is just wrong!
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: neiljonarcus on June 06, 2009, 09:16 PM: from this
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1040540.jpg)

to this
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1040695.jpg)
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: pickle on June 06, 2009, 09:19 PM: what was wrong with orange?

out of interest.........how many of the sets you've painted do you still have?
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: tigerbrown on June 06, 2009, 09:21 PM: the paint neil uses is hard as fook!!

Any brake rub just cleans straight off

Painting is a last resort yes

But shouldn't be ruled out until you have seen the rusult with ya own eyes

People don't believe it when I say the ones I hot off neil are painted..

Not everyones cuppa tea I admit..
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: neiljonarcus on June 06, 2009, 09:22 PM: these were done for paul ..i have none i only paint 3 pairs . i ask jackie to sell me my old ones back but the bitch won,t :'(
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: pickle on June 06, 2009, 09:23 PM: then you've answered your own question i guess
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: neiljonarcus on June 06, 2009, 09:27 PM: what that they are so good jackie wants to keep them :4_17_5: agree total bummer
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: pickle on June 06, 2009, 09:28 PM: no........that you'll paint em
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: neiljonarcus on June 06, 2009, 09:35 PM: you are right . dont get me wrong i would have rather kept them unpainted but i need real white ones so i will paint them and sort of resto them in a fashion ..
i might be right i might be wrong . every one has diffrent opions . :daumenhoch:

sorry if i have upset any one by painting skyways but in the end they will look nice

i hope :-[
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: tigerbrown on June 06, 2009, 09:37 PM: Perfect example of how things can get misinterpretated in txt dudes
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: moanjam on June 06, 2009, 10:33 PM: there not done with a rattle can , i can understand peoples kneejerk reaction to 'paint' but this is as good as it gets and neil doesn't do 9 out of 10, so if its white the boy wants its either paint or £500 nossers ;)
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: Mattdub on June 06, 2009, 11:45 PM: Like others have said , bleach them longer .

They were'nt Dulux bright white when new though .
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: dan-dare on June 07, 2009, 12:08 AM: Nuts and bolts in the hubs. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: dordymush on June 07, 2009, 12:30 AM: dont know what steve p did with a set i sold him but they were a lot dirtier than yours and his came out proper mint. have a word first
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: jT Racing on June 07, 2009, 03:55 AM: am i typing in dutch again?

peroxide 12%
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: neiljonarcus on June 16, 2009, 09:25 PM: well i went ahead and painted them . and i think they look the nuts
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070345-1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070495.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070347-1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070497.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070346-1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070496.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070348.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/ff359/neiljonarcus/P1070498.jpg)
Title: Re: PAINT OR NOT
Post by: MartyC on June 17, 2009, 05:48 AM: Quote from: n2cus on June 16, 2009, 09:25 PM
well i went ahead and painted them . and i think they look the nuts

Horses for courses mate, they were never painted bitd so I don't see why you needed to paint them now. Perhaps a media blasting rather than bleaching would have brought them up better. From your pics they looked like engrained dirt affected more than anything.