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adeshere
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skyway tuff restoration
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July 10, 2006, 04:43 PM »
I've looked at the 'Tech how to' but the pics are not brilliant.
Can you really turn a set of old yellowish tuffs back to white using bleech ?
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Re: skyway tuff restoration
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July 10, 2006, 04:51 PM »
if they are white tuffs that have just yellowed with age, then yes ... eventually ! may take a few bleach's
but if they were actually yellow originally ... nope not gonna happen
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Re: skyway tuff restoration
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July 10, 2006, 05:12 PM »
Hi,
no, i've seen a set of originally white ones which are bound to be a bit yellowish by now.
i have some new white tuffs on my haro, so it will really show them up for yellow, so would need to bleach them
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Rombloke
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Re: skyway tuff restoration
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July 10, 2006, 05:35 PM »
BEFORE BLEACH
AFTER BLEACH
hope these are better pics explaining why bleaching is a nescesity
Dave
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haro, how do you do
Preston Pirate
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Re: skyway tuff restoration
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July 10, 2006, 06:19 PM »
Does the bleaching process affect the integrity of the plastic at all i.e. does it weaken it?
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July 10, 2006, 06:43 PM »
right im going all techy now....no....
dupont zytel is hydroscopic.....meaning it will absorb liquid, and aparantly this only makes it stronger.....
in english....no it wont hurt it mate
Dave
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Re: skyway tuff restoration
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July 11, 2006, 08:24 AM »
ive just bleached a set of yellows, depending on the ingrained dirt, you may need to give them a hell of a scrub with the green kitchen sponges as well.
worth the effort tho.
i find a kitchen pad wrapped around the handle of a teaspoon can provide a good contour for lots of the surfaces of the skyways, and the handle end for the tricky bits. it will save your fingers too.
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Quote from: oberonspacefruit on July 11, 2006, 08:24 AM
it will save your fingers too.
oooh, get you with ya baby soft hands......
poof house
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