ACS Z Rim restoration

[rad_pitt]

Hey chaps,

Picked up a pair of tatty white Mike Buff zeddies before Christmas. Over the last couple of weeks i've set about restoring them.

This is how I got them - a nice shade of brown:



Then meticulously sanded the arse out of it in various grades of wet and dry, before dunking it in bleach for a week. It came out pretty well, as white as I'll get it anyway:





I picked up some stencils from 41thirty.com (if anyone has a lone stencil, could you throw it my way please?):



Applied the stencils and masked the rim off for spraying - gave it two coats:



Left it to dry for a few hours, and it came out pretty well I think. After seeing Adams NOS zeddies which were aligned to the valve cap, I thought I'd do mine the same:





I took one stencil off too soon after, and fooked it on the rear, so if anyone has a spare stencil, give us a shout 

[BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN]

Looking very sweet there and i bet in the hand they look great close up

it's amazing to see what they looked like before all dirty and scuffed - they they turn up a cool white and smooth  :twisted:

interesting to see what stencils look like when done - are you going to ride them ?

Top Work 

i did a set or AKGoff /Adam on RAD a little while ago - it was great to see them come up so white after working on them - then i had to put decals on and it brought them to life

[rad_pitt]

Yours look superb B  I'll get some pics in the daylight and show the comparison. I fancied doing something different so opted for the stencil. Look pretty good up close.

[BENDYCAT ELEVENTEEN]

so can you ride on them ? will it smudge or just wear down ?

I have my own black set to sort out - would like to ride them but this is the first time i have seen stencils and what they are like

[rad_pitt]

My guess is that it will smudge. I may end up riding these by the end of the summer, so I'll let you know 

[skyway67]

cracking job on the zeds tom what a difference
what grade paper did you finish with ? 

[Discostu]

Nice job. I love a restoration thread. 

[meticulous]

awesome job, well done for taking the time to do that,  and by the way, i didnt sand them....

[Retrodan72]

Well done lads.

[poolysheriff]

Very good 

Like the stenciling 

[Betty]

Good job... 

But.... Mike Buff zeds were an off white originally like in your first pic... they look too white now... 

Sorry... 

[Retrodan72]

Good job... 

But.... Mike Buff zeds were an off white originally like in your first pic... they look too white now... 

Sorry... 

Yeah, but to be fair, he's not stencilled them up as Buff's, so without seeing the 1st pic nobody would tell.

[rad_pitt]

Good job... 

But.... Mike Buff zeds were an off white originally like in your first pic... they look too white now... 

Sorry... 

They're still off white, certainly not brilliant white, just a lot cleaner - there was no way I was going to use them as they were - they were fooking scabby! 

Cheers for the comments chaps!

[Retrodan72]

It was a brave attempt stencilling Tom as i've seen plenty of posts on here from members saying that they wish they hadn't bothered and gone for decals.

[TORKER mick]

they look sweet mate

[rad_pitt]

It was a brave attempt stencilling Tom as i've seen plenty of posts on here from members saying that they wish they hadn't bothered and gone for decals.

Cheers Dan - thought I'd give it a go, at worst I thought I could strip them again. Kicking myself for taking one off too soon on the back - smudged it slightly, so may have to get another stencil from somewhere.

[Betty]

Good job... 

But.... Mike Buff zeds were an off white originally like in your first pic... they look too white now... 

Sorry... 

Yeah, but to be fair, he's not stencilled them up as Buff's, so without seeing the 1st pic nobody would tell.

Oh yeah... 

Glad i don't build os bikes anymore, gets far too critical on ere...