Making white tyres white again

[wildon]

I'm sure this has been asked before so before you pipe up and make comments regarding that i've checked the stickies and nowt and i aint going through 418 pages of resto threads!

I just got a set of Hutch tyres from US that were described as Excellent Condition .. but they aint .. cant believe actually the difference in the pics he posted and the real thing!!  Anyway's i can't be arsed with all the shit sending them back so i'll be keeping them but can i do anything to turn the yellow back to any kind of white? 
Cheers

[QUADROPHENIA]

clean em

[wildon]

clean em

With tipex?

[OrgasmDonor]

paste the tread with bleach powder n peroxide, do a little tester first but im pretty sure it wont damage the rubber 

[wildon]

paste the tread with bleach powder n peroxide, do a little tester first but im pretty sure it wont damage the rubber 

Good idea ... think me missus has some of that for the hair on her back i'll give it a go! 

[OrgasmDonor]

deffo worth a try

[superbikedan]

panel whipe from any car supplys, awsome stuff on rubber

[sid1972]

trust the cream cleaner - tend to remove any yellow/discolourati...  you know what I mean!. 

[Munnyella]

I used tesco value bleach, half a bottle in a mop bucket, left overnight, came up brilliant white.

They were old shopper white walls, not Hutch, but worth a go, see the picture in Chat, shed robbed, bikes gone thread.

Worth a go for 19p!

I don't remember them being that white new, and they were proper scummy yellow!

Mark M

[mark 2]

Terry, I'd avoid methods that involve soaking the walls also , it'll wash the colour out of the amber and make it all patchy and light. And ruin I'd imagine some pricey tyres. Carefully does it....

[sid1972]

  some very wise words!

let see em now and then later 

[dj-paul-c]

ive read before about taking rubbers in a hot shower with you along with some lube !

the lube in the shape of a cif bottle tho,give em a good scrub and should come up alot better
neva tried it tho

[wildon]

Thanks for the advice guys... i tried the bleach powder and it didn't do nothing, I only left it on for a few hours but i also thought its going to cost loads buying enough to cover 2 tyres.
So after using that i had a think about how i could make normal neat bleach into a paste ... and i mixed it with baking soda (which is a cleaner itself).  Mixed it up into a paste and put a bit on the tyre last night and left it to this morning.  It has definatly done something, the small bit i did is whiter for sure.
I'm going to cover one of the tyres in it today (as the rubber seems undamaged) and leave it for a couple of days.  I'll get some pics up comparing the two when its ready 

[Rombloke]

im sorry, havent read all the replys, but has anybody suggested the dishwasher(and no not the wife, the white square thing in the kitchen)

[OrgasmDonor]

im sorry, havent read all the replys, but has anybody suggested the dishwasher(and no not the wife, the white square thing in the kitchen)

dishwashers don't talk dude so i can't see how it would convey any ideas it may have   

[wildon]

I left the tyre covered in the baking soda and bleach paste for a day and it had worked a bit ... but in the end i just got it in the sink with a bowl of neat thick bleach and a scrubing brush ... 

[sid1972]

nice work!! job done..

[OrgasmDonor]

 

seeing them, i think romblokes suggestion of using the dishwasher would have worked well on them too

[wildon]

seeing them, i think romblokes suggestion of using the dishwasher would have worked well on them too

You dont think it'd take the logo of the sides though?  I cleaned some white Haro tyres once with soapy water and one wipe across the walls and the logo was almost gone! 

[mark 2]

Worked a treat, you win 

I did clean some yellow label comp 3's in the bath with a nail brush and shower gel. Very muddy walls, scrub, scrub, scrub, were very delicate around the logo's but they were no more.    Easily happens